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HOSEA 10

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10:1
Israel is a luxuriant vine
that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased,
the more altars he built;
as his country improved,
he improved his pillars.
2
Their heart is false;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord will break down their altars
and destroy their pillars.

3
For now they will say:
“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
and a king—what could he do for us?”
4
They utter mere words;
with empty oaths they make covenants;
so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
in the furrows of the field.
5
The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for the calf of Beth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and over its glory—
for it has departed from them.
6
The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
as tribute to the great king.
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.

7
Samaria’s king shall perish
like a twig on the face of the waters.
8
The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”

9
From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel;
there they have continued.
Shall not the war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah?
10
When I please, I will discipline them,
and nations shall be gathered against them
when they are bound up for their double iniquity.

11
Ephraim was a trained calf
that loved to thresh,
and I spared her fair neck;
but I will put Ephraim to the yoke;
Judah must plow;
Jacob must harrow for himself.
12
Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

13
You have plowed iniquity;
you have reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in the multitude of your warriors,
14
therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
15
Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel,
because of your great evil.
At dawn the king of Israel
shall be utterly cut off.



HOSEA 11

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The Lord’s Love for Israel
11:1
When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.
2
The more they were called,
the more they went away;
they kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.

3
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them up by their arms,
but they did not know that I healed them.
4
I led them with cords of kindness,
with the bands of love,
and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and I bent down to them and fed them.

5
They shall not return to the land of Egypt,
but Assyria shall be their king,
because they have refused to return to me.
6
The sword shall rage against their cities,
consume the bars of their gates,
and devour them because of their own counsels.
7
My people are bent on turning away from me,
and though they call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.

8
How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
9
I will not execute my burning anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
for I am God and not a man,
the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.

10
They shall go after the Lord;
he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
his children shall come trembling from the west;
11
they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,
and like doves from the land of Assyria,
and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
12
Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.



PROVERBS 2

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The Value of Wisdom
2:1
My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
2
making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
3
yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
4
if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
5
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6
For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7
he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8
guarding the paths of justice
and watching over the way of his saints.
9
Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path;
10
for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11
discretion will watch over you,
understanding will guard you,
12
delivering you from the way of evil,
from men of perverted speech,
13
who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
14
who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15
men whose paths are crooked,
and who are devious in their ways.

16
So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman,
from the adulteress with her smooth words,
17
who forsakes the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;
18
for her house sinks down to death,
and her paths to the departed;
19
none who go to her come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.

20
So you will walk in the way of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21
For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those with integrity will remain in it,
22
but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.



REVELATION 5

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The Scroll and the Lamb
  5:1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, 4 and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
    
6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation,
10
and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth.”
11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”
13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
14 And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

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