diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_01.md index 18480311..8cef58f2 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_01.md @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ The Creation of the World 31. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_02.md index c6b6db2a..4f1b10f5 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_02.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ The Seventh Day, God Rests # Chapter 2 1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. -3. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.The Creation of Man and Woman +3. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. +The Creation of Man and Woman + 4. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ she shall be called Woman, 25. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_03.md index 76de9229..c04013af 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_03.md @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in t 14. The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, - cursed are you above all livestock + +cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat @@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ Your desire shall be for your husband, 17. And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife - and have eaten of the tree + +and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; @@ -62,3 +64,4 @@ for you are dust, 24. He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_04.md index b90619c0..ce1c2b96 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_04.md @@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ I have killed a man for wounding me, 26. To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_05.md index c40fe33f..8cc6e15c 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_05.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ Adam's Descendants to Noah 32. After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_06.md index a7feef76..da499ea6 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_06.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Increasing Corruption on Earth 5. The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6. And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7. So the LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them." -8. But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.Noah and the Flood +8. But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. +Noah and the Flood + 9. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. 10. And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ Increasing Corruption on Earth 22. Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_07.md index 0d934c0c..12cc19ab 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_07.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ 24. And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_08.md index 14a731b7..ee89c5d5 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_08.md @@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ The Flood Subsides 16. "Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you. 17. Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh--birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth--that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth." 18. So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him. -19. Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by families from the ark.God's Covenant with Noah +19. Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by families from the ark. +God's Covenant with Noah + 20. Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21. And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. 22. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_09.md index 59430c3b..a064dce3 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_09.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ for God made man in his own image. 14. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15. I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." -17. God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."Noah's Descendants +17. God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth." +Noah's Descendants + 18. The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19. These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed. @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ for God made man in his own image. 29. All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_10.md index 82c92136..e9aea608 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_10.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ Nations Descended from Noah 32. These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_11.md index 2c4976ab..cbd5a150 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_11.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The Tower of Babel 6. And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7. Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech." 8. So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. -9. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth.Shem's Descendants +9. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth. +Shem's Descendants + 10. These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11. And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters. @@ -35,7 +37,9 @@ The Tower of Babel 24. When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah. 25. And Nahor lived after he fathered Terah 119 years and had other sons and daughters. -26. When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.Terah's Descendants +26. When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran. +Terah's Descendants + 27. Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. 28. Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. @@ -46,3 +50,4 @@ The Tower of Babel 32. The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_12.md index 72ed2ae9..df470795 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_12.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Call of Abram 6. Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7. Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. 8. From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD. -9. And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.Abram and Sarai in Egypt +9. And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb. +Abram and Sarai in Egypt + 10. Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11. When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, "I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ The Call of Abram 20. And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_13.md index d277816b..ac45e211 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_13.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Abram and Lot Separate 18. So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_14.md index 3e068929..6d6bb6fc 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_14.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Abram Rescues Lot 13. Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram. 14. When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 15. And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus. -16. Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his possessions, and the women and the people.Abram Blessed by Melchizedek +16. Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his possessions, and the women and the people. +Abram Blessed by Melchizedek + 17. After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley). 18. And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ And Abram gave him a tenth of everything. 24. I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me. Let Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share." + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_15.md index cad34f8d..a7b8e234 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_15.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ God's Covenant with Abram 21. the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites." + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_16.md index 6eeef0fe..d6e8974c 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_16.md @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has listened to your affliction. 12. He shall be a wild donkey of a man, - his hand against everyone + +his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen." @@ -30,3 +31,4 @@ and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen." 16. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_17.md index 1c26f839..7d384aa0 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_17.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision 11. You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. 12. He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring, 13. both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant. -14. Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."Isaac's Birth Promised +14. Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant." +Isaac's Birth Promised + 15. And God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16. I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her." @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision 27. And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_18.md index f081767b..44fddf42 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_18.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ 18. seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19. For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him." 20. Then the LORD said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, -21. I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know."Abraham Intercedes for Sodom +21. I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know." +Abraham Intercedes for Sodom + 22. So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD. 23. Then Abraham drew near and said, "Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ 33. And the LORD went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_19.md index 9bf6b1ad..f59bf3c9 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_19.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ God Rescues Lot 19. Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die. 20. Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there--is it not a little one?--and my life will be saved!" 21. He said to him, "Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. -22. Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.God Destroys Sodom +22. Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. +God Destroys Sodom + 23. The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24. Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven. @@ -35,7 +37,9 @@ God Rescues Lot 27. And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD. 28. And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace. -29. So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.Lot and His Daughters +29. So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived. +Lot and His Daughters + 30. Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. 31. And the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth. @@ -49,3 +53,4 @@ God Rescues Lot 38. The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_20.md index 2b67c936..3641b8f3 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_20.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Abraham and Abimelech 18. For the LORD had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_21.md index 63f7a114..20b6bd2d 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_21.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Birth of Isaac 4. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6. And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me." -7. And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."God Protects Hagar and Ishmael +7. And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age." +God Protects Hagar and Ishmael + 8. And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. @@ -23,7 +25,9 @@ The Birth of Isaac 18. Up! Lift up the boy, and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make him into a great nation." 19. Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. 20. And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow. -21. He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.A Treaty with Abimelech +21. He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. +A Treaty with Abimelech + 22. At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do. 23. Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned." @@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ The Birth of Isaac 34. And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_22.md index c78e320b..0f85489b 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_22.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ The Sacrifice of Isaac 24. Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_23.md index 99a8f77b..77c7ca6f 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_23.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Sarah's Death and Burial 20. The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_24.md index aa3f36a4..8ae207a8 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_24.md @@ -85,3 +85,4 @@ and may your offspring possess 67. Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_25.md index 6e3a7b71..1f046178 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_25.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Abraham's Death and His Descendants 15. Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16. These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes. 17. (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) -18. They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.The Birth of Esau and Jacob +18. They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen. +The Birth of Esau and Jacob + 19. These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20. and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. @@ -37,7 +39,9 @@ the one shall be stronger than the other, 26. Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. 27. When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. -28. Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.Esau Sells His Birthright +28. Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. +Esau Sells His Birthright + 29. Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 30. And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.) @@ -47,3 +51,4 @@ the one shall be stronger than the other, 34. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_26.md index 7bd325a3..34f5b44c 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_26.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ God's Promise to Isaac 2. And the LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. 3. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. 4. I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, -5. because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."Isaac and Abimelech +5. because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws." +Isaac and Abimelech + 6. So Isaac settled in Gerar. 7. When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance. @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ God's Promise to Isaac 35. and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_27.md index 11fcc462..5116a6cc 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_27.md @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Isaac Blesses Jacob is as the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed! 28. May God give you of the dew of heaven - and of the fatness of the earth + +and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine. 29. Let peoples serve you, @@ -74,3 +75,4 @@ but when you grow restless 46. Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?" + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_28.md index 79fc0e14..d6628302 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_28.md @@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ Jacob Sent to Laban 2. Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. 3. God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. 4. May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!" -5. Thus Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.Esau Marries an Ishmaelite +5. Thus Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. +Esau Marries an Ishmaelite + 6. Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he directed him, "You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women," 7. and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram. 8. So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father, -9. Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.Jacob's Dream +9. Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth. +Jacob's Dream + 10. Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11. And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. @@ -28,3 +32,4 @@ Jacob Sent to Laban 22. and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you." + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_29.md index c3dd69d8..7274460a 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_29.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 27. Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years." 28. Jacob did so, and completed her week. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. 29. (Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.) -30. So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years.Jacob's Children +30. So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years. +Jacob's Children + 31. When the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. 32. And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because the LORD has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me." @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 35. And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "This time I will praise the LORD." Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she ceased bearing. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_30.md index 6825b72f..5219f528 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_30.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ 22. Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23. She conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach." -24. And she called his name Joseph, saying, "May the LORD add to me another son!"Jacob's Prosperity +24. And she called his name Joseph, saying, "May the LORD add to me another son!" +Jacob's Prosperity + 25. As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country. 26. Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, that I may go, for you know the service that I have given you." @@ -50,3 +52,4 @@ 43. Thus the man increased greatly and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_31.md index 966c49e9..790ab12a 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_31.md @@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ Jacob Flees from Laban 55. Early in the morning Laban arose and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned home. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_32.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_32.md index 2157d79c..f55db98b 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_32.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_32.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ Jacob Fears Esau 18. then you shall say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a present sent to my lord Esau. And moreover, he is behind us.'" 19. He likewise instructed the second and the third and all who followed the droves, "You shall say the same thing to Esau when you find him, 20. and you shall say, 'Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.'" For he thought, "I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me." -21. So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.Jacob Wrestles with God +21. So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp. +Jacob Wrestles with God + 22. The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23. He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ Jacob Fears Esau 32. Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip on the sinew of the thigh. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_33.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_33.md index 742dd892..13f68d1e 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_33.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_33.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Jacob Meets Esau 20. There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_34.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_34.md index 4a869e0a..99fbecb8 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_34.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_34.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ The Defiling of Dinah 31. But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?" + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_35.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_35.md index dd2940cb..83d239d5 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_35.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_35.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ God Blesses and Renames Jacob 12. The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you." 13. Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. -15. So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac +15. So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel. +The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac + 16. Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17. And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for you have another son." @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 29. And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_36.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_36.md index 1378e0d0..53daa744 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_36.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_36.md @@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ Esau's Descendants 43. Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of Edom), according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_37.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_37.md index 8a63efb3..04a8f9ff 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_37.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_37.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He 9. Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me." 10. But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?" -11. And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.Joseph Sold by His Brothers +11. And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind. +Joseph Sold by His Brothers + 12. Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem. 13. And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am." @@ -47,3 +49,4 @@ Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He 36. Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_38.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_38.md index a473511b..26318394 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_38.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_38.md @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Judah and Tamar 22. So he returned to Judah and said, "I have not found her. Also, the men of the place said, 'No cult prostitute has been here.'" 23. And Judah replied, "Let her keep the things as her own, or we shall be laughed at. You see, I sent this young goat, and you did not find her." -24. About three months later Judah was told, "Tamar your daughter-in-law has been immoral. Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality." And Judah said, "Bring her out, and let her be burned." +24. +About three months later Judah was told, "Tamar your daughter-in-law has been immoral. Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality." And Judah said, "Bring her out, and let her be burned." 25. As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, "By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant." And she said, "Please identify whose these are, the signet and the cord and the staff." 26. Then Judah identified them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not know her again. @@ -38,3 +39,4 @@ Judah and Tamar 30. Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_39.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_39.md index b5e7580e..eeef414f 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_39.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_39.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. 23. The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because the LORD was with him. And whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_40.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_40.md index c7c21894..5ad40405 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_40.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_40.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners' Dreams 23. Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_41.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_41.md index 03aded00..fdb7fe64 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_41.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_41.md @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams 33. Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34. Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plentiful years. 35. And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. -36. That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine."Joseph Rises to Power +36. That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine." +Joseph Rises to Power + 37. This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants. 38. And Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?" @@ -68,3 +70,4 @@ Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams 57. Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_42.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_42.md index fd999800..5c87210b 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_42.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_42.md @@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt 38. But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol." + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_43.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_43.md index 0a397a62..2f9c70ca 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_43.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_43.md @@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ Joseph's Brothers Return to Egypt 34. Portions were taken to them from Joseph's table, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry with him. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_44.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_44.md index d8099446..1e9039d5 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_44.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_44.md @@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ Joseph Tests His Brothers 34. For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father." + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_45.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_45.md index fab86364..5397a6b6 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_45.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_45.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family 28. And Israel said, "It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die." + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_46.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_46.md index f7a573b1..fd2de504 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_46.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_46.md @@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt 25. These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob--seven persons in all. 26. All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all. -27. And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.Jacob and Joseph Reunited +27. And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy. +Jacob and Joseph Reunited + 28. He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. 29. Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt 34. you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians." + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_47.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_47.md index e86b1795..f535398d 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_47.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_47.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Jacob's Family Settles in Goshen 9. And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning." 10. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. 11. Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. -12. And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.Joseph and the Famine +12. And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents. +Joseph and the Famine + 13. Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine. 14. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought. And Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ Jacob's Family Settles in Goshen 31. And he said, "Swear to me"; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_48.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_48.md index c4b79158..553447fe 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_48.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_48.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. 22. Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow." + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_49.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_49.md index 8bf526c0..73d55639 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_49.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_49.md @@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers. 27. "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, - in the morning devouring the prey - and at evening dividing the spoil."Jacob's Death and Burial + +in the morning devouring the prey + and at evening dividing the spoil." +Jacob's Death and Burial + 28. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him. 29. Then he commanded them and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, @@ -116,3 +119,4 @@ May they be on the head of Joseph, 33. When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his people. + diff --git a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_50.md b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_50.md index df2ceec6..38c2ca5c 100644 --- a/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_50.md +++ b/ESV/01_Genesis/Chapter_50.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ 11. When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians." Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim; it is beyond the Jordan. 12. Thus his sons did for him as he had commanded them, 13. for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. -14. After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.God's Good Purposes +14. After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father. +God's Good Purposes + 15. When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him." 16. So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father gave this command before he died: @@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ 18. His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, "Behold, we are your servants." 19. But Joseph said to them, "Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? 20. As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. -21. So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.The Death of Joseph +21. So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. +The Death of Joseph + 22. So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father's house. Joseph lived 110 years. 23. And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph's own. @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ 26. So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_01.md index b790b17a..f7b11bb5 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_01.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Israel Increases Greatly in Egypt 4. Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5. All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. 6. Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. -7. But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.Pharaoh Oppresses Israel +7. But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them. +Pharaoh Oppresses Israel + 8. Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9. And he said to his people, "Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ Israel Increases Greatly in Egypt 22. Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live." + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_02.md index 7518ffb5..d15e198d 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_02.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Birth of Moses 7. Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?" 8. And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the girl went and called the child's mother. 9. And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him. -10. When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, "Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water."Moses Flees to Midian +10. When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, "Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water." +Moses Flees to Midian + 11. One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. 12. He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. @@ -24,10 +26,13 @@ The Birth of Moses 19. They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds and even drew water for us and watered the flock." 20. He said to his daughters, "Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread." 21. And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah. -22. She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land."God Hears Israel's Groaning +22. She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land." +God Hears Israel's Groaning + 23. During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25. God saw the people of Israel--and God knew. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_03.md index 77724a6a..6e3f7898 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_03.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ The Burning Bush 22. but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians." + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_04.md index c57628b6..8057745e 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_04.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Moses Given Powerful Signs 14. Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said, "Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15. You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do. 16. He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him. -17. And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs."Moses Returns to Egypt +17. And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs." +Moses Returns to Egypt + 18. Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, "Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace." 19. And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead." @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ Moses Given Powerful Signs 31. And the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_05.md index 0f0b36b2..e0c1529f 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_05.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ Making Bricks Without Straw 23. For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all." + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_06.md index 63cde095..c813fd6c 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_06.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ God Promises Deliverance 10. So the LORD said to Moses, 11. "Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land." 12. But Moses said to the LORD, "Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?" -13. But the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron +13. But the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt. +The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron + 14. These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben. 15. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the clans of Simeon. @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ God Promises Deliverance 30. But Moses said to the LORD, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?" + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_07.md index 8d8c3fe3..5c4416d3 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_07.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 10. So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. 11. Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. 12. For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. -13. Still Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood +13. Still Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. +The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood + 14. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go. 15. Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water, and stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him. Take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent. @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 25. Seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_08.md index 383de601..0b3e25ff 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_08.md @@ -16,12 +16,16 @@ The Second Plague: Frogs 12. So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the LORD about the frogs, as he had agreed with Pharaoh. 13. And the LORD did according to the word of Moses. The frogs died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields. 14. And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. -15. But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.The Third Plague: Gnats +15. But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. +The Third Plague: Gnats + 16. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.'" 17. And they did so. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt. 18. The magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast. -19. Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.The Fourth Plague: Flies +19. Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. +The Fourth Plague: Flies + 20. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let my people go, that they may serve me. 21. Or else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand. @@ -39,3 +43,4 @@ The Second Plague: Frogs 32. But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_09.md index ebbcfcf8..e1556c17 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_09.md @@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ The Fifth Plague: Egyptian Livestock Die 4. But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die."'" 5. And the LORD set a time, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land." 6. And the next day the LORD did this thing. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one of the livestock of the people of Israel died. -7. And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.The Sixth Plague: Boils +7. And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. +The Sixth Plague: Boils + 8. And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw them in the air in the sight of Pharaoh. 9. It shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt." 10. So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses threw it in the air, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast. 11. And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians. -12. But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had spoken to Moses.The Seventh Plague: Hail +12. But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had spoken to Moses. +The Seventh Plague: Hail + 13. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, "Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14. For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. @@ -42,3 +46,4 @@ The Fifth Plague: Egyptian Livestock Die 35. So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_10.md index c1e09ed5..48a12342 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_10.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ The Eighth Plague: Locusts 17. Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the LORD your God only to remove this death from me." 18. So he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the LORD. 19. And the LORD turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt. -20. But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.The Ninth Plague: Darkness +20. But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go. +The Ninth Plague: Darkness + 21. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt." 22. So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. @@ -36,3 +38,4 @@ The Eighth Plague: Locusts 29. Moses said, "As you say! I will not see your face again." + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_11.md index 38ccebd2..446f6d47 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_11.md @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ A Final Plague Threatened 2. Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry." 3. And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people. -4. So Moses said, "Thus says the LORD: 'About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt, +4. So Moses said, "Thus says the LORD: ' +About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt, 5. and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle. 6. There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again. 7. But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.' @@ -15,3 +16,4 @@ A Final Plague Threatened 10. Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_12.md index 23a26bd1..5fe0bc71 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_12.md @@ -32,12 +32,16 @@ The Passover 26. And when your children say to you, 'What do you mean by this service?' 27. you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of the LORD's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.'" And the people bowed their heads and worshiped. -28. Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn +28. Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. +The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn + 29. At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. 30. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead. 31. Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, "Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said. -32. Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!"The Exodus +32. Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!" +The Exodus + 33. The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, "We shall all be dead." 34. So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. @@ -50,7 +54,9 @@ The Passover 40. The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41. At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. -42. It was a night of watching by the LORD, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the LORD by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.Institution of the Passover +42. It was a night of watching by the LORD, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the LORD by all the people of Israel throughout their generations. +Institution of the Passover + 43. And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, 44. but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. @@ -64,3 +70,4 @@ The Passover 51. And on that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_13.md index 7bf9afb0..22c43fd5 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_13.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Consecration of the Firstborn # Chapter 13 1. The LORD said to Moses, -2. "Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine."The Feast of Unleavened Bread +2. "Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine." +The Feast of Unleavened Bread + 3. Then Moses said to the people, "Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the LORD brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten. 4. Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out. @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ Consecration of the Firstborn 13. Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. 14. And when in time to come your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, 'By a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. 15. For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.' -16. It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."Pillars of Cloud and Fire +16. It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt." +Pillars of Cloud and Fire + 17. When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, "Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt." 18. But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle. @@ -28,3 +32,4 @@ Consecration of the Firstborn 22. The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_14.md index e41670de..9d911cc9 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_14.md @@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ Crossing the Red Sea 31. Israel saw the great power that the LORD used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_15.md index 51d75159..30f3cd86 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_15.md @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ this is my God, and I will praise him, 9. The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. - I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.' +I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.' 10. You blew with your wind; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters. @@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ till your people, O LORD, pass by, 20. Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. 21. And Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; -the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."Bitter Water Made Sweet +the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea." +Bitter Water Made Sweet + 22. Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. @@ -80,3 +82,4 @@ There the LORD made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them, 27. Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_16.md index 3a8f5623..1151afed 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_16.md @@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ Bread from Heaven 36. (An omer is the tenth part of an ephah.) + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_17.md index 4a13da1e..bd31ae9b 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_17.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Water from the Rock 4. So Moses cried to the LORD, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me." 5. And the LORD said to Moses, "Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6. Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink." And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. -7. And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?"Israel Defeats Amalek +7. And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying, "Is the LORD among us or not?" +Israel Defeats Amalek + 8. Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. 9. So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." @@ -21,3 +23,4 @@ Water from the Rock 16. saying, "A hand upon the throne of the LORD! The LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation." + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_18.md index 610c118b..b1ec8824 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_18.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ Jethro's Advice 27. Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went away to his own country. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_19.md index 01ac9617..ed63529e 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_19.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ When Moses told the words of the people to the LORD, 25. So Moses went down to the people and told them. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_20.md index 8d558e3d..8e7c5014 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_20.md @@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ The Ten Commandments 18. Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off 19. and said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die." 20. Moses said to the people, "Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin." -21. The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.Laws About Altars +21. The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. +Laws +About Altars + 22. And the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: 'You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven. 23. You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. @@ -42,3 +45,4 @@ The Ten Commandments 26. And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.' + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_21.md index a2881bf1..789b8d80 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_21.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Laws About Slaves +Laws +About Slaves # Chapter 21 1. "Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. @@ -42,7 +43,10 @@ Laws About Slaves 29. But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death. 30. If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him. 31. If it gores a man's son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule. -32. If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.Laws About Restitution +32. If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. +Laws +About Restitution + 33. "When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34. the owner of the pit shall make restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his. @@ -51,3 +55,4 @@ Laws About Slaves 36. Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall repay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_22.md index 371f526e..f0dd12c1 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_22.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ 13. If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence. He shall not make restitution for what has been torn. 14. "If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is injured or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution. -15. If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hiring fee.Laws for a Just Community +15. If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hiring fee. +Laws for a Just Community + 16. "If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. 17. If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the bride-price for virgins. @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ 31. "You shall be consecrated to me. Therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_23.md index b84b7412..ae5a1a56 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_23.md @@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ 7. Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. 8. And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right. -9. "You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.Laws About the Sabbath and Festivals +9. "You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. +Laws +About the Sabbath and Festivals + 10. "For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, 11. but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard. @@ -27,7 +30,9 @@ 18. "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning. 19. "The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. -"You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.Conquest of Canaan Promised +"You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. +Conquest of Canaan Promised + 20. "Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. 21. Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him. @@ -47,3 +52,4 @@ 33. They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you." + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_24.md index f340efd0..82a0b58f 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_24.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ The Covenant Confirmed 18. Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_25.md index ffcc30d0..cbeed112 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_25.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Contributions for the Sanctuary 6. oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7. onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. 8. And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. -9. Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.The Ark of the Covenant +9. Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it. +The Ark of the Covenant + 10. "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 11. You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it. @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ Contributions for the Sanctuary 19. Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. 20. The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. 21. And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. -22. There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.The Table for Bread +22. There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel. +The Table for Bread + 23. "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 24. You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it. @@ -33,7 +37,9 @@ Contributions for the Sanctuary 27. Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28. You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these. 29. And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. -30. And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.The Golden Lampstand +30. And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly. +The Golden Lampstand + 31. "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. 32. And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; @@ -47,3 +53,4 @@ Contributions for the Sanctuary 40. And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_26.md index bb9fc37f..ea91ab7d 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_26.md @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ The Tabernacle 37. And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_27.md index 0b4c50c8..09bb273f 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_27.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The Bronze Altar 5. And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar. 6. And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7. And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. -8. You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.The Court of the Tabernacle +8. You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made. +The Court of the Tabernacle + 9. "You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side. 10. Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. @@ -20,9 +22,12 @@ The Bronze Altar 16. For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases. 17. All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze. 18. The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze. -19. All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.Oil for the Lamp +19. All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. +Oil for the Lamp + 20. "You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. 21. In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_28.md index 8060bc74..9f0d8d7c 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_28.md @@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ The Priests' Garments 43. and they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they bear guilt and die. This shall be a statute forever for him and for his offspring after him. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_29.md index 712490a9..3461ddc3 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_29.md @@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ Consecration of the Priests 46. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_30.md index b310b492..4f5ca580 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_30.md @@ -10,20 +10,26 @@ The Altar of Incense 7. And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it, 8. and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the LORD throughout your generations. 9. You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it. -10. Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD."The Census Tax +10. Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD." +The Census Tax + 11. The LORD said to Moses, 12. "When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them. 13. Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the LORD. 14. Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the LORD's offering. 15. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the LORD's offering to make atonement for your lives. -16. You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the LORD, so as to make atonement for your lives."The Bronze Basin +16. You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the LORD, so as to make atonement for your lives." +The Bronze Basin + 17. The LORD said to Moses, 18. "You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it, 19. with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet. 20. When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering to the LORD, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. -21. They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations."The Anointing Oil and Incense +21. They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations." +The Anointing Oil and Incense + 22. The LORD said to Moses, 23. "Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane, @@ -45,3 +51,4 @@ The Altar of Incense 38. Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people." + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_31.md index 8f52e58f..e2a4a2be 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_31.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Oholiab and Bezalel 8. the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, 9. and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, 10. and the finely worked garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests, -11. and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do."The Sabbath +11. and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do." +The Sabbath + 12. And the LORD said to Moses, 13. "You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you. @@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ Oholiab and Bezalel 18. And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_32.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_32.md index 95ade66d..4d3d75d4 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_32.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_32.md @@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ The Golden Calf 35. Then the LORD sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_33.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_33.md index a35c6eee..e1ecf0c0 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_33.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_33.md @@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ The Command to Leave Sinai 4. When the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. 5. For the LORD had said to Moses, "Say to the people of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.'" -6. Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.The Tent of Meeting +6. Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward. +The Tent of Meeting + 7. Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. 8. Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise up, and each would stand at his tent door, and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. 9. When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses. 10. And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship, each at his tent door. -11. Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.Moses' Intercession +11. Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent. +Moses' Intercession + 12. Moses said to the LORD, "See, you say to me, 'Bring up this people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.' 13. Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people." @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ The Command to Leave Sinai 23. Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen." + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_34.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_34.md index 83c1a1c6..d431013d 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_34.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_34.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Moses Makes New Tablets 6. The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 7. keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation." 8. And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. -9. And he said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."The Covenant Renewed +9. And he said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance." +The Covenant Renewed + 10. And he said, "Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you. @@ -35,7 +37,9 @@ Moses Makes New Tablets 26. The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk." 27. And the LORD said to Moses, "Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." -28. So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.The Shining Face of Moses +28. So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. +The Shining Face of Moses + 29. When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. 30. Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. @@ -47,3 +51,4 @@ Moses Makes New Tablets 35. the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face was shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_35.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_35.md index a524b81e..15365932 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_35.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_35.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Sabbath Regulations # Chapter 35 1. Moses assembled all the congregation of the people of Israel and said to them, "These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do. 2. Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. -3. You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day."Contributions for the Tabernacle +3. You shall kindle no fire in all your dwelling places on the Sabbath day." +Contributions for the Tabernacle + 4. Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, "This is the thing that the LORD has commanded. 5. Take from among you a contribution to the LORD. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the LORD's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze; @@ -32,7 +34,9 @@ Sabbath Regulations 26. All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats' hair. 27. And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece, 28. and spices and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. -29. All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the LORD had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the LORD.Construction of the Tabernacle +29. All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the LORD had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the LORD. +Construction of the Tabernacle + 30. Then Moses said to the people of Israel, "See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31. and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, @@ -42,3 +46,4 @@ Sabbath Regulations 35. He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, or by a weaver--by any sort of workman or skilled designer. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_36.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_36.md index bc264f88..0c985268 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_36.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_36.md @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ 38. and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_37.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_37.md index 9f8ba211..bdc53c5e 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_37.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_37.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Making the Ark 6. And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. 7. And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat, 8. one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends. -9. The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.Making the Table +9. The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim. +Making the Table + 10. He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 11. And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold around it. @@ -17,7 +19,9 @@ Making the Ark 13. He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 14. Close to the frame were the rings, as holders for the poles to carry the table. 15. He made the poles of acacia wood to carry the table, and overlaid them with gold. -16. And he made the vessels of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings.Making the Lampstand +16. And he made the vessels of pure gold that were to be on the table, its plates and dishes for incense, and its bowls and flagons with which to pour drink offerings. +Making the Lampstand + 17. He also made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work. Its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers were of one piece with it. 18. And there were six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; @@ -26,7 +30,9 @@ Making the Ark 21. and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out of it. 22. Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it. The whole of it was a single piece of hammered work of pure gold. 23. And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold. -24. He made it and all its utensils out of a talent of pure gold.Making the Altar of Incense +24. He made it and all its utensils out of a talent of pure gold. +Making the Altar of Incense + 25. He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth was a cubit. It was square, and two cubits was its height. Its horns were of one piece with it. 26. He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And he made a molding of gold around it, @@ -36,3 +42,4 @@ Making the Ark 29. He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_38.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_38.md index ffdd9940..74171d44 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_38.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_38.md @@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ Making the Altar of Burnt Offering 4. And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down. 5. He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating as holders for the poles. 6. He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. -7. And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards.Making the Bronze Basin +7. And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards. +Making the Bronze Basin + + +8. He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting. +Making the Court -8. He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.Making the Court 9. And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; 10. their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. @@ -22,7 +26,9 @@ Making the Altar of Burnt Offering 17. And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. The overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18. And the screen for the gate of the court was embroidered with needlework in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It was twenty cubits long and five cubits high in its breadth, corresponding to the hangings of the court. 19. And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver. -20. And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze.Materials for the Tabernacle +20. And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze. +Materials for the Tabernacle + 21. These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 22. Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses; @@ -38,3 +44,4 @@ Making the Altar of Burnt Offering 31. the bases around the court, and the bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs around the court. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_39.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_39.md index 712791c4..0a12ec42 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_39.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_39.md @@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ Making the Priestly Garments 43. And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, so had they done it. Then Moses blessed them. + diff --git a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_40.md b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_40.md index beb9c8d6..008bb3ae 100644 --- a/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_40.md +++ b/ESV/02_Exodus/Chapter_40.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ The Tabernacle Erected 38. For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_01.md index 920e0a93..0e4689c6 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_01.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Laws for Burnt Offerings 17. He shall tear it open by its wings, but shall not sever it completely. And the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_02.md index 21ee0fc3..7322fb23 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_02.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ Laws for Grain Offerings 16. And the priest shall burn as its memorial portion some of the crushed grain and some of the oil with all of its frankincense; it is a food offering to the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_03.md index dda235ad..13cd8bd7 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_03.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ Laws for Peace Offerings 17. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood." + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_04.md index d224b555..42dbff70 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_04.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ Laws for Sin Offerings 35. And all its fat he shall remove as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on top of the LORD's food offerings. And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_05.md index ed591612..0cd62ce4 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_05.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ 11. "But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. 12. And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take a handful of it as its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, on the LORD's food offerings; it is a sin offering. -13. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in any one of these things, and he shall be forgiven. And the remainder shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering."Laws for Guilt Offerings +13. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in any one of these things, and he shall be forgiven. And the remainder shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering." +Laws for Guilt Offerings + 14. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 15. "If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the LORD, he shall bring to the LORD as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. @@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ 19. It is a guilt offering; he has indeed incurred guilt before the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_06.md index 0dfbfc76..06303b9a 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_06.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ 4. if he has sinned and has realized his guilt and will restore what he took by robbery or what he got by oppression or the deposit that was committed to him or the lost thing that he found 5. or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt. 6. And he shall bring to the priest as his compensation to the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering. -7. And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and thereby become guilty."The Priests and the Offerings +7. And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and thereby become guilty." +The Priests and the Offerings + 8. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 9. "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it. @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ 30. But no sin offering shall be eaten from which any blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it shall be burned up with fire. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_07.md index cdc9bece..842b45f6 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_07.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ 38. which the LORD commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day that he commanded the people of Israel to bring their offerings to the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_08.md index 7c302dab..e845ec1e 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_08.md @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ Consecration of Aaron and His Sons 36. And Aaron and his sons did all the things that the LORD commanded by Moses. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_09.md index e712e940..6f46cff1 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_09.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ The LORD Accepts Aaron's Offering 24. And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_10.md index 5d53175e..77ffbb23 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_10.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ The Death of Nadab and Abihu 20. And when Moses heard that, he approved. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_11.md index 664d9b39..2598ffe9 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_11.md @@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ Clean and Unclean Animals 47. to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_12.md index e2211031..cfdefad9 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_12.md @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ Purification After Childbirth 8. And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean." + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_13.md index 6624d90d..c0618c14 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_13.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Laws About Leprosy +Laws +About Leprosy # Chapter 13 1. The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, @@ -73,3 +74,4 @@ Laws About Leprosy 59. This is the law for a case of leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or the woof, or in any article made of skin, to determine whether it is clean or unclean. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_14.md index bac11e42..19b0be47 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_14.md @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ Laws for Cleansing Lepers 29. And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD. 30. And he shall offer, of the turtledoves or pigeons, whichever he can afford, 31. one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with a grain offering. And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for him who is being cleansed. -32. This is the law for him in whom is a case of leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing."Laws for Cleansing Houses +32. This is the law for him in whom is a case of leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing." +Laws for Cleansing Houses + 33. The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 34. "When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a case of leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession, @@ -66,3 +68,4 @@ Laws for Cleansing Lepers 57. to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprous disease. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_15.md index 0c93914f..589d0cd1 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_15.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Laws About Bodily Discharges +Laws +About Bodily Discharges # Chapter 15 1. The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, @@ -42,3 +43,4 @@ Laws About Bodily Discharges 33. also for her who is unwell with her menstrual impurity, that is, for anyone, male or female, who has a discharge, and for the man who lies with a woman who is unclean. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_16.md index 4953412e..c129dd43 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_16.md @@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ The Day of Atonement 34. And this shall be a statute forever for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins." And Aaron did as the LORD commanded Moses. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_17.md index c02222c0..f943bcf3 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_17.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Place of Sacrifice 7. So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they whore. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations. 8. "And you shall say to them, Any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice -9. and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the LORD, that man shall be cut off from his people.Laws Against Eating Blood +9. and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the LORD, that man shall be cut off from his people. +Laws Against Eating Blood + 10. "If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people. 11. For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ The Place of Sacrifice 16. But if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh, he shall bear his iniquity." + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_18.md index c95c3be2..7f99da88 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_18.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Unlawful Sexual Relations 30. So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them: I am the LORD your God." + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_19.md index f9a5e322..bc91401d 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_19.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The LORD Is Holy 5. "When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. 6. It shall be eaten the same day you offer it or on the day after, and anything left over until the third day shall be burned up with fire. 7. If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is tainted; it will not be accepted, -8. and everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from his people.Love Your Neighbor as Yourself +8. and everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from his people. +Love Your Neighbor as Yourself + 9. "When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 10. And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God. @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ The LORD Is Holy 16. You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD. 17. "You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. -18. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.You Shall Keep My Statutes +18. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD. +You Shall Keep My Statutes + 19. "You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material. @@ -55,3 +59,4 @@ The LORD Is Holy 37. And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_20.md index f146a10c..a399787b 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_20.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Punishment for Child Sacrifice 6. "If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people. 7. Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. 8. Keep my statutes and do them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you. -9. For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.Punishments for Sexual Immorality +9. For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him. +Punishments for Sexual Immorality + 10. "If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11. If a man lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ Punishment for Child Sacrifice 18. If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual period and uncovers her nakedness, he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or of your father's sister, for that is to make naked one's relative; they shall bear their iniquity. 20. If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. -21. If a man takes his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.You Shall Be Holy +21. If a man takes his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. +You Shall Be Holy + 22. "You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my rules and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23. And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them. @@ -35,3 +39,4 @@ Punishment for Child Sacrifice 27. "A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them." + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_21.md index 62644e7a..a7375143 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_21.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ Holiness and the Priests 24. So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_22.md index 9df08b59..269d8576 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_22.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ 13. But if a priest's daughter is widowed or divorced and has no child and returns to her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food; yet no lay person shall eat of it. 14. And if anyone eats of a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add the fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest. 15. They shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the LORD, -16. and so cause them to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: for I am the LORD who sanctifies them."Acceptable Offerings +16. and so cause them to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: for I am the LORD who sanctifies them." +Acceptable Offerings + 17. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 18. "Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents a burnt offering as his offering, for any of their vows or freewill offerings that they offer to the LORD, @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ 33. who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_23.md index 4c2c7c07..8ba43f1d 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_23.md @@ -2,22 +2,30 @@ Feasts of the LORD # Chapter 23 1. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -2. "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the LORD that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts.The Sabbath +2. "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the LORD that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts. +The Sabbath + + +3. "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places. +The Passover -3. "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places.The Passover 4. "These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them. 5. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the LORD's Passover. 6. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. -8. But you shall present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work."The Feast of Firstfruits +8. But you shall present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work." +The Feast of Firstfruits + 9. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 10. "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, 11. and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12. And on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD. 13. And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the LORD with a pleasing aroma, and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin. -14. And you shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.The Feast of Weeks +14. And you shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. +The Feast of Weeks + 15. "You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. 16. You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the LORD. @@ -27,11 +35,15 @@ Feasts of the LORD 20. And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. 21. And you shall make a proclamation on the same day. You shall hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations. -22. "And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God."The Feast of Trumpets +22. "And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God." +The Feast of Trumpets + 23. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 24. "Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. -25. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the LORD."The Day of Atonement +25. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the LORD." +The Day of Atonement + 26. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 27. "Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the LORD. @@ -39,7 +51,9 @@ Feasts of the LORD 29. For whoever is not afflicted on that very day shall be cut off from his people. 30. And whoever does any work on that very day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31. You shall not do any work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. -32. It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath."The Feast of Booths +32. It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath." +The Feast of Booths + 33. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 34. "Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the LORD. @@ -58,3 +72,4 @@ Feasts of the LORD 44. Thus Moses declared to the people of Israel the appointed feasts of the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_24.md index 0b50e984..321d0ad9 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_24.md @@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ The Lamps 1. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2. "Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly. 3. Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening to morning before the LORD regularly. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. -4. He shall arrange the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold before the LORD regularly.Bread for the Tabernacle +4. He shall arrange the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold before the LORD regularly. +Bread for the Tabernacle + 5. "You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf. 6. And you shall set them in two piles, six in a pile, on the table of pure gold before the LORD. 7. And you shall put pure frankincense on each pile, that it may go with the bread as a memorial portion as a food offering to the LORD. 8. Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before the LORD regularly; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever. -9. And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, since it is for him a most holy portion out of the LORD's food offerings, a perpetual due."Punishment for Blasphemy +9. And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, since it is for him a most holy portion out of the LORD's food offerings, a perpetual due." +Punishment for Blasphemy + 10. Now an Israelite woman's son, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the people of Israel. And the Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel fought in the camp, 11. and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. Then they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. @@ -19,7 +23,9 @@ The Lamps 13. Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 14. "Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15. And speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin. -16. Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.An Eye for an Eye +16. Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. +An Eye for an Eye + 17. "Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. 18. Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life. @@ -30,3 +36,4 @@ The Lamps 23. So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and they brought out of the camp the one who had cursed and stoned him with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_25.md index f9ecd4e9..4873af7d 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_25.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Sabbath Year 4. but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. 5. You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. 6. The Sabbath of the land shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves and for your hired worker and the sojourner who lives with you, -7. and for your cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: all its yield shall be for food.The Year of Jubilee +7. and for your cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: all its yield shall be for food. +The Year of Jubilee + 8. "You shall count seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall give you forty-nine years. 9. Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout all your land. @@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ The Sabbath Year 19. The land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and dwell in it securely. 20. And if you say, 'What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we may not sow or gather in our crop?' 21. I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years. -22. When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating some of the old crop; you shall eat the old until the ninth year, when its crop arrives.Redemption of Property +22. When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating some of the old crop; you shall eat the old until the ninth year, when its crop arrives. +Redemption of Property + 23. "The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me. 24. And in all the country you possess, you shall allow a redemption of the land. @@ -40,7 +44,9 @@ The Sabbath Year 31. But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them shall be classified with the fields of the land. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the jubilee. 32. As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem at any time the houses in the cities they possess. 33. And if one of the Levites exercises his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city they possess shall be released in the jubilee. For the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel. -34. But the fields of pastureland belonging to their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession forever.Kindness for Poor Brothers +34. But the fields of pastureland belonging to their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession forever. +Kindness for Poor Brothers + 35. "If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you. 36. Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you. @@ -54,7 +60,9 @@ The Sabbath Year 43. You shall not rule over him ruthlessly but shall fear your God. 44. As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are around you. 45. You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you and their clans that are with you, who have been born in your land, and they may be your property. -46. You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly.Redeeming a Poor Man +46. You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly. +Redeeming a Poor Man + 47. "If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger's clan, 48. then after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him, @@ -67,3 +75,4 @@ The Sabbath Year 55. For it is to me that the people of Israel are servants. They are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_26.md index a04a5006..0d031a62 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_26.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Blessings for Obedience 10. You shall eat old store long kept, and you shall clear out the old to make way for the new. 11. I will make my dwelling among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. 12. And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people. -13. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.Punishment for Disobedience +13. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect. +Punishment for Disobedience + 14. "But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments, 15. if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my rules, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant, @@ -57,3 +59,4 @@ Blessings for Obedience 46. These are the statutes and rules and laws that the LORD made between himself and the people of Israel through Moses on Mount Sinai. + diff --git a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_27.md index 7fb5d360..87559c78 100644 --- a/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/03_Leviticus/Chapter_27.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Laws About Vows +Laws +About Vows # Chapter 27 1. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, @@ -44,3 +45,4 @@ Laws About Vows 34. These are the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_01.md index e0f6a895..7b1d2c28 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_01.md @@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ A Census of Israel's Warriors 44. These are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers' house. 45. So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel-- -46. all those listed were 603,550.Levites Exempted +46. all those listed were 603,550. +Levites Exempted + 47. But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. 48. For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, @@ -72,3 +74,4 @@ A Census of Israel's Warriors 54. Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_02.md index 9fd74853..32b01431 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_02.md @@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ Arrangement of the Camp 34. Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers' house. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_03.md index 780a4c3e..3c534870 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_03.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Sons of Aaron 1. These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. 2. These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests. -4. But Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father.Duties of the Levites +4. But Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father. +Duties of the Levites + 5. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 6. "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. @@ -46,7 +48,9 @@ The Sons of Aaron 37. also the pillars around the court, with their bases and pegs and cords. 38. Those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, guarding the sanctuary itself, to protect the people of Israel. And any outsider who came near was to be put to death. -39. All those listed among the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron listed at the commandment of the LORD, by clans, all the males from a month old and upward, were 22,000.Redemption of the Firstborn +39. All those listed among the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron listed at the commandment of the LORD, by clans, all the males from a month old and upward, were 22,000. +Redemption of the Firstborn + 40. And the LORD said to Moses, "List all the firstborn males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking the number of their names. 41. And you shall take the Levites for me--I am the LORD--instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the people of Israel." @@ -63,3 +67,4 @@ The Sons of Aaron 51. And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_04.md index 84062bc5..46aa01b2 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_04.md @@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ Duties of the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites 49. According to the commandment of the LORD through Moses they were listed, each one with his task of serving or carrying. Thus they were listed by him, as the LORD commanded Moses. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_05.md index eafa8ac8..973c5220 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_05.md @@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ Unclean People 1. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2. "Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead. 3. You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell." -4. And the people of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the LORD said to Moses, so the people of Israel did.Confession and Restitution +4. And the people of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the LORD said to Moses, so the people of Israel did. +Confession and Restitution + 5. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 6. "Speak to the people of Israel, When a man or woman commits any of the sins that people commit by breaking faith with the LORD, and that person realizes his guilt, 7. he shall confess his sin that he has committed. And he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong. 8. But if the man has no next of kin to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for wrong shall go to the LORD for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for him. 9. And every contribution, all the holy donations of the people of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his. -10. Each one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his."A Test for Adultery +10. Each one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his." +A Test for Adultery + 11. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 12. "Speak to the people of Israel, If any man's wife goes astray and breaks faith with him, @@ -39,3 +43,4 @@ Unclean People 31. The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman shall bear her iniquity." + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_06.md index 62f8d04c..001d0fdc 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_06.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ The Nazirite Vow 19. And the priest shall take the shoulder of the ram, when it is boiled, and one unleavened loaf out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the hair of his consecration, 20. and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. They are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed. And after that the Nazirite may drink wine. -21. "This is the law of the Nazirite. But if he vows an offering to the LORD above his Nazirite vow, as he can afford, in exact accordance with the vow that he takes, then he shall do in addition to the law of the Nazirite."Aaron's Blessing +21. "This is the law of the Nazirite. But if he vows an offering to the LORD above his Nazirite vow, as he can afford, in exact accordance with the vow that he takes, then he shall do in addition to the law of the Nazirite." +Aaron's Blessing + 22. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 23. "Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ The Nazirite Vow 27. "So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them." + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_07.md index e33c9736..ba35b8b0 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_07.md @@ -106,3 +106,4 @@ Offerings at the Tabernacle's Consecration 89. And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_08.md index 30e78de8..cef4a4af 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_08.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Seven Lamps 1. Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2. "Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand." 3. And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses. -4. And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.Cleansing of the Levites +4. And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. +Cleansing of the Levites + 5. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 6. "Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them. @@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ The Seven Lamps 20. Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them. 21. And the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. -22. And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.Retirement of the Levites +22. And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them. +Retirement of the Levites + 23. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 24. "This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting. @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ The Seven Lamps 26. They minister to their brothers in the tent of meeting by keeping guard, but they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties." + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_09.md index 0742a7ff..b6e29470 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_09.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ The Passover Celebrated 11. In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12. They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it. 13. But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the LORD's offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin. -14. And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native."The Cloud Covering the Tabernacle +14. And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native." +The Cloud Covering the Tabernacle + 15. On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning. 16. So it was always: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night. @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ The Passover Celebrated 23. At the command of the LORD they camped, and at the command of the LORD they set out. They kept the charge of the LORD, at the command of the LORD by Moses. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_10.md index 8ea764c2..b94ace3f 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_10.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Silver Trumpets 7. But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not sound an alarm. 8. And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations. 9. And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. -10. On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be a reminder of you before your God: I am the LORD your God."Israel Leaves Sinai +10. On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be a reminder of you before your God: I am the LORD your God." +Israel Leaves Sinai + 11. In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony, 12. and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran. @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ The Silver Trumpets 36. And when it rested, he said, "Return, O LORD, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel." + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_11.md index 78308954..a337756f 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_11.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ The People Complain 12. Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,' to the land that you swore to give their fathers? 13. Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.' 14. I am not able to carry all this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me. -15. If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness."Elders Appointed to Aid Moses +15. If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness." +Elders Appointed to Aid Moses + 16. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you. 17. And I will come down and talk with you there. And I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it yourself alone. @@ -36,7 +38,9 @@ The People Complain 27. And a young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp." 28. And Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said, "My lord Moses, stop them." 29. But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the LORD's people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!" -30. And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.Quail and a Plague +30. And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp. +Quail and a Plague + 31. Then a wind from the LORD sprang up, and it brought quail from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day's journey on this side and a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the ground. 32. And the people rose all that day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail. Those who gathered least gathered ten homers. And they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. @@ -45,3 +49,4 @@ The People Complain 35. From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_12.md index 0a6fca32..0a87b3e6 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_12.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 16. After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_13.md index 7f6bbb4a..bfd841f0 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_13.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ Spies Sent into Canaan 21. So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath. 22. They went up into the Negeb and came to Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23. And they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs. -24. That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster that the people of Israel cut down from there.Report of the Spies +24. That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster that the people of Israel cut down from there. +Report of the Spies + 25. At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land. 26. And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ Spies Sent into Canaan 33. And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them." + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_14.md index 628fc0ed..be14029c 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_14.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ The People Rebel 10. Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel. 11. And the LORD said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them? -12. I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."Moses Intercedes for the People +12. I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they." +Moses Intercedes for the People + 13. But Moses said to the LORD, "Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for you brought up this people in your might from among them, 14. and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, O LORD, are in the midst of this people. For you, O LORD, are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. @@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ The People Rebel 16. 'It is because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.' 17. And now, please let the power of the Lord be great as you have promised, saying, 18. 'The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.' -19. Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now."God Promises Judgment +19. Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now." +God Promises Judgment + 20. Then the LORD said, "I have pardoned, according to your word. 21. But truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD, @@ -44,7 +48,9 @@ The People Rebel 36. And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land-- 37. the men who brought up a bad report of the land--died by plague before the LORD. -38. Of those men who went to spy out the land, only Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive.Israel Defeated in Battle +38. Of those men who went to spy out the land, only Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive. +Israel Defeated in Battle + 39. When Moses told these words to all the people of Israel, the people mourned greatly. 40. And they rose early in the morning and went up to the heights of the hill country, saying, "Here we are. We will go up to the place that the LORD has promised, for we have sinned." @@ -55,3 +61,4 @@ The People Rebel 45. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_15.md index cbfe97ee..f544ac5d 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_15.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Laws About Sacrifices +Laws +About Sacrifices # Chapter 15 1. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, @@ -23,7 +24,10 @@ Laws About Sacrifices 18. "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land to which I bring you 19. and when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall present a contribution to the LORD. 20. Of the first of your dough you shall present a loaf as a contribution; like a contribution from the threshing floor, so shall you present it. -21. Some of the first of your dough you shall give to the LORD as a contribution throughout your generations.Laws About Unintentional Sins +21. Some of the first of your dough you shall give to the LORD as a contribution throughout your generations. +Laws +About Unintentional Sins + 22. "But if you sin unintentionally, and do not observe all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses, 23. all that the LORD has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the LORD gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations, @@ -35,13 +39,17 @@ Laws About Sacrifices 28. And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for the person who makes a mistake, when he sins unintentionally, to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven. 29. You shall have one law for him who does anything unintentionally, for him who is native among the people of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them. 30. But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from among his people. -31. Because he has despised the word of the LORD and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be on him."A Sabbathbreaker Executed +31. Because he has despised the word of the LORD and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be on him." +A Sabbathbreaker Executed + 32. While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33. And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation. 34. They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him. 35. And the LORD said to Moses, "The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp." -36. And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the LORD commanded Moses.Tassels on Garments +36. And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the LORD commanded Moses. +Tassels on Garments + 37. The LORD said to Moses, 38. "Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner. @@ -50,3 +58,4 @@ Laws About Sacrifices 41. 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." + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_16.md index 88d7b355..207456b5 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_16.md @@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ Korah's Rebellion 50. And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_17.md index 1488bdd5..6513aa67 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_17.md @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ Aaron's Staff Buds 13. Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, shall die. Are we all to perish?" + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_18.md index 7bc605b1..c64a3ac5 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_18.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Duties of Priests and Levites 32. And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have contributed the best of it. But you shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, lest you die.'" + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_19.md index 48d33de1..32bfecf8 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_19.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Laws for Purification 22. And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening." + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_20.md index 97a456d0..fa2bd4e8 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_20.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ The Death of Miriam # Chapter 20 -1. And the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. And Miriam died there and was buried there.The Waters of Meribah +1. And the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. And Miriam died there and was buried there. +The Waters of Meribah + 2. Now there was no water for the congregation. And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3. And the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD! @@ -10,12 +12,16 @@ The Death of Miriam 6. Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces. And the glory of the LORD appeared to them, 7. and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 8. "Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle." -9. And Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he commanded him.Moses Strikes the Rock +9. And Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he commanded him. +Moses Strikes the Rock + 10. Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?" 11. And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. 12. And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them." -13. These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and through them he showed himself holy.Edom Refuses Passage +13. These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and through them he showed himself holy. +Edom Refuses Passage + 14. Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met: 15. how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. And the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers. @@ -24,7 +30,9 @@ The Death of Miriam 18. But Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you." 19. And the people of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway, and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then I will pay for it. Let me only pass through on foot, nothing more." 20. But he said, "You shall not pass through." And Edom came out against them with a large army and with a strong force. -21. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.The Death of Aaron +21. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him. +The Death of Aaron + 22. And they journeyed from Kadesh, and the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. 23. And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, @@ -36,3 +44,4 @@ The Death of Miriam 29. And when all the congregation saw that Aaron had perished, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_21.md index 02ca3e46..d7d585b4 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_21.md @@ -3,14 +3,18 @@ Arad Destroyed # Chapter 21 1. When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. 2. And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD and said, "If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction." -3. And the LORD heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called Hormah.The Bronze Serpent +3. And the LORD heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called Hormah. +The Bronze Serpent + 4. From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. 5. And the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food." 6. Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. 7. And the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the people. 8. And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." -9. So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.The Song of the Well +9. So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live. +The Song of the Well + 10. And the people of Israel set out and camped in Oboth. 11. And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise. @@ -32,7 +36,9 @@ that the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter and with their staffs." And from the wilderness they went on to Mattanah, 19. and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, -20. and from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah that looks down on the desert.King Sihon Defeated +20. and from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah that looks down on the desert. +King Sihon Defeated + 21. Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22. "Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard. We will not drink the water of a well. We will go by the King's Highway until we have passed through your territory." @@ -58,7 +64,9 @@ He has made his sons fugitives, 30. So we overthrew them; Heshbon, as far as Dibon, perished; and we laid waste as far as Nophah; - fire spread as far as Medeba."King Og Defeated + fire spread as far as Medeba." +King Og Defeated + 31. Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. 32. And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there. @@ -67,3 +75,4 @@ He has made his sons fugitives, 35. So they defeated him and his sons and all his people, until he had no survivor left. And they possessed his land. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_22.md index b2763e02..58ee8964 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_22.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ Balak Summons Balaam 18. But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD my God to do less or more. 19. So you, too, please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me." 20. And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only do what I tell you." -21. So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.Balaam's Donkey and the Angel +21. So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab. +Balaam's Donkey and the Angel + 22. But God's anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the LORD took his stand in the way as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him. 23. And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road. @@ -50,3 +52,4 @@ Balak Summons Balaam 41. And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he saw a fraction of the people. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_23.md index dd15a9e8..50e28597 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_23.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Let me die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his!" 11. And Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them." -12. And he answered and said, "Must I not take care to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"Balaam's Second Oracle +12. And he answered and said, "Must I not take care to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?" +Balaam's Second Oracle + 13. And Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, from which you may see them. You shall see only a fraction of them and shall not see them all. Then curse them for me from there." 14. And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. @@ -72,3 +74,4 @@ it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey 30. And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_24.md index 2d5b3d51..a3e3dd20 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_24.md @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ Blessed are those who bless you, 11. Therefore now flee to your own place. I said, 'I will certainly honor you,' but the LORD has held you back from honor." 12. And Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me, 13. 'If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own will. What the LORD speaks, that will I speak'? -14. And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, I will let you know what this people will do to your people in the latter days."Balaam's Final Oracle +14. And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, I will let you know what this people will do to your people in the latter days." +Balaam's Final Oracle + 15. And he took up his discourse and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, @@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ it shall crush the forehead of Moab 18. Edom shall be dispossessed; Seir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed. - Israel is doing valiantly. +Israel is doing valiantly. 19. And one from Jacob shall exercise dominion and destroy the survivors of cities!" @@ -85,3 +87,4 @@ and shall afflict Asshur and Eber; 25. Then Balaam rose and went back to his place. And Balak also went his way. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_25.md index 2b8a2c2d..85188b86 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_25.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Baal Worship at Peor 6. And behold, one of the people of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his family, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the people of Israel, while they were weeping in the entrance of the tent of meeting. 7. When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation and took a spear in his hand 8. and went after the man of Israel into the chamber and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. Thus the plague on the people of Israel was stopped. -9. Nevertheless, those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.The Zeal of Phinehas +9. Nevertheless, those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand. +The Zeal of Phinehas + 10. And the LORD said to Moses, 11. "Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy. @@ -25,3 +27,4 @@ Baal Worship at Peor 18. for they have harassed you with their wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor." + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_26.md index 21c0e354..952ace49 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_26.md @@ -84,3 +84,4 @@ Census of the New Generation 65. For the LORD had said of them, "They shall die in the wilderness." Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_27.md index dbc9cc46..bfd3667a 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_27.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Daughters of Zelophehad 8. And you shall speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter. 9. And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. 10. And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers. -11. And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the nearest kinsman of his clan, and he shall possess it. And it shall be for the people of Israel a statute and rule, as the LORD commanded Moses.'"Joshua to Succeed Moses +11. And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the nearest kinsman of his clan, and he shall possess it. And it shall be for the people of Israel a statute and rule, as the LORD commanded Moses.'" +Joshua to Succeed Moses + 12. The LORD said to Moses, "Go up into this mountain of Abarim and see the land that I have given to the people of Israel. 13. When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was, @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ The Daughters of Zelophehad 23. and he laid his hands on him and commissioned him as the LORD directed through Moses. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_28.md index de56d66f..67add378 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_28.md @@ -8,16 +8,22 @@ Daily Offerings 5. also a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with a quarter of a hin of beaten oil. 6. It is a regular burnt offering, which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. 7. Its drink offering shall be a quarter of a hin for each lamb. In the Holy Place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the LORD. -8. The other lamb you shall offer at twilight. Like the grain offering of the morning, and like its drink offering, you shall offer it as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD.Sabbath Offerings +8. The other lamb you shall offer at twilight. Like the grain offering of the morning, and like its drink offering, you shall offer it as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD. +Sabbath Offerings + 9. "On the Sabbath day, two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering: -10. this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.Monthly Offerings +10. this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. +Monthly Offerings + 11. "At the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD: two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish; 12. also three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull, and two tenths of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram; 13. and a tenth of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for every lamb; for a burnt offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. 14. Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, a third of a hin for a ram, and a quarter of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. -15. Also one male goat for a sin offering to the LORD; it shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.Passover Offerings +15. Also one male goat for a sin offering to the LORD; it shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. +Passover Offerings + 16. "On the fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD's Passover, 17. and on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast. Seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. @@ -28,7 +34,9 @@ Daily Offerings 22. also one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you. 23. You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a regular burnt offering. 24. In the same way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. -25. And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work.Offerings for the Feast of Weeks +25. And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. +Offerings for the Feast of Weeks + 26. "On the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a grain offering of new grain to the LORD at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, 27. but offer a burnt offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD: two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; @@ -38,3 +46,4 @@ Daily Offerings 31. Besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, you shall offer them and their drink offering. See that they are without blemish. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_29.md index 5da93cb1..1a5dc8ed 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_29.md @@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ Offerings for the Feast of Trumpets 3. also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the ram, 4. and one tenth for each of the seven lambs; 5. with one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you; -6. besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and its grain offering, and the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offering, according to the rule for them, for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.Offerings for the Day of Atonement +6. besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and its grain offering, and the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offering, according to the rule for them, for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. +Offerings for the Day of Atonement + 7. "On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and afflict yourselves. You shall do no work, 8. but you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old: see that they are without blemish. 9. And their grain offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the one ram, 10. a tenth for each of the seven lambs: -11. also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the sin offering of atonement, and the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.Offerings for the Feast of Booths +11. also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the sin offering of atonement, and the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings. +Offerings for the Feast of Booths + 12. "On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days. 13. And you shall offer a burnt offering, a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD, thirteen bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish; @@ -54,3 +58,4 @@ Offerings for the Feast of Trumpets 40. So Moses told the people of Israel everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_30.md index cc3acbf2..e78d6c9a 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_30.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Men and Vows # Chapter 30 1. Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, saying, "This is what the LORD has commanded. -2. If a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.Women and Vows +2. If a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. +Women and Vows + 3. "If a woman vows a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father's house in her youth, 4. and her father hears of her vow and of her pledge by which she has bound herself and says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ Men and Vows 16. These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses about a man and his wife and about a father and his daughter while she is in her youth within her father's house. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_31.md index 7eb361b7..b586232c 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_31.md @@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ Vengeance on Midian 54. And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the people of Israel before the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_32.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_32.md index a139c0fd..3df91769 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_32.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_32.md @@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ Reuben and Gad Settle in Gilead 42. And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_33.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_33.md index 0d9399a0..00e01181 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_33.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_33.md @@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ Recounting Israel's Journey 46. And they set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. 47. And they set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 48. And they set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho; -49. they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.Drive Out the Inhabitants +49. they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. +Drive Out the Inhabitants + 50. And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 51. "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, @@ -64,3 +66,4 @@ Recounting Israel's Journey 56. And I will do to you as I thought to do to them." + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_34.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_34.md index 6311b9b6..aa806c62 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_34.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_34.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Boundaries of the Land 13. Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying, "This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe. 14. For the tribe of the people of Reuben by fathers' houses and the tribe of the people of Gad by their fathers' houses have received their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh. -15. The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise."List of Tribal Chiefs +15. The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise." +List of Tribal Chiefs + 16. The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 17. "These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ Boundaries of the Land 29. These are the men whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance for the people of Israel in the land of Canaan. + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_35.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_35.md index e70055ee..b53b0c0d 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_35.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_35.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Cities for the Levites 6. "The cities that you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities. 7. All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasturelands. -8. And as for the cities that you shall give from the possession of the people of Israel, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it inherits, shall give of its cities to the Levites."Cities of Refuge +8. And as for the cities that you shall give from the possession of the people of Israel, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it inherits, shall give of its cities to the Levites." +Cities of Refuge + 9. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 10. "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, @@ -42,3 +44,4 @@ Cities for the Levites 34. You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, for I the LORD dwell in the midst of the people of Israel." + diff --git a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_36.md b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_36.md index b5ce3ef9..8ac1023d 100644 --- a/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_36.md +++ b/ESV/04_Numbers/Chapter_36.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Marriage of Female Heirs 13. These are the commandments and the rules that the LORD commanded through Moses to the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_01.md index 885aabd2..8d0c58fd 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_01.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The Command to Leave Horeb 5. Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying, 6. "The LORD our God said to us in Horeb, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7. Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negeb and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. -8. See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.'Leaders Appointed +8. See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.' +Leaders Appointed + 9. "At that time I said to you, 'I am not able to bear you by myself. 10. The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as numerous as the stars of heaven. @@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ The Command to Leave Horeb 15. So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes. 16. And I charged your judges at that time, 'Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him. 17. You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.' -18. And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.Israel's Refusal to Enter the Land +18. And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do. +Israel's Refusal to Enter the Land + 19. "Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea. 20. And I said to you, 'You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us. @@ -36,7 +40,9 @@ The Command to Leave Horeb 30. The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, 31. and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.' 32. Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God, -33. who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.The Penalty for Israel's Rebellion +33. who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go. +The Penalty for Israel's Rebellion + 34. "And the LORD heard your words and was angered, and he swore, 35. 'Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers, @@ -54,3 +60,4 @@ The Command to Leave Horeb 46. So you remained at Kadesh many days, the days that you remained there. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_02.md index c231115d..6e930a58 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_02.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ The Wilderness Years 22. as he did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them and they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day. 23. As for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their place.) 24. 'Rise up, set out on your journey and go over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession, and contend with him in battle. -25. This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.'The Defeat of King Sihon +25. This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.' +The Defeat of King Sihon + 26. "So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon the king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, 27. 'Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left. @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ The Wilderness Years 37. Only to the land of the sons of Ammon you did not draw near, that is, to all the banks of the river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, whatever the LORD our God had forbidden us. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_03.md index b0b689ab..a76dc0cd 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_03.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ The Defeat of King Og 19. Only your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall remain in the cities that I have given you, 20. until the LORD gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also occupy the land that the LORD your God gives them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession which I have given you.' 21. And I commanded Joshua at that time, 'Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. So will the LORD do to all the kingdoms into which you are crossing. -22. You shall not fear them, for it is the LORD your God who fights for you.'Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land +22. You shall not fear them, for it is the LORD your God who fights for you.' +Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land + 23. "And I pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying, 24. 'O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours? @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ The Defeat of King Og 29. So we remained in the valley opposite Beth-peor. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_04.md index 4a3f7b00..f13226da 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_04.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Moses Commands Obedience 11. And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom. 12. Then the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice. 13. And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments, and he wrote them on two tablets of stone. -14. And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.Idolatry Forbidden +14. And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess. +Idolatry Forbidden + 15. "Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16. beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, @@ -44,11 +46,15 @@ Moses Commands Obedience 37. And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power, 38. driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day, 39. know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. -40. Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time."Cities of Refuge +40. Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time." +Cities of Refuge + 41. Then Moses set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan, 42. that the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life: -43. Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.Introduction to the Law +43. Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites. +Introduction to the Law + 44. This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel. 45. These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt, @@ -58,3 +64,4 @@ Moses Commands Obedience 49. together with all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_05.md index 4493117f..73cad33b 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_05.md @@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ The Ten Commandments 33. You shall walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_06.md index 84f4721b..4fbc68b0 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_06.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ The Greatest Commandment 25. And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.' + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_07.md index 0ba50f50..2345db7e 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_07.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ A Chosen People 26. And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house and become devoted to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest and abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_08.md index 1501c26b..eddf21ad 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_08.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Remember the LORD Your God 20. Like the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_09.md index 39b45141..ed712ea3 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_09.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Not Because of Righteousness 9. When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water. 10. And the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the LORD had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. 11. And at the end of forty days and forty nights the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. -12. Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them; they have made themselves a metal image.'The Golden Calf +12. Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them; they have made themselves a metal image.' +The Golden Calf + 13. "Furthermore, the LORD said to me, 'I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people. 14. Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.' @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ Not Because of Righteousness 29. For they are your people and your heritage, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.' + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_10.md index 93c353d2..a235f288 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_10.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ New Tablets of Stone 9. Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God said to him.) 10. "I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the LORD listened to me that time also. The LORD was unwilling to destroy you. -11. And the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go on your journey at the head of the people, so that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.'Circumcise Your Heart +11. And the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go on your journey at the head of the people, so that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.' +Circumcise Your Heart + 12. "And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13. and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today for your good? @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ New Tablets of Stone 22. Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_11.md index e8154316..e2e28883 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_11.md @@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ Love and Serve the LORD 32. you shall be careful to do all the statutes and the rules that I am setting before you today. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_12.md index 0b013108..aece6759 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_12.md @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ The LORD's Chosen Place of Worship 25. You shall not eat it, that all may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD. 26. But the holy things that are due from you, and your vow offerings, you shall take, and you shall go to the place that the LORD will choose, 27. and offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, but the flesh you may eat. -28. Be careful to obey all these words that I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.Warning Against Idolatry +28. Be careful to obey all these words that I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God. +Warning Against Idolatry + 29. "When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations whom you go in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, 30. take care that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods?--that I also may do the same.' @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ The LORD's Chosen Place of Worship 32. "Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_13.md index 5ba72bc7..108155b2 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_13.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ 18. if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am commanding you today, and doing what is right in the sight of the LORD your God. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_14.md index ceadfb1f..8da95bb4 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_14.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ Clean and Unclean Food 20. All clean winged things you may eat. 21. "You shall not eat anything that has died naturally. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. -"You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.Tithes +"You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. +Tithes + 22. "You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. 23. And before the LORD your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ Clean and Unclean Food 29. And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_15.md index 4b605969..2d93580d 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_15.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ The Sabbatical Year 23. Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_16.md index d193eb7d..ff0b5a41 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_16.md @@ -1,32 +1,46 @@ Passover # Chapter 16 -1. "Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. -2. And you shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the LORD your God, from the flock or the herd, at the place that the LORD will choose, to make his name dwell there. +1. "Observe the month of Abib and keep the +Passover to the LORD your God, for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. +2. And you shall offer the +Passover sacrifice to the LORD your God, from the flock or the herd, at the place that the LORD will choose, to make his name dwell there. 3. You shall eat no leavened bread with it. Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction--for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste--that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt. 4. No leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the flesh that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain all night until morning. -5. You may not offer the Passover sacrifice within any of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, -6. but at the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell in it, there you shall offer the Passover sacrifice, in the evening at sunset, at the time you came out of Egypt. +5. You may not offer the +Passover sacrifice within any of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, +6. but at the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell in it, there you shall offer the +Passover sacrifice, in the evening at sunset, at the time you came out of Egypt. 7. And you shall cook it and eat it at the place that the LORD your God will choose. And in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. -8. For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God. You shall do no work on it.The Feast of Weeks +8. For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God. You shall do no work on it. +The Feast of Weeks + 9. "You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain. 10. Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the LORD your God blesses you. 11. And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell there. -12. You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.The Feast of Booths +12. You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. +The Feast of Booths + 13. "You shall keep the Feast of Booths seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your winepress. 14. You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns. 15. For seven days you shall keep the feast to the LORD your God at the place that the LORD will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful. 16. "Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. -17. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you.Justice +17. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you. +Justice + 18. "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19. You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. -20. Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you.Forbidden Forms of Worship +20. +Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you. +Forbidden Forms of Worship + 21. "You shall not plant any tree as an Asherah beside the altar of the LORD your God that you shall make. 22. And you shall not set up a pillar, which the LORD your God hates. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_17.md index 0f482302..a66c9b50 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_17.md @@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ 4. and it is told you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently, and if it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, 5. then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you shall stone that man or woman to death with stones. 6. On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness. -7. The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.Legal Decisions by Priests and Judges +7. The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. +Legal Decisions by Priests and Judges + 8. "If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the LORD your God will choose. 9. And you shall come to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall consult them, and they shall declare to you the decision. 10. Then you shall do according to what they declare to you from that place that the LORD will choose. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they direct you. 11. According to the instructions that they give you, and according to the decision which they pronounce to you, you shall do. You shall not turn aside from the verdict that they declare to you, either to the right hand or to the left. 12. The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel. -13. And all the people shall hear and fear and not act presumptuously again.Laws Concerning Israel's Kings +13. And all the people shall hear and fear and not act presumptuously again. +Laws Concerning Israel's Kings + 14. "When you come to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, 'I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,' 15. you may indeed set a king over you whom the LORD your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. @@ -25,3 +29,4 @@ 20. that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_18.md index b72a226c..2d349064 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_18.md @@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ Provision for Priests and Levites 6. "And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, where he lives--and he may come when he desires--to the place that the LORD will choose, 7. and ministers in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand to minister there before the LORD, -8. then he may have equal portions to eat, besides what he receives from the sale of his patrimony.Abominable Practices +8. then he may have equal portions to eat, besides what he receives from the sale of his patrimony. +Abominable Practices + 9. "When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. 10. There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer 11. or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, 12. for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD. And because of these abominations the LORD your God is driving them out before you. 13. You shall be blameless before the LORD your God, -14. for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do this.A New Prophet like Moses +14. for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do this. +A New Prophet like Moses + 15. "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers--it is to him you shall listen-- 16. just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.' @@ -28,3 +32,4 @@ Provision for Priests and Levites 22. when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_19.md index 61d4b028..823c66a1 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_19.md @@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ Laws Concerning Cities of Refuge 11. "But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, 12. then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. -13. Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may be well with you.Property Boundaries +13. Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may be well with you. +Property Boundaries + + +14. "You shall not move your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set, in the inheritance that you will hold in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess. +Laws Concerning Witnesses -14. "You shall not move your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set, in the inheritance that you will hold in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.Laws Concerning Witnesses 15. "A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established. 16. If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, @@ -28,3 +32,4 @@ Laws Concerning Cities of Refuge 21. Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_20.md index 8188f5f3..50ad04de 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_20.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Laws Concerning Warfare 20. Only the trees that you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, that you may build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_21.md index 6157242e..45e38bab 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_21.md @@ -9,24 +9,33 @@ Atonement for Unsolved Murders 6. And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7. and they shall testify, 'Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. 8. Accept atonement, O LORD, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.' -9. So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.Marrying Female Captives +9. So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD. +Marrying Female Captives + 10. "When you go out to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God gives them into your hand and you take them captive, 11. and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire to take her to be your wife, 12. and you bring her home to your house, she shall shave her head and pare her nails. 13. And she shall take off the clothes in which she was captured and shall remain in your house and lament her father and her mother a full month. After that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. -14. But if you no longer delight in her, you shall let her go where she wants. But you shall not sell her for money, nor shall you treat her as a slave, since you have humiliated her.Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn +14. But if you no longer delight in her, you shall let her go where she wants. But you shall not sell her for money, nor shall you treat her as a slave, since you have humiliated her. +Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn + 15. "If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, 16. then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, -17. but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.A Rebellious Son +17. but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his. +A Rebellious Son + 18. "If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, 19. then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, 20. and they shall say to the elders of his city, 'This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.' -21. Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.A Man Hanged on a Tree Is Cursed +21. Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear. +A Man Hanged on a Tree Is Cursed + 22. "And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23. his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_22.md index 1d686677..b2ecf6cf 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_22.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Various Laws 10. You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. 11. You shall not wear cloth of wool and linen mixed together. -12. "You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself.Laws Concerning Sexual Immorality +12. "You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself. +Laws Concerning Sexual Immorality + 13. "If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then hates her 14. and accuses her of misconduct and brings a bad name upon her, saying, 'I took this woman, and when I came near her, I did not find in her evidence of virginity,' @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ Various Laws 30. "A man shall not take his father's wife, so that he does not uncover his father's nakedness. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_23.md index dcd1d593..f6606ab1 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_23.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Those Excluded from the Assembly 6. You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever. 7. "You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land. -8. Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD.Uncleanness in the Camp +8. Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD. +Uncleanness in the Camp + 9. "When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing. @@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ Those Excluded from the Assembly 12. "You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it. 13. And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up your excrement. -14. Because the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.Miscellaneous Laws +14. Because the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you. +Miscellaneous Laws + 15. "You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. 16. He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not wrong him. @@ -39,3 +43,4 @@ Those Excluded from the Assembly 25. If you go into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_24.md index f93e6422..a144f329 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_24.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Laws Concerning Divorce 1. "When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house, 2. and if she goes and becomes another man's wife, 3. and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter man dies, who took her to be his wife, -4. then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the LORD. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance.Miscellaneous Laws +4. then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the LORD. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance. +Miscellaneous Laws + 5. "When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year to be happy with his wife whom he has taken. @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ Laws Concerning Divorce 22. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_25.md index fa865ed5..95fe194b 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_25.md @@ -3,14 +3,18 @@ 2. then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense. 3. Forty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight. -4. "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.Laws Concerning Levirate Marriage +4. "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain. +Laws Concerning Levirate Marriage + 5. "If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. 6. And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. 7. And if the man does not wish to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to perpetuate his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.' 8. Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, 'I do not wish to take her,' 9. then his brother's wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.' -10. And the name of his house shall be called in Israel, 'The house of him who had his sandal pulled off.'Miscellaneous Laws +10. And the name of his house shall be called in Israel, 'The house of him who had his sandal pulled off.' +Miscellaneous Laws + 11. "When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts, 12. then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity. @@ -25,3 +29,4 @@ 19. Therefore when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_26.md index 5be224a3..ecc60dcd 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_26.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Offerings of Firstfruits and Tithes 19. and that he will set you in praise and in fame and in honor high above all nations that he has made, and that you shall be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he promised." + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_27.md index 500e19e4..fa9eced6 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_27.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The Altar on Mount Ebal 5. And there you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You shall wield no iron tool on them; 6. you shall build an altar to the LORD your God of uncut stones. And you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God, 7. and you shall sacrifice peace offerings and shall eat there, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God. -8. And you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly."Curses from Mount Ebal +8. And you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly." +Curses from Mount Ebal + 9. Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, "Keep silence and hear, O Israel: this day you have become the people of the LORD your God. 10. You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God, keeping his commandments and his statutes, which I command you today." @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ The Altar on Mount Ebal 26. "'Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_28.md index ae4853e2..db88312b 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_28.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Blessings for Obedience 11. And the LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. 12. The LORD will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13. And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, -14. and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.Curses for Disobedience +14. and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. +Curses for Disobedience + 15. "But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you. 16. Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field. @@ -80,3 +82,4 @@ Blessings for Obedience 68. And the LORD will bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey that I promised that you should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer." + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_29.md index dff145ae..d2018cb9 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_29.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ The Covenant Renewed in Moab 29. "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_30.md index 9df778a0..3720bf4b 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_30.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Repentance and Forgiveness 7. And the LORD your God will put all these curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you. 8. And you shall again obey the voice of the LORD and keep all his commandments that I command you today. 9. The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the LORD will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, -10. when you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.The Choice of Life and Death +10. when you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. +The Choice of Life and Death + 11. "For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. 12. It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' @@ -25,3 +27,4 @@ Repentance and Forgiveness 20. loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them." + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_31.md index 26444cda..6f8a4b1c 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_31.md @@ -9,13 +9,17 @@ Joshua to Succeed Moses 6. Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you." 7. Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it. -8. It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed."The Reading of the Law +8. It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." +The Reading of the Law + 9. Then Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. 10. And Moses commanded them, "At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year of release, at the Feast of Booths, 11. when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12. Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law, -13. and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."Joshua Commissioned to Lead Israel +13. and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess." +Joshua Commissioned to Lead Israel + 14. And the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may commission him." And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting. 15. And the LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud. And the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance of the tent. @@ -36,8 +40,11 @@ Joshua to Succeed Moses 26. "Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against you. 27. For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the LORD. How much more after my death! 28. Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and earth to witness against them. -29. For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And in the days to come evil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger through the work of your hands."The Song of Moses +29. For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And in the days to come evil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger through the work of your hands." +The Song of Moses + 30. Then Moses spoke the words of this song until they were finished, in the ears of all the assembly of Israel: + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_32.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_32.md index c0141f8d..b70933d9 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_32.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_32.md @@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ devours the earth and its increase, I will spend my arrows on them; 24. they shall be wasted with hunger, - and devoured by plague + +and devoured by plague and poisonous pestilence; I will send the teeth of beasts against them, with the venom of things that crawl in the dust. @@ -189,7 +190,9 @@ He repays those who hate him 44. Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun. 45. And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, 46. he said to them, "Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. -47. For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."Moses' Death Foretold +47. For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess." +Moses' Death Foretold + 48. That very day the LORD spoke to Moses, 49. "Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession. @@ -198,3 +201,4 @@ He repays those who hate him 52. For you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there, into the land that I am giving to the people of Israel." + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_33.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_33.md index bba44177..4cf87295 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_33.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_33.md @@ -140,3 +140,4 @@ Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs." + diff --git a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_34.md b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_34.md index 73bb8e35..9898ccbe 100644 --- a/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_34.md +++ b/ESV/05_Deuteronomy/Chapter_34.md @@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ The Death of Moses 12. and for all the mighty power and all the great deeds of terror that Moses did in the sight of all Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_01.md index 92d7c72b..ebf7c1f5 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_01.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ God Commissions Joshua 6. Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. 7. Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. 8. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. -9. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."Joshua Assumes Command +9. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." +Joshua Assumes Command + 10. And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, 11. "Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, 'Prepare your provisions, for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.'" @@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ God Commissions Joshua 18. Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous." + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_02.md index 6af2c3c7..84d0cd7b 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_02.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ Rahab Hides the Spies 24. And they said to Joshua, "Truly the LORD has given all the land into our hands. And also, all the inhabitants of the land melt away because of us." + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_03.md index a3c2f921..5790546e 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_03.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ Israel Crosses the Jordan 17. Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_04.md index 3d77b17d..efdd7f9f 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_04.md @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Twelve Memorial Stones from the Jordan The people passed over in haste. 11. And when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the LORD and the priests passed over before the people. 12. The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them. -13. About 40,000 ready for war passed over before the LORD for battle, to the plains of Jericho. +13. +About 40,000 ready for war passed over before the LORD for battle, to the plains of Jericho. 14. On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him just as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life. 15. And the LORD said to Joshua, @@ -31,3 +32,4 @@ The people passed over in haste. 24. so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God forever." + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_05.md index fd79536f..e49bbf39 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_05.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ The New Generation Circumcised 7. So it was their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua circumcised. For they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way. 8. When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. -9. And the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.First Passover in Canaan +9. And the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day. +First Passover in Canaan + 10. While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho. 11. And the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ The New Generation Circumcised 15. And the commander of the LORD's army said to Joshua, "Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_06.md index 4b58d7a5..d99c89e3 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_06.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ and at the cost of his youngest son 27. So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_07.md index f7999500..d95df1fb 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_07.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Israel Defeated at Ai 6. Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads. 7. And Joshua said, "Alas, O Lord God, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan! 8. O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! -9. For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?"The Sin of Achan +9. For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?" +The Sin of Achan + 10. The LORD said to Joshua, "Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? 11. Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ Israel Defeated at Ai 26. And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the LORD turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_08.md index 4fa26706..cf69b306 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_08.md @@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ The Fall of Ai 26. But Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction. 27. Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as their plunder, according to the word of the LORD that he commanded Joshua. 28. So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day. -29. And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.Joshua Renews the Covenant +29. And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day. +Joshua Renews the Covenant + 30. At that time Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal, 31. just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the people of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, "an altar of uncut stones, upon which no man has wielded an iron tool." And they offered on it burnt offerings to the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings. @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ The Fall of Ai 35. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who lived among them. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_09.md index 52a1dd74..b7d42aca 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_09.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ The Gibeonite Deception 27. But Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place that he should choose. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_10.md index eefecf8c..6b0d28fa 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_10.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ The Sun Stands Still Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day. 14. There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD heeded the voice of a man, for the LORD fought for Israel. -15. So Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.Five Amorite Kings Executed +15. So Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal. +Five Amorite Kings Executed + 16. These five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. 17. And it was told to Joshua, "The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah." @@ -39,7 +41,9 @@ Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heave 26. And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And they hung on the trees until evening. 27. But at the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they set large stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day. -28. As for Makkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho.Conquest of Southern Canaan +28. As for Makkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho. +Conquest of Southern Canaan + 29. Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah. 30. And the LORD gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel. And he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every person in it; he left none remaining in it. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho. @@ -64,3 +68,4 @@ Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heave 43. Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_11.md index 54d0193a..d9c017fe 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_11.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ Conquests in Northern Canaan 23. So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_12.md index 81e26d23..8a77bbf4 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_12.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Kings Defeated by Moses 3. and the Arabah to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, southward to the foot of the slopes of Pisgah; 4. and Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei 5. and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan to the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and over half of Gilead to the boundary of Sihon king of Heshbon. -6. Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the people of Israel defeated them. And Moses the servant of the LORD gave their land for a possession to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.Kings Defeated by Joshua +6. Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the people of Israel defeated them. And Moses the servant of the LORD gave their land for a possession to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh. +Kings Defeated by Joshua + 7. And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the people of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotments, 8. in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb, the land of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites): @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ Kings Defeated by Moses 24. the king of Tirzah, one: in all, thirty-one kings. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_13.md index 8577d37d..b4dd3ec7 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_13.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Land Still to Be Conquered 4. in the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of the Amorites, 5. and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath, 6. all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I myself will drive them out from before the people of Israel. Only allot the land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. -7. Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh."The Inheritance East of the Jordan +7. Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh." +The Inheritance East of the Jordan + 8. With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them: 9. from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon; @@ -42,3 +44,4 @@ Land Still to Be Conquered 33. But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the LORD God of Israel is their inheritance, just as he said to them. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_14.md index df69bb73..2ccf3810 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_14.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ The Inheritance West of the Jordan 2. Their inheritance was by lot, just as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes. 3. For Moses had given an inheritance to the two and one-half tribes beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. 4. For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance. -5. The people of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses; they allotted the land.Caleb's Request and Inheritance +5. The people of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses; they allotted the land. +Caleb's Request and Inheritance + 6. Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me. 7. I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. @@ -20,3 +22,4 @@ The Inheritance West of the Jordan 15. Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba. (Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim.) And the land had rest from war. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_15.md index 7480aca6..0af04e53 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_15.md @@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ The Allotment for Judah 63. But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out, so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_16.md index c2cb2a9a..f7302d85 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_16.md @@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh 10. However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_17.md index 30bdf0a9..f915d6ee 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_17.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ 18. but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong." + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_18.md index 0f11392a..5caf4c59 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_18.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Allotment of the Remaining Land 8. So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, "Go up and down in the land and write a description and return to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh." 9. So the men went and passed up and down in the land and wrote in a book a description of it by towns in seven divisions. Then they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh, -10. and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, to each his portion.The Inheritance for Benjamin +10. and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, to each his portion. +The Inheritance for Benjamin + 11. The lot of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to its clans came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph. 12. On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan. Then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westward, and it ends at the wilderness of Beth-aven. @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ Allotment of the Remaining Land 28. Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath-jearim--fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_19.md index 74fc4536..9aa675d2 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_19.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The Inheritance for Simeon 6. Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen--thirteen cities with their villages; 7. Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan--four cities with their villages, 8. together with all the villages around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Simeon according to their clans. -9. The inheritance of the people of Simeon formed part of the territory of the people of Judah. Because the portion of the people of Judah was too large for them, the people of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.The Inheritance for Zebulun +9. The inheritance of the people of Simeon formed part of the territory of the people of Judah. Because the portion of the people of Judah was too large for them, the people of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. +The Inheritance for Zebulun + 10. The third lot came up for the people of Zebulun, according to their clans. And the territory of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid. 11. Then their boundary goes up westward and on to Mareal and touches Dabbesheth, then the brook that is east of Jokneam. @@ -17,7 +19,9 @@ The Inheritance for Simeon 13. From there it passes along on the east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and going on to Rimmon it bends toward Neah, 14. then on the north the boundary turns about to Hannathon, and it ends at the Valley of Iphtahel; 15. and Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem--twelve cities with their villages. -16. This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun, according to their clans--these cities with their villages.The Inheritance for Issachar +16. This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun, according to their clans--these cities with their villages. +The Inheritance for Issachar + 17. The fourth lot came out for Issachar, for the people of Issachar, according to their clans. 18. Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, @@ -25,7 +29,9 @@ The Inheritance for Simeon 20. Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, 21. Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, Beth-pazzez. 22. The boundary also touches Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and its boundary ends at the Jordan--sixteen cities with their villages. -23. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Issachar, according to their clans--the cities with their villages.The Inheritance for Asher +23. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Issachar, according to their clans--the cities with their villages. +The Inheritance for Asher + 24. The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans. 25. Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, @@ -34,7 +40,9 @@ The Inheritance for Simeon 28. Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, as far as Sidon the Great. 29. Then the boundary turns to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre. Then the boundary turns to Hosah, and it ends at the sea; Mahalab, Achzib, 30. Ummah, Aphek and Rehob--twenty-two cities with their villages. -31. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans--these cities with their villages.The Inheritance for Naphtali +31. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Asher according to their clans--these cities with their villages. +The Inheritance for Naphtali + 32. The sixth lot came out for the people of Naphtali, for the people of Naphtali, according to their clans. 33. And their boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and it ended at the Jordan. @@ -43,7 +51,9 @@ The Inheritance for Simeon 36. Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 37. Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor, 38. Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh--nineteen cities with their villages. -39. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Naphtali according to their clans--the cities with their villages.The Inheritance for Dan +39. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Naphtali according to their clans--the cities with their villages. +The Inheritance for Dan + 40. The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans. 41. And the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, @@ -53,7 +63,9 @@ The Inheritance for Simeon 45. Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, 46. and Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against Joppa. 47. When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor. -48. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans--these cities with their villages.The Inheritance for Joshua +48. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans--these cities with their villages. +The Inheritance for Joshua + 49. When they had finished distributing the several territories of the land as inheritances, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun. 50. By command of the LORD they gave him the city that he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he rebuilt the city and settled in it. @@ -61,3 +73,4 @@ The Inheritance for Simeon 51. These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot at Shiloh before the LORD, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_20.md index b2ef1a6b..14f5df06 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_20.md @@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ The Cities of Refuge 9. These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel and for the stranger sojourning among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so that he might not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, till he stood before the congregation. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_21.md index 4759e386..3dc67c76 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_21.md @@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ Cities and Pasturelands Allotted to Levi 45. Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass. + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_22.md index 7a8d5731..3eee8532 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_22.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Eastern Tribes Return Home 7. Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half Joshua had given a possession beside their brothers in the land west of the Jordan. And when Joshua sent them away to their homes and blessed them, 8. he said to them, "Go back to your tents with much wealth and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and with much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers." -9. So the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home, parting from the people of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, their own land of which they had possessed themselves by command of the LORD through Moses.The Eastern Tribes' Altar of Witness +9. So the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home, parting from the people of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, their own land of which they had possessed themselves by command of the LORD through Moses. +The Eastern Tribes' Altar of Witness + 10. And when they came to the region of the Jordan that is in the land of Canaan, the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, an altar of imposing size. 11. And the people of Israel heard it said, "Behold, the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built the altar at the frontier of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that belongs to the people of Israel." @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ The Eastern Tribes Return Home 34. The people of Reuben and the people of Gad called the altar Witness, "For," they said, "it is a witness between us that the LORD is God." + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_23.md index 4047984a..6f8f67b7 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_23.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ Joshua's Charge to Israel's Leaders 16. if you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he has given to you." + diff --git a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_24.md index 5c7fd217..f5422573 100644 --- a/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/06_Joshua/Chapter_24.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ The Covenant Renewal at Shechem 10. but I would not listen to Balaam. Indeed, he blessed you. So I delivered you out of his hand. 11. And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho, and the leaders of Jericho fought against you, and also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. And I gave them into your hand. 12. And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow. -13. I gave you a land on which you had not labored and cities that you had not built, and you dwell in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.'Choose Whom You Will Serve +13. I gave you a land on which you had not labored and cities that you had not built, and you dwell in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.' +Choose Whom You Will Serve + 14. "Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15. And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." @@ -32,7 +34,9 @@ The Covenant Renewal at Shechem 25. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and put in place statutes and rules for them at Shechem. 26. And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone and set it up there under the terebinth that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. 27. And Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the LORD that he spoke to us. Therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God." -28. So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.Joshua's Death and Burial +28. So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance. +Joshua's Death and Burial + 29. After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being 110 years old. 30. And they buried him in his own inheritance at Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash. @@ -44,3 +48,4 @@ The Covenant Renewal at Shechem 33. And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_01.md index cdff2663..63e24b0b 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_01.md @@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ The Continuing Conquest of Canaan 23. And the house of Joseph scouted out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.) 24. And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, "Please show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you." 25. And he showed them the way into the city. And they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go. -26. And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day.Failure to Complete the Conquest +26. And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day. +Failure to Complete the Conquest + 27. Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, for the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. 28. When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not drive them out completely. @@ -49,3 +51,4 @@ The Continuing Conquest of Canaan 36. And the border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_02.md index 88eed14a..1579c727 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_02.md @@ -5,13 +5,17 @@ Israel's Disobedience 2. and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.' But you have not obeyed my voice. What is this you have done? 3. So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you." 4. As soon as the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept. -5. And they called the name of that place Bochim. And they sacrificed there to the LORD.The Death of Joshua +5. And they called the name of that place Bochim. And they sacrificed there to the LORD. +The Death of Joshua + 6. When Joshua dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land. 7. And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the LORD had done for Israel. 8. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110 years. 9. And they buried him within the boundaries of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash. -10. And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD or the work that he had done for Israel.Israel's Unfaithfulness +10. And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD or the work that he had done for Israel. +Israel's Unfaithfulness + 11. And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. 12. And they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them. And they provoked the LORD to anger. @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ Israel's Disobedience 23. So the LORD left those nations, not driving them out quickly, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_03.md index 8b41fd62..8ae416ea 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_03.md @@ -4,37 +4,55 @@ 3. These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath. 4. They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. 5. So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. -6. And their daughters they took to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they served their gods.Othniel +6. And their daughters they took to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they served their gods. +Othniel + 7. And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. They forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth. 8. Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. -9. But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. +9. But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, +Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 10. The Spirit of the LORD was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the LORD gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim. -11. So the land had rest for forty years. Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.Ehud +11. So the land had rest for forty years. Then +Othniel the son of Kenaz died. +Ehud + 12. And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD. 13. He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took possession of the city of palms. 14. And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. -15. Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. -16. And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his clothes. +15. Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, +Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. +16. And +Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his clothes. 17. And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. -18. And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute. +18. And when +Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute. 19. But he himself turned back at the idols near Gilgal and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." And he commanded, "Silence." And all his attendants went out from his presence. -20. And Ehud came to him as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat. -21. And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. +20. And +Ehud came to him as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And +Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat. +21. And +Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. 22. And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the dung came out. -23. Then Ehud went out into the porch and closed the doors of the roof chamber behind him and locked them. +23. Then +Ehud went out into the porch and closed the doors of the roof chamber behind him and locked them. 24. When he had gone, the servants came, and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, "Surely he is relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber." 25. And they waited till they were embarrassed. But when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them, and there lay their lord dead on the floor. -26. Ehud escaped while they delayed, and he passed beyond the idols and escaped to Seirah. +26. +Ehud escaped while they delayed, and he passed beyond the idols and escaped to Seirah. 27. When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim. Then the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was their leader. 28. And he said to them, "Follow after me, for the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over. 29. And they killed at that time about 10,000 of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped. -30. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.Shamgar - -31. After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel. +30. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years. +Shamgar + + +31. After him was +Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_04.md index 55a1c9d3..5c469a84 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_04.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ Deborah and Barak 24. And the hand of the people of Israel pressed harder and harder against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_05.md index 09d5ae6d..3182852f 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_05.md @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; 21. The torrent Kishon swept them away, the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. - March on, my soul, with might! +March on, my soul, with might! 22. "Then loud beat the horses' hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds. @@ -137,3 +137,4 @@ spoil of dyed materials for Sisera, And the land had rest for forty years. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_06.md index 9969b147..21b42f34 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_06.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Midian Oppresses Israel 7. When the people of Israel cried out to the LORD on account of the Midianites, 8. the LORD sent a prophet to the people of Israel. And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I led you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of slavery. 9. And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you and gave you their land. -10. And I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.' But you have not obeyed my voice."The Call of Gideon +10. And I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.' But you have not obeyed my voice." +The Call of Gideon + 11. Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. 12. And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor." @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ Midian Oppresses Israel 25. That night the LORD said to him, "Take your father's bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it 26. and build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order. Then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down." -27. So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night.Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal +27. So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night. +Gideon Destroys the Altar of Baal + 28. When the men of the town rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built. 29. And they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" And after they had searched and inquired, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing." @@ -41,7 +45,9 @@ Midian Oppresses Israel 33. Now all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East came together, and they crossed the Jordan and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel. 34. But the Spirit of the LORD clothed Gideon, and he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called out to follow him. -35. And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet them.The Sign of the Fleece +35. And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet them. +The Sign of the Fleece + 36. Then Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, 37. behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said." @@ -50,3 +56,4 @@ Midian Oppresses Israel 40. And God did so that night; and it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_07.md index a893bf3f..df49c8da 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_07.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Gideon's Three Hundred Men 15. As soon as Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped. And he returned to the camp of Israel and said, "Arise, for the LORD has given the host of Midian into your hand." 16. And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars. 17. And he said to them, "Look at me, and do likewise. When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do. -18. When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon.'"Gideon Defeats Midian +18. When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon.'" +Gideon Defeats Midian + 19. So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands. 20. Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. And they cried out, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!" @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ Gideon's Three Hundred Men 25. And they captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. Then they pursued Midian, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon across the Jordan. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_08.md index e06f9d20..155340d2 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_08.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna 18. Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "Where are the men whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "As you are, so were they. Every one of them resembled the son of a king." 19. And he said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you." 20. So he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise and kill them!" But the young man did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a young man. -21. Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength." And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.Gideon's Ephod +21. Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength." And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels. +Gideon's Ephod + 22. Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian." 23. Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you." @@ -33,7 +35,9 @@ Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna 25. And they answered, "We will willingly give them." And they spread a cloak, and every man threw in it the earrings of his spoil. 26. And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels. 27. And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family. -28. So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. And the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon.The Death of Gideon +28. So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. And the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon. +The Death of Gideon + 29. Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. 30. Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives. @@ -45,3 +49,4 @@ Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna 35. and they did not show steadfast love to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_09.md index e763b89a..2ab725c7 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_09.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Abimelech's Conspiracy 18. and you have risen up against my father's house this day and have killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he is your relative-- 19. if you then have acted in good faith and integrity with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you. 20. But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech." -21. And Jotham ran away and fled and went to Beer and lived there, because of Abimelech his brother.The Downfall of Abimelech +21. And Jotham ran away and fled and went to Beer and lived there, because of Abimelech his brother. +The Downfall of Abimelech + 22. Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. 23. And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, @@ -70,3 +72,4 @@ Abimelech's Conspiracy 57. And God also made all the evil of the men of Shechem return on their heads, and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_10.md index 8802d6dc..ded45862 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_10.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Tola and Jair 3. After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years. 4. And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. -5. And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.Further Disobedience and Oppression +5. And Jair died and was buried in Kamon. +Further Disobedience and Oppression + 6. The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. And they forsook the LORD and did not serve him. 7. So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites, @@ -25,3 +27,4 @@ Tola and Jair 18. And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, "Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead." + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_11.md index dd1946b7..9996e09f 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_11.md @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ Jephthah Delivers Israel 25. Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them? 26. While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, 300 years, why did you not deliver them within that time? 27. I therefore have not sinned against you, and you do me wrong by making war on me. The LORD, the Judge, decide this day between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon." -28. But the king of the Ammonites did not listen to the words of Jephthah that he sent to him.Jephthah's Tragic Vow +28. But the king of the Ammonites did not listen to the words of Jephthah that he sent to him. +Jephthah's Tragic Vow + 29. Then the Spirit of the LORD was upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites. 30. And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD and said, "If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, @@ -48,3 +50,4 @@ Jephthah Delivers Israel 40. that the daughters of Israel went year by year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_12.md index bbedbde7..09b1be91 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_12.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Jephthah's Conflict with Ephraim 5. And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, "Let me go over," the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" When he said, "No," 6. they said to him, "Then say Shibboleth," and he said, "Sibboleth," for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell. -7. Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon +7. Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead. +Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon + 8. After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 9. He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters he gave in marriage outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought in from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ Jephthah's Conflict with Ephraim 15. Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_13.md index f5a47350..ca215d2f 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_13.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ The Birth of Samson 25. And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_14.md index 782e1996..81fcbc51 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_14.md @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Samson's Marriage 11. As soon as the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him. 12. And Samson said to them, "Let me now put a riddle to you. If you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes, 13. but if you cannot tell me what it is, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes." And they said to him, "Put your riddle, that we may hear it." -14. And he said to them, +14. +And he said to them, "Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet." And in three days they could not solve the riddle. @@ -37,3 +38,4 @@ you would not have found out my riddle." 20. And Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_15.md index e5289b2b..12918dee 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_15.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ with the jawbone of a donkey 20. And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_16.md index 5d9e3ab7..49366e25 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_16.md @@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ Samson and Delilah 19. She made him sleep on her knees. And she called a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him. 20. And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had left him. 21. And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. And he ground at the mill in the prison. -22. But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.The Death of Samson +22. But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved. +The Death of Samson + 23. Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice, and they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand." 24. And when the people saw him, they praised their god. For they said, "Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has killed many of us." @@ -42,3 +44,4 @@ Samson and Delilah 31. Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had judged Israel twenty years. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_17.md index ad825e06..13b0f6b9 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_17.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ Micah and the Levite 13. Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest." + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_18.md index c7e4caab..c1188187 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_18.md @@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ Danites Take the Levite and the Idol 31. So they set up Micah's carved image that he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_19.md index 5f9f010e..8e1c4aaa 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_19.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ A Levite and His Concubine 18. And he said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, from which I come. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to the house of the LORD, but no one has taken me into his house. 19. We have straw and feed for our donkeys, with bread and wine for me and your female servant and the young man with your servants. There is no lack of anything." 20. And the old man said, "Peace be to you; I will care for all your wants. Only, do not spend the night in the square." -21. So he brought him into his house and gave the donkeys feed. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.Gibeah's Crime +21. So he brought him into his house and gave the donkeys feed. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank. +Gibeah's Crime + 22. As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him." 23. And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brothers, do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, do not do this vile thing. @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ A Levite and His Concubine 30. And all who saw it said, "Such a thing has never happened or been seen from the day that the people of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day; consider it, take counsel, and speak." + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_20.md index 42eafe76..1319d9be 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_20.md @@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ The men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin, because they trusted the men in ambus 48. And the men of Israel turned back against the people of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, the city, men and beasts and all that they found. And all the towns that they found they set on fire. + diff --git a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_21.md index 54a0d724..bdef2cea 100644 --- a/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/07_Judges/Chapter_21.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ Wives Provided for the Tribe of Benjamin 25. In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. + diff --git a/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_01.md index b3eaf013..226523d8 100644 --- a/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_01.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Naomi Widowed 2. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. 3. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, -5. and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi +5. and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. +Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi + 6. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the LORD had visited his people and given them food. 7. So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. @@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ Naomi Widowed 15. And she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law." 16. But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 17. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you." -18. And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.Naomi and Ruth Return +18. And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more. +Naomi and Ruth Return + 19. So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, "Is this Naomi?" 20. She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ Naomi Widowed 22. So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. + diff --git a/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_02.md index 7e8505a4..e6637a8f 100644 --- a/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_02.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ Ruth Meets Boaz 23. So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law. + diff --git a/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_03.md index b7b5b93e..bacab564 100644 --- a/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_03.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor 18. She replied, "Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today." + diff --git a/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_04.md index 6b525adb..25f5f9e5 100644 --- a/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/08_Ruth/Chapter_04.md @@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ Boaz Redeems Ruth 9. Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, "You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon. 10. Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day." 11. Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem, -12. and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring that the LORD will give you by this young woman."Ruth and Boaz Marry +12. and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring that the LORD will give you by this young woman." +Ruth and Boaz Marry + 13. So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son. 14. Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel! 15. He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him." 16. Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse. -17. And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.The Genealogy of David +17. And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. +The Genealogy of David + 18. Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron, 19. Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab, @@ -28,3 +32,4 @@ Boaz Redeems Ruth 22. Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_01.md index 9dc467a2..766fd08b 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_01.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ The Birth of Samuel And he worshiped the LORD there. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_02.md index e6b3ff87..d6b85040 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_02.md @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ The barren has borne seven, he brings low and he exalts. 8. He raises up the poor from the dust; - he lifts the needy from the ash heap + +he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, @@ -44,10 +45,13 @@ For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, 10. The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; - he will give strength to his king + +he will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed." -11. Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy was ministering to the LORD in the presence of Eli the priest.Eli's Worthless Sons +11. Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy was ministering to the LORD in the presence of Eli the priest. +Eli's Worthless Sons + 12. Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the LORD. 13. The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand, @@ -60,7 +64,9 @@ The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; 19. And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20. Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, "May the LORD give you children by this woman for the petition she asked of the LORD." So then they would return to their home. -21. Indeed the LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the LORD.Eli Rebukes His Sons +21. Indeed the LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the LORD. +Eli Rebukes His Sons + 22. Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 23. And he said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. @@ -81,3 +87,4 @@ The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; 36. And everyone who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, "Please put me in one of the priests' places, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'" + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_03.md index 84e1a73a..e741f9fc 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_03.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ The LORD Calls Samuel 21. And the LORD appeared again at Shiloh, for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_04.md index 644e3820..0199b390 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_04.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer 9. Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; be men and fight." 10. So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. -11. And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.The Death of Eli +11. And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. +The Death of Eli + 12. A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head. 13. When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told the news, all the city cried out. @@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer 22. And she said, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured." + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_05.md index 3b901e70..2382f64a 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_05.md @@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ The Philistines and the Ark 12. The men who did not die were struck with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_06.md index b6e131e8..69bd5519 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_06.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ The Ark Returned to Israel 21. So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, "The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up to you." + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_07.md index a71c85ef..fd07801a 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_07.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ # Chapter 7 1. And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the LORD and brought it to the house of Abinadab on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to have charge of the ark of the LORD. -2. From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.Samuel Judges Israel +2. From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. +Samuel Judges Israel + 3. And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines." 4. So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the LORD only. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ 17. Then he would return to Ramah, for his home was there, and there also he judged Israel. And he built there an altar to the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_08.md index 8a68f3f1..828d3137 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_08.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Israel Demands a King 6. But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed to the LORD. 7. And the LORD said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. 8. According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you. -9. Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them."Samuel's Warning Against Kings +9. Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them." +Samuel's Warning Against Kings + 10. So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking for a king from him. 11. He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ Israel Demands a King 22. And the LORD said to Samuel, "Obey their voice and make them a king." Samuel then said to the men of Israel, "Go every man to his city." + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_09.md index c4e9be73..d57c8f89 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_09.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ So Saul ate with Samuel that day. 27. As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to pass on before us, and when he has passed on, stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God." + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_10.md index dc392364..7cb8dd06 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_10.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Saul Anointed King 14. Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, "Where did you go?" And he said, "To seek the donkeys. And when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel." 15. And Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you." -16. And Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found." But about the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.Saul Proclaimed King +16. And Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found." But about the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything. +Saul Proclaimed King + 17. Now Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah. 18. And he said to the people of Israel, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.' @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ Saul Anointed King 27. But some worthless fellows said, "How can this man save us?" And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_11.md index 6a512f41..cf693393 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_11.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Saul Defeats the Ammonites 8. When he mustered them at Bezek, the people of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9. And they said to the messengers who had come, "Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have salvation.'" When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad. 10. Therefore the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will give ourselves up to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you." -11. And the next day Saul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.The Kingdom Is Renewed +11. And the next day Saul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together. +The Kingdom Is Renewed + 12. Then the people said to Samuel, "Who is it that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring the men, that we may put them to death." 13. But Saul said, "Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel." @@ -20,3 +22,4 @@ Saul Defeats the Ammonites 15. So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_12.md index 2f11f54d..8ed71527 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_12.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ Samuel's Farewell Address 25. But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king." + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_13.md index 1393bd30..5f86130d 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_13.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Saul Fights the Philistines 5. And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and troops like the sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven. 6. When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns, -7. and some Hebrews crossed the fords of the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.Saul's Unlawful Sacrifice +7. and some Hebrews crossed the fords of the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. +Saul's Unlawful Sacrifice + 8. He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him. 9. So Saul said, "Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offerings." And he offered the burnt offering. @@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men. 23. And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_14.md index 4fba675f..599f61ae 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_14.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ Jonathan Defeats the Philistines 20. Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into the battle. And behold, every Philistine's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion. 21. Now the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines before that time and who had gone up with them into the camp, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. 22. Likewise, when all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they too followed hard after them in the battle. -23. So the LORD saved Israel that day. And the battle passed beyond Beth-aven.Saul's Rash Vow +23. So the LORD saved Israel that day. And the battle passed beyond Beth-aven. +Saul's Rash Vow + 24. And the men of Israel had been hard pressed that day, so Saul had laid an oath on the people, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats food until it is evening and I am avenged on my enemies." So none of the people had tasted food. 25. Now when all the people came to the forest, behold, there was honey on the ground. @@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ Jonathan Defeats the Philistines 43. Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." And Jonathan told him, "I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am; I will die." 44. And Saul said, "God do so to me and more also; you shall surely die, Jonathan." 45. Then the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die. -46. Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.Saul Fights Israel's Enemies +46. Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place. +Saul Fights Israel's Enemies + 47. When Saul had taken the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the Ammonites, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned he routed them. 48. And he did valiantly and struck the Amalekites and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them. @@ -64,3 +68,4 @@ Jonathan Defeats the Philistines 52. There was hard fighting against the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he attached him to himself. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_15.md index 4f152ce5..b008e8fc 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_15.md @@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, 35. And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_16.md index a2a18ca0..a0875fcf 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_16.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ David Anointed King 10. And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen these." 11. Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your sons here?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here." 12. And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he." -13. Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.David in Saul's Service +13. Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah. +David in Saul's Service + 14. Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the LORD tormented him. 15. And Saul's servants said to him, "Behold now, a harmful spirit from God is tormenting you. @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ David Anointed King 23. And whenever the harmful spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand. So Saul was refreshed and was well, and the harmful spirit departed from him. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_17.md index f7f4e331..473dc30f 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_17.md @@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ David and Goliath 58. And Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" And David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite." + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_18.md index f5b8c5e0..1e8249c7 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_18.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ David and Jonathan's Friendship 2. And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house. 3. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. 4. And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt. -5. And David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.Saul's Jealousy of David +5. And David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants. +Saul's Jealousy of David + 6. As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments. 7. And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, @@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ David and Jonathan's Friendship 13. So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people. 14. And David had success in all his undertakings, for the LORD was with him. 15. And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in fearful awe of him. -16. But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.David Marries Michal +16. But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them. +David Marries Michal + 17. Then Saul said to David, "Here is my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD's battles." For Saul thought, "Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him." 18. And David said to Saul, "Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?" @@ -42,3 +46,4 @@ David and Jonathan's Friendship 30. Then the commanders of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out David had more success than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_19.md index ae00c9bb..f55765a1 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_19.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ Saul Tries to Kill David 24. And he too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay naked all that day and all that night. Thus it is said, "Is Saul also among the prophets?" + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_20.md index 6e093ac0..6314d159 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_20.md @@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ Jonathan Warns David 42. Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.'" And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_21.md index 00d7662a..d868891c 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_21.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ David and the Holy Bread 7. Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD. His name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen. 8. Then David said to Ahimelech, "Then have you not here a spear or a sword at hand? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste." -9. And the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here." And David said, "There is none like that; give it to me."David Flees to Gath +9. And the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here." And David said, "There is none like that; give it to me." +David Flees to Gath + 10. And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11. And the servants of Achish said to him, "Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, @@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ David and the Holy Bread 15. Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to behave as a madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?" + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_22.md index dfe5b604..495b34ce 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_22.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ David at the Cave of Adullam 3. And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother stay with you, till I know what God will do for me." 4. And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. -5. Then the prophet Gad said to David, "Do not remain in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.Saul Kills the Priests at Nob +5. Then the prophet Gad said to David, "Do not remain in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth. +Saul Kills the Priests at Nob + 6. Now Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him. Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him. 7. And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, "Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, @@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ David at the Cave of Adullam 23. Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. With me you shall be in safekeeping." + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_23.md index 6e69d3a2..a064f960 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_23.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ David Saves the City of Keilah 11. Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? O LORD, the God of Israel, please tell your servant." And the LORD said, "He will come down." 12. Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the LORD said, "They will surrender you." 13. Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition. -14. And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.Saul Pursues David +14. And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand. +Saul Pursues David + 15. David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh. 16. And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God. @@ -36,3 +38,4 @@ Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south 29. And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of Engedi. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_24.md index cd4eb0b6..38c77c22 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_24.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ David Spares Saul's Life 22. And David swore this to Saul. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_25.md index cb66de41..158b8984 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_25.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ The Death of Samuel # Chapter 25 -1. Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah.David and Abigail +1. Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. +David and Abigail Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 2. And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3. Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite. @@ -56,3 +57,4 @@ Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 44. Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_26.md index f86f0464..709325c1 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_26.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ David Spares Saul Again 25. Then Saul said to David, "Blessed be you, my son David! You will do many things and will succeed in them." So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_27.md index 09505463..7415fe36 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_27.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ David Flees to the Philistines 12. And Achish trusted David, thinking, "He has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel; therefore he shall always be my servant." + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_28.md index 2ae1a8fc..ce4fdeef 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_28.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ Saul and the Medium of En-dor 25. and she put it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_29.md index 042dd669..1571d402 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_29.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ The Philistines Reject David 11. So David set out with his men early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_30.md index 02b267ed..59aa6130 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_30.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ David's Wives Are Captured 12. and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights. 13. And David said to him, "To whom do you belong? And where are you from?" He said, "I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite, and my master left me behind because I fell sick three days ago. 14. We had made a raid against the Negeb of the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire." -15. And David said to him, "Will you take me down to this band?" And he said, "Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this band."David Defeats the Amalekites +15. And David said to him, "Will you take me down to this band?" And he said, "Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this band." +David Defeats the Amalekites + 16. And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. 17. And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled. @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ David's Wives Are Captured 31. in Hebron, for all the places where David and his men had roamed. + diff --git a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_31.md index ee72bf0f..15df11a0 100644 --- a/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/09_1 Samuel/Chapter_31.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ The Death of Saul 13. And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_01.md index a6846ef3..9a68e61d 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_01.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ David Hears of Saul's Death 13. And David said to the young man who told him, "Where do you come from?" And he answered, "I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite." 14. David said to him, "How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?" 15. Then David called one of the young men and said, "Go, execute him." And he struck him down so that he died. -16. And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD's anointed.'"David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan +16. And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD's anointed.'" +David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan + 17. And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, 18. and he said it should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar. He said: @@ -63,3 +65,4 @@ very pleasant have you been to me; and the weapons of war perished!" + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_02.md index 03d31cb1..68b78219 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_02.md @@ -8,12 +8,16 @@ David Anointed King of Judah When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul," 5. David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, "May you be blessed by the LORD, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him. 6. Now may the LORD show steadfast love and faithfulness to you. And I will do good to you because you have done this thing. -7. Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel +7. Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them." +Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel + 8. But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim, 9. and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel. 10. Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. -11. And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.The Battle of Gibeon +11. And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. +The Battle of Gibeon + 12. Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 13. And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. @@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul," 32. And they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was at Bethlehem. And Joab and his men marched all night, and the day broke upon them at Hebron. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_03.md index fd874e42..b7e37dd5 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_03.md @@ -31,13 +31,17 @@ Abner Joins David 22. Just then the servants of David arrived with Joab from a raid, bringing much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David at Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. 23. When Joab and all the army that was with him came, it was told Joab, "Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has let him go, and he has gone in peace." 24. Then Joab went to the king and said, "What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why is it that you have sent him away, so that he is gone? -25. You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing."Joab Murders Abner +25. You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing." +Joab Murders Abner + 26. When Joab came out from David's presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah. But David did not know about it. 27. And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. 28. Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, "I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD for the blood of Abner the son of Ner. 29. May it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father's house, and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge or who is leprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!" -30. So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.David Mourns Abner +30. So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon. +David Mourns Abner + 31. Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier. 32. They buried Abner at Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept. @@ -56,3 +60,4 @@ And all the people wept again over him. 39. And I was gentle today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I. The LORD repay the evildoer according to his wickedness!" + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_04.md index 73390ff2..d24c0e31 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_04.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ Ish-bosheth Murdered 12. And David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner at Hebron. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_05.md index 01c2d50b..878ab693 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_05.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ David Anointed King of Israel 13. And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David. 14. And these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15. Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, -16. Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.David Defeats the Philistines +16. Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. +David Defeats the Philistines + 17. When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. 18. Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ David Anointed King of Israel 25. And David did as the LORD commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba to Gezer. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_06.md index 9fe0f374..6c065c7a 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_06.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Ark Brought to Jerusalem 1. David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2. And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim. 3. And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart, -4. with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.Uzzah and the Ark +4. with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark. +Uzzah and the Ark + 5. And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. 6. And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. @@ -17,7 +19,9 @@ The Ark Brought to Jerusalem 12. And it was told King David, "The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing. 13. And when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. 14. And David danced before the LORD with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod. -15. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the horn.David and Michal +15. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the horn. +David and Michal + 16. As the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart. 17. And they brought in the ark of the LORD and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ The Ark Brought to Jerusalem 23. And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_07.md index e1bec942..071e11c0 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_07.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ The Lord's Covenant with David 14. I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, 15. but my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. 16. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.'" -17. In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.David's Prayer of Gratitude +17. In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David. +David's Prayer of Gratitude + 18. Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? 19. And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God. You have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord God! @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ The Lord's Covenant with David 29. Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever." + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_08.md index 5081a580..e20e4104 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_08.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ David's Victories 12. from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 13. And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. -14. Then he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.David's Officials +14. Then he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went. +David's Officials + 15. So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people. 16. Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder, @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ David's Victories 18. and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David's sons were priests. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_09.md index 3c950726..ae54f5e2 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_09.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ David's Kindness to Mephibosheth 13. So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate always at the king's table. Now he was lame in both his feet. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_10.md index f25cbf8e..02f00490 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_10.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ David Defeats Ammon and Syria 19. And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Syrians were afraid to save the Ammonites anymore. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_11.md index e1eaab6c..d1d4a0c0 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_11.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ David and Bathsheba 27. And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_12.md index f83af87a..0c0f9850 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_12.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Nathan Rebukes David 12. For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.'" 13. David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. 14. Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die." -15. Then Nathan went to his house.David's Child Dies +15. Then Nathan went to his house. +David's Child Dies And the LORD afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he became sick. 16. David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. 17. And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them. @@ -25,10 +26,14 @@ And the LORD afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he became 20. Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate. 21. Then his servants said to him, "What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate food." 22. He said, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, 'Who knows whether the LORD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?' -23. But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."Solomon's Birth +23. But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me." +Solomon's Birth + 24. Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the LORD loved him -25. and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.Rabbah Is Captured +25. and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. +Rabbah Is Captured + 26. Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city. 27. And Joab sent messengers to David and said, "I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters. @@ -38,3 +43,4 @@ And the LORD afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he became 31. And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and iron axes and made them toil at the brick kilns. And thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_13.md index badf6de8..7518e46d 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_13.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ Amnon and Tamar 20. And her brother Absalom said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this to heart." So Tamar lived, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom's house. 21. When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry. -22. But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.Absalom Murders Amnon +22. But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar. +Absalom Murders Amnon + 23. After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons. 24. And Absalom came to the king and said, "Behold, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant." @@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ Amnon and Tamar 30. While they were on the way, news came to David, "Absalom has struck down all the king's sons, and not one of them is left." 31. Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the earth. And all his servants who were standing by tore their garments. 32. But Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, "Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king's sons, for Amnon alone is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he violated his sister Tamar. -33. Now therefore let not my lord the king so take it to heart as to suppose that all the king's sons are dead, for Amnon alone is dead."Absalom Flees to Geshur +33. Now therefore let not my lord the king so take it to heart as to suppose that all the king's sons are dead, for Amnon alone is dead." +Absalom Flees to Geshur + 34. But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain. 35. And Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king's sons have come; as your servant said, so it has come about." @@ -49,3 +53,4 @@ Amnon and Tamar 39. And the spirit of the king longed to go out to Absalom, because he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_14.md index e2b2ced2..9723ba58 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_14.md @@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ Absalom Returns to Jerusalem 33. Then Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. So he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_15.md index ea59f58a..7803ab99 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_15.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Absalom's Conspiracy 9. The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose and went to Hebron. 10. But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, 'Absalom is king at Hebron!'" 11. With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem who were invited guests, and they went in their innocence and knew nothing. -12. And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.David Flees Jerusalem +12. And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing. +David Flees Jerusalem + 13. And a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom." 14. Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword." @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ Absalom's Conspiracy 37. So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_16.md index 0e58b8ac..e916cb1b 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_16.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ David and Ziba 1. When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine. 2. And the king said to Ziba, "Why have you brought these?" Ziba answered, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink." 3. And the king said, "And where is your master's son?" Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.'" -4. Then the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours." And Ziba said, "I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king."Shimei Curses David +4. Then the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours." And Ziba said, "I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king." +Shimei Curses David + 5. When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually. 6. And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. @@ -16,7 +18,9 @@ David and Ziba 11. And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the LORD has told him to. 12. It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing today." 13. So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust. -14. And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan. And there he refreshed himself.Absalom Enters Jerusalem +14. And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan. And there he refreshed himself. +Absalom Enters Jerusalem + 15. Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 16. And when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!" @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ David and Ziba 23. Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_17.md index 6833ad1f..2e1ccf02 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_17.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Hushai Saves David 29. honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, "The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness." + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_18.md index cfa2346f..d5bdcdf3 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_18.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Absalom Killed 16. Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained them. 17. And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home. -18. Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.David Hears of Absalom's Death +18. Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day. +David Hears of Absalom's Death + 19. Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Let me run and carry news to the king that the LORD has delivered him from the hand of his enemies." 20. And Joab said to him, "You are not to carry news today. You may carry news another day, but today you shall carry no news, because the king's son is dead." @@ -36,10 +38,13 @@ Absalom Killed 28. Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, "All is well." And he bowed before the king with his face to the earth and said, "Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king." 29. And the king said, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent the king's servant, your servant, I saw a great commotion, but I do not know what it was." -30. And the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.David's Grief +30. And the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still. +David's Grief + 31. And behold, the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, "Good news for my lord the king! For the LORD has delivered you this day from the hand of all who rose up against you." 32. The king said to the Cushite, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" And the Cushite answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you for evil be like that young man." 33. And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!" + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_19.md index 38b12937..0c5e7551 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_19.md @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Joab Rebukes David 5. Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, "You have today covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who have this day saved your life and the lives of your sons and your daughters and the lives of your wives and your concubines, 6. because you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have made it clear today that commanders and servants are nothing to you, for today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased. 7. Now therefore arise, go out and speak kindly to your servants, for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now." -8. Then the king arose and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." And all the people came before the king.David Returns to Jerusalem +8. Then the king arose and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." And all the people came before the king. +David Returns to Jerusalem Now Israel had fled every man to his own home. 9. And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom. 10. But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?" @@ -17,7 +18,9 @@ Now Israel had fled every man to his own home. 12. You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?' 13. And say to Amasa, 'Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if you are not commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.'" 14. And he swayed the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, so that they sent word to the king, "Return, both you and all your servants." -15. So the king came back to the Jordan, and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to bring the king over the Jordan.David Pardons His Enemies +15. So the king came back to the Jordan, and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to bring the king over the Jordan. +David Pardons His Enemies + 16. And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, from Bahurim, hurried to come down with the men of Judah to meet King David. 17. And with him were a thousand men from Benjamin. And Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, with his fifteen sons and his twenty servants, rushed down to the Jordan before the king, @@ -52,3 +55,4 @@ Now Israel had fled every man to his own home. 43. And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?" But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_20.md index c89a8fd3..331b30d4 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_20.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri. 26. and Ira the Jairite was also David's priest. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_21.md index 88291a3f..16c032df 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_21.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ David Avenges the Gibeonites 11. When David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done, 12. David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa. 13. And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged. -14. And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. And they did all that the king commanded. And after that God responded to the plea for the land.War with the Philistines +14. And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. And they did all that the king commanded. And after that God responded to the plea for the land. +War with the Philistines + 15. There was war again between the Philistines and Israel, and David went down together with his servants, and they fought against the Philistines. And David grew weary. 16. And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze, and who was armed with a new sword, thought to kill David. @@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ David Avenges the Gibeonites 22. These four were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_22.md index 97df42a5..44d2c089 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_22.md @@ -166,3 +166,4 @@ at the rebuke of the LORD, to David and his offspring forever." + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_23.md index 39f6b0cd..61d14c52 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_23.md @@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ For will he not cause to prosper 7. but the man who touches them arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear, - and they are utterly consumed with fire."David's Mighty Men + and they are utterly consumed with fire." +David's Mighty Men + 8. These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred whom he killed at one time. @@ -72,3 +74,4 @@ For will he not cause to prosper 39. Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all. + diff --git a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_24.md index 7c31bcd1..0d03d9b1 100644 --- a/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/10_2 Samuel/Chapter_24.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ David's Census 15. So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men. 16. And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. -17. Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, "Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me and against my father's house."David Builds an Altar +17. Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, "Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me and against my father's house." +David Builds an Altar + 18. And Gad came that day to David and said to him, "Go up, raise an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite." 19. So David went up at Gad's word, as the LORD commanded. @@ -31,3 +33,4 @@ David's Census 25. And David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_01.md index c2fad2fd..55327a7a 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ David in His Old Age 1. Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. 2. Therefore his servants said to him, "Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms, that my lord the king may be warm." 3. So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. -4. The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not.Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King +4. The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not. +Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King + 5. Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6. His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, "Why have you done thus and so?" He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom. @@ -12,7 +14,9 @@ David in His Old Age 8. But Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei and David's mighty men were not with Adonijah. 9. Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened cattle by the Serpent's Stone, which is beside En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the royal officials of Judah, -10. but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the mighty men or Solomon his brother.Nathan and Bathsheba Before David +10. but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the mighty men or Solomon his brother. +Nathan and Bathsheba Before David + 11. Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, "Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it? 12. Now therefore come, let me give you advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. @@ -32,7 +36,9 @@ David in His Old Age 24. And Nathan said, "My lord the king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne'? 25. For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, 'Long live King Adonijah!' 26. But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he has not invited. -27. Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"Solomon Anointed King +27. Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?" +Solomon Anointed King + 28. Then King David answered, "Call Bathsheba to me." So she came into the king's presence and stood before the king. 29. And the king swore, saying, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity, @@ -66,3 +72,4 @@ David in His Old Age 53. So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and paid homage to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house." + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_02.md index a5b85017..08ced10c 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_02.md @@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ David's Instructions to Solomon 6. Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace. 7. But deal loyally with the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for with such loyalty they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother. 8. And there is also with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.' -9. Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol."The Death of David +9. Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol." +The Death of David + 10. Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. 11. And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. -12. So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.Solomon's Reign Established +12. So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established. +Solomon's Reign Established + 13. Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" He said, "Peacefully." 14. Then he said, "I have something to say to you." She said, "Speak." @@ -58,3 +62,4 @@ David's Instructions to Solomon So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_03.md index f7fb1095..67e1cab4 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_03.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom 13. I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. 14. And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days." -15. And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.Solomon's Wisdom +15. And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants. +Solomon's Wisdom + 16. Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. 17. The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house. @@ -36,3 +38,4 @@ Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom 28. And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_04.md index cc22703d..33761478 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_04.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Solomon's Officials 16. Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; 17. Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; 18. Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; -19. Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. And there was one governor who was over the land.Solomon's Wealth and Wisdom +19. Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. And there was one governor who was over the land. +Solomon's Wealth and Wisdom + 20. Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy. 21. Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ Solomon's Officials 34. And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_05.md index 8ff9c970..99e583e2 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_05.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Preparations for Building the Temple 18. So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_06.md index c5b77b52..f8463f58 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_06.md @@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ Solomon Builds the Temple 38. And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_07.md index cacabf61..f6344d64 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_07.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Solomon Builds His Palace 9. All these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the great court. 10. The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits. 11. And above were costly stones, cut according to measurement, and cedar. -12. The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the LORD and the vestibule of the house.The Temple Furnishings +12. The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the LORD and the vestibule of the house. +The Temple Furnishings + 13. And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. 14. He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work. @@ -68,3 +70,4 @@ Solomon Builds His Palace 51. Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_08.md index f07b12b2..f5ca9737 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_08.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ The Ark Brought into the Temple 18. But the LORD said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart. 19. Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.' 20. Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. -21. And there I have provided a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."Solomon's Prayer of Dedication +21. And there I have provided a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt." +Solomon's Prayer of Dedication + 22. Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven, 23. and said, "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart; @@ -63,7 +65,9 @@ The Ark Brought into the Temple 50. and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them 51. (for they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace). 52. Let your eyes be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, giving ear to them whenever they call to you. -53. For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, as you declared through Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God."Solomon's Benediction +53. For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, as you declared through Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God." +Solomon's Benediction + 54. Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven. 55. And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, @@ -72,7 +76,9 @@ The Ark Brought into the Temple 58. that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers. 59. Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires, 60. that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no other. -61. Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the LORD our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day."Solomon's Sacrifices +61. Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the LORD our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day." +Solomon's Sacrifices + 62. Then the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. 63. Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. @@ -82,3 +88,4 @@ The Ark Brought into the Temple 66. On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_09.md index 6469a9c1..b10dd33c 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_09.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The LORD Appears to Solomon 6. But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, 7. then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8. And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?' -9. Then they will say, 'Because they abandoned the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore the LORD has brought all this disaster on them.'"Solomon's Other Acts +9. Then they will say, 'Because they abandoned the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore the LORD has brought all this disaster on them.'" +Solomon's Other Acts + 10. At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house, 11. and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ The LORD Appears to Solomon 28. And they went to Ophir and brought from there gold, 420 talents, and they brought it to King Solomon. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_10.md index f1b3bba6..daaf3f32 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_10.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The Queen of Sheba 11. Moreover, the fleet of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir a very great amount of almug wood and precious stones. 12. And the king made of the almug wood supports for the house of the LORD and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers. No such almug wood has come or been seen to this day. -13. And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked besides what was given her by the bounty of King Solomon. So she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.Solomon's Great Wealth +13. And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked besides what was given her by the bounty of King Solomon. So she turned and went back to her own land with her servants. +Solomon's Great Wealth + 14. Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, 15. besides that which came from the explorers and from the business of the merchants, and from all the kings of the west and from the governors of the land. @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ The Queen of Sheba 29. A chariot could be imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver and a horse for 150, and so through the king's traders they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_11.md index 02a4c212..c21fb08b 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_11.md @@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ Solomon Turns from the LORD 43. And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_12.md index e37d2c3f..25712c7c 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_12.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Rehoboam's Folly 12. So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, "Come to me again the third day." 13. And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him, 14. he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions." -15. So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by the LORD that he might fulfill his word, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.The Kingdom Divided +15. So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by the LORD that he might fulfill his word, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. +The Kingdom Divided + 16. And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David." So Israel went to their tents. 17. But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah. @@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ Rehoboam's Folly 21. When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 22. But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God: 23. "Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, -24. 'Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives the people of Israel. Every man return to his home, for this thing is from me.'" So they listened to the word of the LORD and went home again, according to the word of the LORD.Jeroboam's Golden Calves +24. 'Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives the people of Israel. Every man return to his home, for this thing is from me.'" So they listened to the word of the LORD and went home again, according to the word of the LORD. +Jeroboam's Golden Calves + 25. Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel. 26. And Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David. @@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ Rehoboam's Folly 33. He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he had devised from his own heart. And he instituted a feast for the people of Israel and went up to the altar to make offerings. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_13.md index 80d7ca2a..204c5fb9 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_13.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ A Man of God Confronts Jeroboam 7. And the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward." 8. And the man of God said to the king, "If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place, 9. for so was it commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'You shall neither eat bread nor drink water nor return by the way that you came.'" -10. So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.The Prophet's Disobedience +10. So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel. +The Prophet's Disobedience + 11. Now an old prophet lived in Bethel. And his sons came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told to their father the words that he had spoken to the king. 12. And their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him the way that the man of God who came from Judah had gone. @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ A Man of God Confronts Jeroboam 34. And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_14.md index cfb0e9c7..28cd6b43 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_14.md @@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ When she came, she pretended to be another woman. 16. And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin." 17. Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. And as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died. -18. And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.The Death of Jeroboam +18. And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet. +The Death of Jeroboam + 19. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -20. And the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. And he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.Rehoboam Reigns in Judah +20. And the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. And he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place. +Rehoboam Reigns in Judah + 21. Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite. 22. And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. @@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ When she came, she pretended to be another woman. 31. And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite. And Abijam his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_15.md index 648219f1..317ecea8 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_15.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Abijam Reigns in Judah 5. because David did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6. Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7. The rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. -8. And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.Asa Reigns in Judah +8. And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. +Asa Reigns in Judah + 9. In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah, 10. and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ Abijam Reigns in Judah 21. And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in Tirzah. 22. Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, none was exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building, and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah. 23. Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But in his old age he was diseased in his feet. -24. And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.Nadab Reigns in Israel +24. And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place. +Nadab Reigns in Israel + 25. Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 26. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin which he made Israel to sin. @@ -37,9 +41,12 @@ Abijam Reigns in Judah 30. It was for the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and that he made Israel to sin, and because of the anger to which he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel. 31. Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -32. And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.Baasha Reigns in Israel +32. And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. +Baasha Reigns in Israel + 33. In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel at Tirzah, and he reigned twenty-four years. 34. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel to sin. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_16.md index 6c257f88..0c3e0459 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_16.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ 5. Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 6. And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place. -7. Moreover, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it.Elah Reigns in Israel +7. Moreover, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it. +Elah Reigns in Israel + 8. In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years. 9. But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah, @@ -15,14 +17,18 @@ 11. When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave him a single male of his relatives or his friends. 12. Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, 13. for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel to sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols. -14. Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?Zimri Reigns in Israel +14. Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? +Zimri Reigns in Israel + 15. In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, 16. and the troops who were encamped heard it said, "Zimri has conspired, and he has killed the king." Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17. So Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18. And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire and died, 19. because of his sins that he committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and for his sin which he committed, making Israel to sin. -20. Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the conspiracy that he made, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?Omri Reigns in Israel +20. Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the conspiracy that he made, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? +Omri Reigns in Israel + 21. Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts. Half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri. 22. But the people who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died, and Omri became king. @@ -32,7 +38,9 @@ 25. Omri did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did more evil than all who were before him. 26. For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols. 27. Now the rest of the acts of Omri that he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -28. And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.Ahab Reigns in Israel +28. And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place. +Ahab Reigns in Israel + 29. In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. 30. And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him. @@ -42,3 +50,4 @@ 34. In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_17.md index 59b461c0..54bfa624 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_17.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Elijah Predicts a Drought 4. You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there." 5. So he went and did according to the word of the LORD. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan. 6. And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. -7. And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.The Widow of Zarephath +7. And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. +The Widow of Zarephath + 8. Then the word of the LORD came to him, 9. "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you." @@ -17,7 +19,9 @@ Elijah Predicts a Drought 13. And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son. 14. For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.'" 15. And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days. -16. The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah.Elijah Raises the Widow's Son +16. The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah. +Elijah Raises the Widow's Son + 17. After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18. And she said to Elijah, "What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!" @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ Elijah Predicts a Drought 24. And the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth." + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_18.md index da61a2a4..05be609f 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_18.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Elijah Confronts Ahab 17. When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "Is it you, you troubler of Israel?" 18. And he answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father's house, because you have abandoned the commandments of the LORD and followed the Baals. -19. Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."The Prophets of Baal Defeated +19. Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table." +The Prophets of Baal Defeated + 20. So Ahab sent to all the people of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel. 21. And Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." And the people did not answer him a word. @@ -55,3 +57,4 @@ Elijah Confronts Ahab 46. And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_19.md index 9d0e03a9..40c2863d 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_19.md @@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ Elijah Flees Jezebel 15. And the LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. 16. And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place. 17. And the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha put to death. -18. Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him."The Call of Elisha +18. Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him." +The Call of Elisha + 19. So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his cloak upon him. 20. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?" 21. And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the yokes of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and assisted him. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_20.md index 0f6440d8..9b8532bb 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_20.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Ahab's Wars with Syria 9. So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, "Tell my lord the king, 'All that you first demanded of your servant I will do, but this thing I cannot do.'" And the messengers departed and brought him word again. 10. Ben-hadad sent to him and said, "The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me." 11. And the king of Israel answered, "Tell him, 'Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.'" -12. When Ben-hadad heard this message as he was drinking with the kings in the booths, he said to his men, "Take your positions." And they took their positions against the city.Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad +12. When Ben-hadad heard this message as he was drinking with the kings in the booths, he said to his men, "Take your positions." And they took their positions against the city. +Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad + 13. And behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel and said, "Thus says the LORD, Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will give it into your hand this day, and you shall know that I am the LORD." 14. And Ahab said, "By whom?" He said, "Thus says the LORD, By the servants of the governors of the districts." Then he said, "Who shall begin the battle?" He answered, "You." @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ Ahab's Wars with Syria 23. And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, "Their gods are gods of the hills, and so they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 24. And do this: remove the kings, each from his post, and put commanders in their places, -25. and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they." And he listened to their voice and did so.Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad Again +25. and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they." And he listened to their voice and did so. +Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad Again + 26. In the spring, Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel. 27. And the people of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went against them. The people of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Syrians filled the country. @@ -42,7 +46,9 @@ Ben-hadad also fled and entered an inner chamber in the city. 31. And his servants said to him, "Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life." 32. So they tied sackcloth around their waists and put ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please, let me live.'" And he said, "Does he still live? He is my brother." 33. Now the men were watching for a sign, and they quickly took it up from him and said, "Yes, your brother Ben-hadad." Then he said, "Go and bring him." Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he caused him to come up into the chariot. -34. And Ben-hadad said to him, "The cities that my father took from your father I will restore, and you may establish bazaars for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." And Ahab said, "I will let you go on these terms." So he made a covenant with him and let him go.A Prophet Condemns Ben-hadad's Release +34. And Ben-hadad said to him, "The cities that my father took from your father I will restore, and you may establish bazaars for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." And Ahab said, "I will let you go on these terms." So he made a covenant with him and let him go. +A Prophet Condemns Ben-hadad's Release + 35. And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow at the command of the LORD, "Strike me, please." But the man refused to strike him. 36. Then he said to him, "Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you have gone from me, a lion shall strike you down." And as soon as he had departed from him, a lion met him and struck him down. @@ -55,3 +61,4 @@ Ben-hadad also fled and entered an inner chamber in the city. 43. And the king of Israel went to his house vexed and sullen and came to Samaria. + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_21.md index a6f549d1..3df077a1 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_21.md @@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ Naboth's Vineyard 21. Behold, I will bring disaster upon you. I will utterly burn you up, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel. 22. And I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the anger to which you have provoked me, and because you have made Israel to sin. 23. And of Jezebel the LORD also said, 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the walls of Jezreel.' -24. Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat."Ahab's Repentance +24. Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat." +Ahab's Repentance + 25. (There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the LORD like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited. 26. He acted very abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the people of Israel.) @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ Naboth's Vineyard 29. "Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son's days I will bring the disaster upon his house." + diff --git a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_22.md index 956800ac..57b0cff1 100644 --- a/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/11_1 Kings/Chapter_22.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Ahab and the False Prophets 9. Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah." 10. Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them. 11. And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'With these you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.'" -12. And all the prophets prophesied so and said, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph; the LORD will give it into the hand of the king."Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab +12. And all the prophets prophesied so and said, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph; the LORD will give it into the hand of the king." +Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab + 13. And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, "Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably." 14. But Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, what the LORD says to me, that I will speak." @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ Ahab and the False Prophets 25. And Micaiah said, "Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself." 26. And the king of Israel said, "Seize Micaiah, and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son, 27. and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in prison and feed him meager rations of bread and water, until I come in peace."'" -28. And Micaiah said, "If you return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me." And he said, "Hear, all you peoples!"Ahab Killed in Battle +28. And Micaiah said, "If you return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me." And he said, "Hear, all you peoples!" +Ahab Killed in Battle + 29. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30. And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes." And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle. @@ -45,7 +49,9 @@ Ahab and the False Prophets 37. So the king died, and was brought to Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria. 38. And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes washed themselves in it, according to the word of the LORD that he had spoken. 39. Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the ivory house that he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -40. So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah +40. So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. +Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah + 41. Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42. Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. @@ -58,10 +64,13 @@ Ahab and the False Prophets 47. There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king. 48. Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber. 49. Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships," but Jehoshaphat was not willing. -50. And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.Ahaziah Reigns in Israel +50. And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place. +Ahaziah Reigns in Israel + 51. Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel. 52. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 53. He served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger in every way that his father had done. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_01.md index d9916cf3..1bffe9c8 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_01.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Elijah Denounces Ahaziah 18. Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_02.md index 7ccc7d74..9c582300 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_02.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Elijah Taken to Heaven 12. And Elisha saw it and he cried, "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. 13. And he took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. -14. Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water, saying, "Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?" And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over.Elisha Succeeds Elijah +14. Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water, saying, "Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?" And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over. +Elisha Succeeds Elijah + 15. Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him opposite them, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." And they came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him. 16. And they said to him, "Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. It may be that the Spirit of the LORD has caught him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley." And he said, "You shall not send." @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. 25. From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_03.md index cbff450c..ff24b766 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_03.md @@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ Moab Rebels Against Israel 27. Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel. And they withdrew from him and returned to their own land. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_04.md index ae780712..0ee6f11e 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_04.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Elisha and the Widow's Oil 4. Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside." 5. So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her. 6. When the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another." Then the oil stopped flowing. -7. She came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest."Elisha and the Shunammite Woman +7. She came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest." +Elisha and the Shunammite Woman + 8. One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. 9. And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God who is continually passing our way. @@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ Elisha and the Widow's Oil 14. And he said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old." 15. He said, "Call her." And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway. 16. And he said, "At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant." -17. But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son +17. But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her. +Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son + 18. When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers. 19. And he said to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother." @@ -42,7 +46,9 @@ When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, "Look, there 34. Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm. 35. Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36. Then he summoned Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite." So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, "Pick up your son." -37. She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.Elisha Purifies the Deadly Stew +37. She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out. +Elisha Purifies the Deadly Stew + 38. And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, "Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets." 39. One of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were. @@ -54,3 +60,4 @@ When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, "Look, there 44. So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_05.md index a1e3f6aa..f5217978 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_05.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, 11. But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, "Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper. 12. Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage. 13. But his servants came near and said to him, "My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?" -14. So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.Gehazi's Greed and Punishment +14. So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. +Gehazi's Greed and Punishment + 15. Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, "Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so accept now a present from your servant." 16. But he said, "As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none." And he urged him to take it, but he refused. @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance, 27. Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever." So he went out from his presence a leper, like snow. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_06.md index e624a379..f8fcb182 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_06.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Axe Head Recovered 4. So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. 5. But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water, and he cried out, "Alas, my master! It was borrowed." 6. Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there and made the iron float. -7. And he said, "Take it up." So he reached out his hand and took it.Horses and Chariots of Fire +7. And he said, "Take it up." So he reached out his hand and took it. +Horses and Chariots of Fire + 8. Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, "At such and such a place shall be my camp." 9. But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are going down there." @@ -27,11 +29,14 @@ The Axe Head Recovered 20. As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha said, "O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw, and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 21. As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?" 22. He answered, "You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master." -23. So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel.Ben-hadad's Siege of Samaria +23. So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel. +Ben-hadad's Siege of Samaria + 24. Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army and went up and besieged Samaria. 25. And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five shekels of silver. -26. Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!" +26. Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, " +Help, my lord, O king!" 27. And he said, "If the LORD will not help you, how shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress?" 28. And the king asked her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.' 29. So we boiled my son and ate him. And on the next day I said to her, 'Give your son, that we may eat him.' But she has hidden her son." @@ -42,3 +47,4 @@ The Axe Head Recovered 33. And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, "This trouble is from the LORD! Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?" + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_07.md index 3de0d607..59d19422 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_07.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Elisha Promises Food # Chapter 7 1. But Elisha said, "Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria." -2. Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, "If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" But he said, "You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it."The Syrians Flee +2. Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, "If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" But he said, "You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it." +The Syrians Flee + 3. Now there were four men who were lepers at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, "Why are we sitting here until we die? 4. If we say, 'Let us enter the city,' the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die." @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ Elisha Promises Food 20. And so it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate and he died. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_08.md index ee56454b..753e9ff9 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_08.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ The Shunammite's Land Restored 3. And at the end of the seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land. 4. Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, "Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done." 5. And while he was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, here is the woman, and here is her son whom Elisha restored to life." -6. And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her, saying, "Restore all that was hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day that she left the land until now."Hazael Murders Ben-hadad +6. And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her, saying, "Restore all that was hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day that she left the land until now." +Hazael Murders Ben-hadad + 7. Now Elisha came to Damascus. Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick. And when it was told him, "The man of God has come here," 8. the king said to Hazael, "Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this sickness?'" @@ -16,7 +18,9 @@ The Shunammite's Land Restored 12. And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women." 13. And Hazael said, "What is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you are to be king over Syria." 14. Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me that you would certainly recover." -15. But the next day he took the bed cloth and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place.Jehoram Reigns in Judah +15. But the next day he took the bed cloth and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place. +Jehoram Reigns in Judah + 16. In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign. 17. He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. @@ -27,7 +31,9 @@ The Shunammite's Land Restored 21. Then Joram passed over to Zair with all his chariots and rose by night, and he and his chariot commanders struck the Edomites who had surrounded him, but his army fled home. 22. So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. 23. Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -24. So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.Ahaziah Reigns in Judah +24. So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. +Ahaziah Reigns in Judah + 25. In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign. 26. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah; she was a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. @@ -37,3 +43,4 @@ The Shunammite's Land Restored 29. And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_09.md index f742d0c5..fe1e56e6 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_09.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Jehu Anointed King of Israel 11. When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, "Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?" And he said to them, "You know the fellow and his talk." 12. And they said, "That is not true; tell us now." And he said, "Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'" -13. Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, "Jehu is king."Jehu Assassinates Joram and Ahaziah +13. Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, "Jehu is king." +Jehu Assassinates Joram and Ahaziah + 14. Thus Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram with all Israel had been on guard at Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Syria, 15. but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) So Jehu said, "If this is your decision, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel." @@ -36,7 +38,9 @@ Jehu Anointed King of Israel 27. When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled in the direction of Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him and said, "Shoot him also." And they shot him in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there. 28. His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David. -29. In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.Jehu Executes Jezebel +29. In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah. +Jehu Executes Jezebel + 30. When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window. 31. And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, "Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?" @@ -48,3 +52,4 @@ Jehu Anointed King of Israel 37. and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.'" + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_10.md index 43304b1d..fccf6ea6 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_10.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Descendants 15. And when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. And he greeted him and said to him, "Is your heart true to my heart as mine is to yours?" And Jehonadab answered, "It is." Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." So he gave him his hand. And Jehu took him up with him into the chariot. 16. And he said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD." So he had him ride in his chariot. -17. And when he came to Samaria, he struck down all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had wiped them out, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke to Elijah.Jehu Strikes Down the Prophets of Baal +17. And when he came to Samaria, he struck down all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had wiped them out, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke to Elijah. +Jehu Strikes Down the Prophets of Baal + 18. Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much. 19. Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests. Let none be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal. Whoever is missing shall not live." But Jehu did it with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal. @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Descendants Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and said, "The man who allows any of those whom I give into your hands to escape shall forfeit his life." 25. So as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the officers, "Go in and strike them down; let not a man escape." So when they put them to the sword, the guard and the officers cast them out and went into the inner room of the house of Baal, 26. and they brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal and burned it. -27. And they demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.Jehu Reigns in Israel +27. And they demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. +Jehu Reigns in Israel + 28. Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel. 29. But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin--that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan. @@ -45,3 +49,4 @@ Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and said, "The man who allows any of t 36. The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_11.md index 9ee869f7..a13324c1 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_11.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Athaliah Reigns in Judah # Chapter 11 1. Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family. 2. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being put to death, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death. -3. And he remained with her six years, hidden in the house of the LORD, while Athaliah reigned over the land.Joash Anointed King in Judah +3. And he remained with her six years, hidden in the house of the LORD, while Athaliah reigned over the land. +Joash Anointed King in Judah + 4. But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of the Carites and of the guards, and had them come to him in the house of the LORD. And he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the LORD, and he showed them the king's son. 5. And he commanded them, "This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king's house @@ -24,8 +26,11 @@ Athaliah Reigns in Judah 17. And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people, that they should be the LORD's people, and also between the king and the people. 18. Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest posted watchmen over the house of the LORD. 19. And he took the captains, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching through the gate of the guards to the king's house. And he took his seat on the throne of the kings. -20. So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword at the king's house.Jehoash Reigns in Judah +20. So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword at the king's house. +Jehoash Reigns in Judah + 21. Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_12.md index 7e3f5742..ed358106 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_12.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ # Chapter 12 1. In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2. And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. -3. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.Jehoash Repairs the Temple +3. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places. +Jehoash Repairs the Temple + 4. Jehoash said to the priests, "All the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of the LORD, the money for which each man is assessed--the money from the assessment of persons--and the money that a man's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the LORD, 5. let the priests take, each from his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered." @@ -19,10 +21,13 @@ 16. The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests. 17. At that time Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it. But when Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem, -18. Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred gifts that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred gifts, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent these to Hazael king of Syria. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.The Death of Joash +18. Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred gifts that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred gifts, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent these to Hazael king of Syria. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem. +The Death of Joash + 19. Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 20. His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla. 21. It was Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, who struck him down, so that he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_13.md index ebf9765b..ca8e96c5 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_13.md @@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ Jehoahaz Reigns in Israel 6. Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin, but walked in them; and the Asherah also remained in Samaria.) 7. For there was not left to Jehoahaz an army of more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. 8. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -9. So Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reigned in his place.Jehoash Reigns in Israel +9. So Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reigned in his place. +Jehoash Reigns in Israel + 10. In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years. 11. He also did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin, but he walked in them. 12. Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, and the might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -13. So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.The Death of Elisha +13. So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. +The Death of Elisha + 14. Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" 15. And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." So he took a bow and arrows. @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ Jehoahaz Reigns in Israel 25. Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_14.md index b435d83a..232410d1 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_14.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Amaziah Reigns in Judah 19. And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and put him to death there. 20. And they brought him on horses; and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21. And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. -22. He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel +22. He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers. +Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel + 23. In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. 24. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin. @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ Amaziah Reigns in Judah 29. And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_15.md index 2ad76510..f03041ce 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_15.md @@ -7,37 +7,49 @@ Azariah Reigns in Judah 4. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. 5. And the LORD touched the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, governing the people of the land. 6. Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -7. And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his place.Zechariah Reigns in Israel +7. And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his place. +Zechariah Reigns in Israel + 8. In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months. 9. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin. 10. Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him down at Ibleam and put him to death and reigned in his place. 11. Now the rest of the deeds of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -12. (This was the promise of the LORD that he gave to Jehu, "Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation." And so it came to pass.)Shallum Reigns in Israel +12. (This was the promise of the LORD that he gave to Jehu, "Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation." And so it came to pass.) +Shallum Reigns in Israel + 13. Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned one month in Samaria. 14. Then Menahem the son of Gadi came up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and he struck down Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and put him to death and reigned in his place. 15. Now the rest of the deeds of Shallum, and the conspiracy that he made, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -16. At that time Menahem sacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its territory from Tirzah on, because they did not open it to him. Therefore he sacked it, and he ripped open all the women in it who were pregnant.Menahem Reigns in Israel +16. At that time Menahem sacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its territory from Tirzah on, because they did not open it to him. Therefore he sacked it, and he ripped open all the women in it who were pregnant. +Menahem Reigns in Israel + 17. In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi began to reign over Israel, and he reigned ten years in Samaria. 18. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart all his days from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin. 19. Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his hold on the royal power. 20. Menahem exacted the money from Israel, that is, from all the wealthy men, fifty shekels of silver from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land. 21. Now the rest of the deeds of Menahem and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -22. And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.Pekahiah Reigns in Israel +22. And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place. +Pekahiah Reigns in Israel + 23. In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned two years. 24. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin. 25. And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him with fifty men of the people of Gilead, and struck him down in Samaria, in the citadel of the king's house with Argob and Arieh; he put him to death and reigned in his place. -26. Now the rest of the deeds of Pekahiah and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.Pekah Reigns in Israel +26. Now the rest of the deeds of Pekahiah and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. +Pekah Reigns in Israel + 27. In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years. 28. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin. 29. In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria. 30. Then Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah and struck him down and put him to death and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. -31. Now the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.Jotham Reigns in Judah +31. Now the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. +Jotham Reigns in Judah + 32. In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign. 33. He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. @@ -48,3 +60,4 @@ Azariah Reigns in Judah 38. Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_16.md index 02de6dd4..d4cce1e5 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_16.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ Ahaz Reigns in Judah 20. And Ahaz slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_17.md index 1e853e50..819cc223 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_17.md @@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ Hoshea Reigns in Israel 2. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him. 3. Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. 4. But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. -5. Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it.The Fall of Israel +5. Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria, and for three years he besieged it. +The Fall of Israel + + +6. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. +Exile Because of Idolatry -6. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.Exile Because of Idolatry 7. And this occurred because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods 8. and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced. @@ -28,7 +32,9 @@ Hoshea Reigns in Israel 21. When he had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD and made them commit great sin. 22. The people of Israel walked in all the sins that Jeroboam did. They did not depart from them, -23. until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had spoken by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day.Assyria Resettles Samaria +23. until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had spoken by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day. +Assyria Resettles Samaria + 24. And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel. And they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities. 25. And at the beginning of their dwelling there, they did not fear the LORD. Therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them. @@ -53,3 +59,4 @@ Hoshea Reigns in Israel 41. So these nations feared the LORD and also served their carved images. Their children did likewise, and their children's children--as their fathers did, so they do to this day. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_18.md index 3ca05f2b..7c804881 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_18.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Hezekiah Reigns in Judah 9. In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it, 10. and at the end of three years he took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11. The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, -12. because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. They neither listened nor obeyed.Sennacherib Attacks Judah +12. because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. They neither listened nor obeyed. +Sennacherib Attacks Judah + 13. In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 14. And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you impose on me I will bear." And the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ Hezekiah Reigns in Judah 37. Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_19.md index 61d953a7..1d6923a5 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_19.md @@ -14,14 +14,18 @@ Isaiah Reassures Hezekiah 10. "Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11. Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered? 12. Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? -13. Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?'"Hezekiah's Prayer +13. Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?'" +Hezekiah's Prayer + 14. Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD. 15. And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: "O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made the heavens and the earth. 16. Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 17. Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands 18. and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. -19. So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O LORD, are God alone."Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib's Fall +19. So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O LORD, are God alone." +Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib's Fall + 20. Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 21. This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: @@ -31,7 +35,8 @@ she wags her head behind you-- the daughter of Jerusalem. 22. "Whom have you mocked and reviled? - Against whom have you raised your voice + +Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel! @@ -87,3 +92,4 @@ and I will turn you back on the way 37. And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_20.md index b1cab526..f85c8ccb 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_20.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery 8. And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?" 9. And Isaiah said, "This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has promised: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?" 10. And Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow to lengthen ten steps. Rather let the shadow go back ten steps." -11. And Isaiah the prophet called to the LORD, and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz.Hezekiah and the Babylonian Envoys +11. And Isaiah the prophet called to the LORD, and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz. +Hezekiah and the Babylonian Envoys + 12. At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13. And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them. @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery 21. And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_21.md index 3dd90862..8f44f6c8 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_21.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Manasseh Reigns in Judah 6. And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger. 7. And the carved image of Asherah that he had made he set in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever. 8. And I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander anymore out of the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they will be careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the Law that my servant Moses commanded them." -9. But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations had done whom the LORD destroyed before the people of Israel.Manasseh's Idolatry Denounced +9. But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations had done whom the LORD destroyed before the people of Israel. +Manasseh's Idolatry Denounced + 10. And the LORD said by his servants the prophets, 11. "Because Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations and has done things more evil than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols, @@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ Manasseh Reigns in Judah 16. Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. 17. Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did, and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -18. And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son reigned in his place.Amon Reigns in Judah +18. And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son reigned in his place. +Amon Reigns in Judah + 19. Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done. @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ Manasseh Reigns in Judah 26. And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_22.md index 49563b0e..a62f9903 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_22.md @@ -2,13 +2,17 @@ Josiah Reigns in Judah # Chapter 22 1. Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. -2. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.Josiah Repairs the Temple +2. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left. +Josiah Repairs the Temple + 3. In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the house of the LORD, saying, 4. "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people. 5. And let it be given into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD, and let them give it to the workmen who are at the house of the LORD, repairing the house 6. (that is, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons), and let them use it for buying timber and quarried stone to repair the house. -7. But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly."Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law +7. But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly." +Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law + 8. And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, "I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9. And Shaphan the secretary came to the king, and reported to the king, "Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD." @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ Josiah Reigns in Judah 20. Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place.'" And they brought back word to the king. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_23.md index 3bd828ee..f84d8428 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_23.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Josiah's Reforms 17. Then he said, "What is that monument that I see?" And the men of the city told him, "It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and predicted these things that you have done against the altar at Bethel." 18. And he said, "Let him be; let no man move his bones." So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria. 19. And Josiah removed all the shrines also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which kings of Israel had made, provoking the LORD to anger. He did to them according to all that he had done at Bethel. -20. And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.Josiah Restores the Passover +20. And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem. +Josiah Restores the Passover + 21. And the king commanded all the people, "Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant." 22. For no such Passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, or during all the days of the kings of Israel or of the kings of Judah. @@ -32,19 +34,26 @@ Josiah's Reforms 25. Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him. 26. Still the LORD did not turn from the burning of his great wrath, by which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him. -27. And the LORD said, "I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there."Josiah's Death in Battle +27. And the LORD said, "I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there." +Josiah's Death in Battle + 28. Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 29. In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. King Josiah went to meet him, and Pharaoh Neco killed him at Megiddo, as soon as he saw him. -30. And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.Jehoahaz's Reign and Captivity +30. And his servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place. +Jehoahaz's Reign and Captivity + 31. Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. 33. And Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 34. And Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt and died there. -35. And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah +35. And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco. +Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah + 36. Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_24.md index 40d299fe..41ab1f6f 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_24.md @@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ 4. and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon. 5. Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 6. So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. -7. And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah +7. And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates. +Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah + 8. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. -9. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.Jerusalem Captured +9. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. +Jerusalem Captured + 10. At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11. And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it, @@ -17,7 +21,9 @@ 14. He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, except the poorest people of the land. 15. And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king's mother, the king's wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16. And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, 7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war. -17. And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.Zedekiah Reigns in Judah +17. And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. +Zedekiah Reigns in Judah + 18. Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. @@ -25,3 +31,4 @@ And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. + diff --git a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_25.md index 45700861..ae1717b9 100644 --- a/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/12_2 Kings/Chapter_25.md @@ -24,13 +24,17 @@ Fall and Captivity of Judah 18. And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; 19. and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and five men of the king's council who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city. 20. And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. -21. And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah +21. And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land. +Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah + 22. And over the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, governor. 23. Now when all the captains and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite. 24. And Gedaliah swore to them and their men, saying, "Do not be afraid because of the Chaldean officials. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you." 25. But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down Gedaliah and put him to death along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. -26. Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.Jehoiachin Released from Prison +26. Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. +Jehoiachin Released from Prison + 27. And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. 28. And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. @@ -38,3 +42,4 @@ Fall and Captivity of Judah 30. and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, as long as he lived. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md index 350494b0..c767471f 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md @@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ From Adam to Abraham 24. Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; 25. Eber, Peleg, Reu; 26. Serug, Nahor, Terah; -27. Abram, that is, Abraham.From Abraham to Jacob +27. Abram, that is, Abraham. +From Abraham to Jacob + 28. The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. 29. These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, @@ -68,3 +70,4 @@ The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 54. Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md index aa567dcb..a2d836c1 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, 55. The clans also of the scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md index 43e36d86..25bdcbbb 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Descendants of David 24. The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md index 28fee161..836f4093 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ Descendants of Judah 20. The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth. 21. The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea; 22. and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and returned to Lehem (now the records are ancient). -23. These were the potters who were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the king's service.Descendants of Simeon +23. These were the potters who were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the king's service. +Descendants of Simeon + 24. The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; 25. Shallum was his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. @@ -48,3 +50,4 @@ Descendants of Judah 43. And they defeated the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md index dbffd061..c1a5ad67 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Descendants of Reuben 7. And his kinsmen by their clans, when the genealogy of their generations was recorded: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8. and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon. 9. He also lived to the east as far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead. -10. And in the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout all the region east of Gilead.Descendants of Gad +10. And in the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout all the region east of Gilead. +Descendants of Gad + 11. The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah: 12. Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ Descendants of Reuben 19. They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20. And when they prevailed over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him. 21. They carried off their livestock: 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 men alive. -22. For many fell, because the war was of God. And they lived in their place until the exile.The Half-Tribe of Manasseh +22. For many fell, because the war was of God. And they lived in their place until the exile. +The Half-Tribe of Manasseh + 23. The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They were very numerous from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. 24. These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses. @@ -32,3 +36,4 @@ Descendants of Reuben 26. So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md index bdeefa0b..96d6be18 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md @@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ Descendants of Levi 81. Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md index fa938d63..3f246f45 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Descendants of Issachar 2. The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600. 3. The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief men. 4. And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons. -5. Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.Descendants of Benjamin +5. Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy. +Descendants of Benjamin + 6. The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. 7. The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers' houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034. @@ -13,16 +15,22 @@ Descendants of Issachar 9. And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. 10. The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11. All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war. -12. And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher.Descendants of Naphtali +12. And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher. +Descendants of Naphtali + + +13. The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah. +Descendants of Manasseh -13. The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah.Descendants of Manasseh 14. The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. 15. And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. 16. And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17. The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh. 18. And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. -19. The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.Descendants of Ephraim +19. The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. +Descendants of Ephraim + 20. The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21. Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock. @@ -33,7 +41,9 @@ Descendants of Issachar 26. Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27. Nun his son, Joshua his son. 28. Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns; -29. also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.Descendants of Asher +29. also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel. +Descendants of Asher + 30. The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31. The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith. @@ -48,3 +58,4 @@ Descendants of Issachar 40. All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, approved, mighty warriors, chiefs of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was 26,000 men. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md index aa20a70d..505606a4 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ A Genealogy of Saul 40. The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, 150. All these were Benjaminites. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md index 601f073f..df628404 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ A Genealogy of the Returned Exiles 32. Also some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath. 33. Now these, the singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night. -34. These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, according to their generations, leaders. These lived in Jerusalem.Saul's Genealogy Repeated +34. These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, according to their generations, leaders. These lived in Jerusalem. +Saul's Genealogy Repeated + 35. In Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and the name of his wife was Maacah, 36. and his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, @@ -53,3 +55,4 @@ A Genealogy of the Returned Exiles 44. Azel had six sons and these are their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md index b0c5e3ec..55465141 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ The Death of Saul and His Sons 14. He did not seek guidance from the LORD. Therefore the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md index 00197478..176158e5 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md @@ -3,14 +3,18 @@ David Anointed King # Chapter 11 1. Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh. 2. In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the LORD your God said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.'" -3. So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.David Takes Jerusalem +3. So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel. +David Takes Jerusalem + 4. And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. 5. The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, "You will not come in here." Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David. 6. David said, "Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and commander." And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief. 7. And David lived in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David. 8. And he built the city all around from the Millo in complete circuit, and Joab repaired the rest of the city. -9. And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of hosts was with him.David's Mighty Men +9. And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of hosts was with him. +David's Mighty Men + 10. Now these are the chiefs of David's mighty men, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. 11. This is an account of David's mighty men: Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, was chief of the three. He wielded his spear against 300 whom he killed at one time. @@ -57,3 +61,4 @@ David Anointed King 47. Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md index 3c6442c4..4eae30cf 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md @@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ Then David received them and made them officers of his troops. 40. And also their relatives, from as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md index 07c79366..14fe9e63 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Ark Brought from Kiriath-Jearim 1. David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with every leader. 2. And David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you and from the LORD our God, let us send abroad to our brothers who remain in all the lands of Israel, as well as to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasturelands, that they may be gathered to us. 3. Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul." -4. All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.Uzzah and the Ark +4. All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. +Uzzah and the Ark + 5. So David assembled all Israel from the Nile of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. 6. And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD who sits enthroned above the cherubim. @@ -19,3 +21,4 @@ The Ark Brought from Kiriath-Jearim 14. And the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that he had. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md index 06a42576..77676d1f 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ David's Wives and Children 4. These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 5. Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, 6. Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, -7. Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet.Philistines Defeated +7. Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet. +Philistines Defeated + 8. When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them. 9. Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the Valley of Rephaim. @@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ David's Wives and Children 17. And the fame of David went out into all lands, and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md index f9d8799a..ab16e76d 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ The Ark Brought to Jerusalem 29. And as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md index 46616114..b3c0efe9 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The Ark Placed in a Tent 4. Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel. 5. Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals, 6. and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God. -7. Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the LORD by Asaph and his brothers.David's Song of Thanks +7. Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the LORD by Asaph and his brothers. +David's Song of Thanks + 8. Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! @@ -100,7 +102,9 @@ that we may give thanks to your holy name 36. Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!" -Then all the people said, "Amen!" and praised the LORD.Worship Before the Ark +Then all the people said, "Amen!" and praised the LORD. +Worship Before the Ark + 37. So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister regularly before the ark as each day required, 38. and also Obed-edom and his sixty-eight brothers, while Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers. @@ -112,3 +116,4 @@ Then all the people said, "Amen!" and praised the LORD.Worship Before the Ark 43. Then all the people departed each to his house, and David went home to bless his household. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md index bd9f5d2e..472495d8 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The LORD's Covenant with David 12. He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. 13. I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you, 14. but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.'" -15. In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.David's Prayer +15. In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David. +David's Prayer + 16. Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? 17. And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God. You have also spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, O LORD God! @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ The LORD's Covenant with David 27. Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you, for it is you, O LORD, who have blessed, and it is blessed forever." + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md index b6611d7a..beaeeb8c 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ David Defeats His Enemies 11. These also King David dedicated to the LORD, together with the silver and gold that he had carried off from all the nations, from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek. 12. And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. -13. Then he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.David's Administration +13. Then he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went. +David's Administration + 14. So David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and equity to all his people. 15. And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; @@ -25,3 +27,4 @@ David Defeats His Enemies 17. and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were the chief officials in the service of the king. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md index 7ff0aa61..f8a263ef 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Ammonites Disgrace David's Men 6. When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from Zobah. 7. They hired 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah with his army, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and came to battle. 8. When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men. -9. And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.Ammonites and Syrians Defeated +9. And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country. +Ammonites and Syrians Defeated + 10. When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Syrians. 11. The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites. @@ -25,3 +27,4 @@ The Ammonites Disgrace David's Men 19. And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Syrians were not willing to save the Ammonites anymore. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md index e465b0f5..98f19c90 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ The Capture of Rabbah # Chapter 20 1. In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it. 2. And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount. -3. And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.Philistine Giants Killed +3. And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. +Philistine Giants Killed + 4. And after this there arose war with the Philistines at Gezer. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued. 5. And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. @@ -12,3 +14,4 @@ The Capture of Rabbah 8. These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md index 5d7b570f..a79a99f7 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ David's Census Brings Pestilence 14. So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel, and 70,000 men of Israel fell. 15. And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw, and he relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16. And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. -17. And David said to God, "Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O LORD my God, be against me and against my father's house. But do not let the plague be on your people."David Builds an Altar +17. And David said to God, "Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O LORD my God, be against me and against my father's house. But do not let the plague be on your people." +David Builds an Altar + 18. Now the angel of the LORD had commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and raise an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19. So David went up at Gad's word, which he had spoken in the name of the LORD. @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ David's Census Brings Pestilence 30. but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md index 3027a0a1..a4f12a78 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md @@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ # Chapter 22 -1. Then David said, "Here shall be the house of the LORD God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel."David Prepares for Temple Building +1. Then David said, "Here shall be the house of the LORD God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel." +David Prepares for Temple Building + 2. David commanded to gather together the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God. 3. David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing, 4. and cedar timbers without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David. -5. For David said, "Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands. I will therefore make preparation for it." So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.Solomon Charged to Build the Temple +5. For David said, "Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands. I will therefore make preparation for it." So David provided materials in great quantity before his death. +Solomon Charged to Build the Temple + 6. Then he called for Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. 7. David said to Solomon, "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God. @@ -24,3 +28,4 @@ 19. Now set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md index c209be7e..72e99e55 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ David Organizes the Levites 32. Thus they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md index a4412360..c57ce183 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ David Organizes the Priests 31. These also, the head of each father's house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md index 56397ff2..6a96718f 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ David Organizes the Musicians 31. to the twenty-fourth, to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md index d4d97f72..ae435420 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Divisions of the Gatekeepers 16. For Shuppim and Hosah it came out for the west, at the gate of Shallecheth on the road that goes up. Watch corresponded to watch. 17. On the east there were six each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the gatehouse. 18. And for the colonnade on the west there were four at the road and two at the colonnade. -19. These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.Treasurers and Other Officials +19. These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari. +Treasurers and Other Officials + 20. And of the Levites, Ahijah had charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts. 21. The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ Divisions of the Gatekeepers 32. King David appointed him and his brothers, 2,700 men of ability, heads of fathers' houses, to have the oversight of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites for everything pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md index 32674bc8..160be37b 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Military Divisions 12. Ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer of Anathoth, a Benjaminite; in his division were 24,000. 13. Tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai of Netophah, of the Zerahites; in his division were 24,000. 14. Eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah of Pirathon, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were 24,000. -15. Twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; in his division were 24,000.Leaders of Tribes +15. Twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; in his division were 24,000. +Leaders of Tribes + 16. Over the tribes of Israel, for the Reubenites, Eliezer the son of Zichri was chief officer; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah; 17. for Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok; @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ Military Divisions 34. Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar. Joab was commander of the king's army. + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md index 1b2d4758..def47eb8 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ David's Charge to Israel 5. And of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 6. He said to me, 'It is Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7. I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues strong in keeping my commandments and my rules, as he is today.' -8. Now therefore in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, that you may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.David's Charge to Solomon +8. Now therefore in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, that you may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever. +David's Charge to Solomon + 9. "And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. 10. Be careful now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and do it." @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ David's Charge to Israel 21. And behold the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work will be every willing man who has skill for any kind of service; also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command." + diff --git a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md index 17bfce9b..4247b7dd 100644 --- a/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/13_1 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Offerings for the Temple 6. Then the leaders of fathers' houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officers over the king's work. 7. They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron. 8. And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, in the care of Jehiel the Gershonite. -9. Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the LORD. David the king also rejoiced greatly.David Prays in the Assembly +9. Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the LORD. David the king also rejoiced greatly. +David Prays in the Assembly + 10. Therefore David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: "Blessed are you, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. 11. Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. @@ -26,12 +28,15 @@ Offerings for the Temple 20. Then David said to all the assembly, "Bless the LORD your God." And all the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and paid homage to the LORD and to the king. 21. And they offered sacrifices to the LORD, and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the LORD, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. -22. And they ate and drank before the LORD on that day with great gladness.Solomon Anointed King +22. And they ate and drank before the LORD on that day with great gladness. +Solomon Anointed King And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the LORD, and Zadok as priest. 23. Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of David his father. And he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. 24. All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. -25. And the LORD made Solomon very great in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.The Death of David +25. And the LORD made Solomon very great in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. +The Death of David + 26. Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27. The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. @@ -40,3 +45,4 @@ And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed h 30. with accounts of all his rule and his might and of the circumstances that came upon him and upon Israel and upon all the kingdoms of the countries. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md index 171d5767..88c593b5 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_01.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Solomon Worships at Gibeon 3. And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness, was there. 4. (But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.) 5. Moreover, the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the LORD. And Solomon and the assembly sought it out. -6. And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.Solomon Prays for Wisdom +6. And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it. +Solomon Prays for Wisdom + 7. In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you." 8. And Solomon said to God, "You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and have made me king in his place. @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ Solomon Worships at Gibeon 10. Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?" 11. God answered Solomon, "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked for long life, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king, 12. wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like." -13. So Solomon came from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.Solomon Given Wealth +13. So Solomon came from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel. +Solomon Given Wealth + 14. Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 15. And the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. @@ -23,3 +27,4 @@ Solomon Worships at Gibeon 17. They imported a chariot from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150. Likewise through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md index a3ee5296..bee84084 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_02.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Preparing to Build the Temple 18. Seventy thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens, 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 as overseers to make the people work. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md index c7520407..c7d80244 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_03.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Solomon Builds the Temple 17. He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md index 44e56382..802f10e3 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_04.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ The Temple's Furnishings 22. the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and the sockets of the temple, for the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md index b13d9467..fd61ce2c 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_05.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 5 -1. Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, and stored the silver, the gold, and all the vessels in the treasuries of the house of God.The Ark Brought to the Temple +1. Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, and stored the silver, the gold, and all the vessels in the treasuries of the house of God. +The Ark Brought to the Temple + 2. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3. And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that is in the seventh month. @@ -19,3 +21,4 @@ the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, 14. so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md index 78be5667..874ab2d1 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_06.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Solomon Blesses the People 8. But the LORD said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart. 9. Nevertheless, it is not you who shall build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.' 10. Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. -11. And there I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with the people of Israel."Solomon's Prayer of Dedication +11. And there I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with the people of Israel." +Solomon's Prayer of Dedication + 12. Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13. Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven, @@ -60,3 +62,4 @@ Let your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, Remember your steadfast love for David your servant." + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md index 5ed23294..b560d5a0 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_07.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Fire from Heaven # Chapter 7 1. As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. 2. And the priests could not enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD's house. -3. When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the LORD on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever."The Dedication of the Temple +3. When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the LORD on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever." +The Dedication of the Temple + 4. Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the LORD. 5. King Solomon offered as a sacrifice 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. @@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ Fire from Heaven 8. At that time Solomon held the feast for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt. 9. And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for they had kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days. -10. On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the prosperity that the LORD had granted to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.If My People Pray +10. On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the prosperity that the LORD had granted to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people. +If My People Pray + 11. Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the king's house. All that Solomon had planned to do in the house of the LORD and in his own house he successfully accomplished. 12. Then the LORD appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ Fire from Heaven 22. Then they will say, 'Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore he has brought all this disaster on them.'" + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md index 5660338c..207b02e7 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_08.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ Solomon's Accomplishments 18. And Hiram sent to him by the hand of his servants ships and servants familiar with the sea, and they went to Ophir together with the servants of Solomon and brought from there 450 talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md index 7a74bbad..85ca7ef0 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_09.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ The Queen of Sheba 10. Moreover, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones. 11. And the king made from the algum wood supports for the house of the LORD and for the king's house, lyres also and harps for the singers. There never was seen the like of them before in the land of Judah. -12. And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked besides what she had brought to the king. So she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.Solomon's Wealth +12. And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked besides what she had brought to the king. So she turned and went back to her own land with her servants. +Solomon's Wealth + 13. Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, 14. besides that which the explorers and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon. @@ -33,10 +35,13 @@ The Queen of Sheba 25. And Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 26. And he ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. 27. And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. -28. And horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.Solomon's Death +28. And horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands. +Solomon's Death + 29. Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30. Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31. And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md index 974b6464..21692b3a 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_10.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ The Revolt Against Rehoboam 19. So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md index ba08e9a4..b7b62fbd 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_11.md @@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ Rehoboam Secures His Kingdom 9. Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10. Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities that are in Judah and in Benjamin. 11. He made the fortresses strong, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine. -12. And he put shields and spears in all the cities and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin.Priests and Levites Come to Jerusalem +12. And he put shields and spears in all the cities and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin. +Priests and Levites Come to Jerusalem + 13. And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel presented themselves to him from all places where they lived. 14. For the Levites left their common lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons cast them out from serving as priests of the LORD, 15. and he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat idols and for the calves that he had made. 16. And those who had set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers. -17. They strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they made Rehoboam the son of Solomon secure, for they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.Rehoboam's Family +17. They strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they made Rehoboam the son of Solomon secure, for they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon. +Rehoboam's Family + 18. Rehoboam took as wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse, 19. and she bore him sons, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ Rehoboam Secures His Kingdom 23. And he dealt wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the districts of Judah and Benjamin, in all the fortified cities, and he gave them abundant provisions and procured wives for them. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md index ad1dbc0e..b252e5ee 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_12.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ Egypt Plunders Jerusalem 16. And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David, and Abijah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md index 968eb23f..baa3d21c 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_13.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 22. The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md index b8daa2c9..ffbdc2fe 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_14.md @@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ Asa Reigns in Judah 9. Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and came as far as Mareshah. 10. And Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up their lines of battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. -11. And Asa cried to the LORD his God, "O LORD, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, you are our God; let not man prevail against you." +11. And Asa cried to the LORD his God, "O LORD, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. +Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, you are our God; let not man prevail against you." 12. So the LORD defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. 13. Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until none remained alive, for they were broken before the LORD and his army. The men of Judah carried away very much spoil. 14. And they attacked all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the LORD was upon them. They plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them. 15. And they struck down the tents of those who had livestock and carried away sheep in abundance and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md index a7a6b965..5fd6df08 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_15.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Asa's Religious Reforms 19. And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md index 6aee2fe1..d062cf21 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_16.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Asa's Last Years 14. They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md index 1f31365a..18db6838 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_17.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah 19. These were in the service of the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md index 301ae0a2..59ccd6a8 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_18.md @@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab 24. And Micaiah said, "Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself." 25. And the king of Israel said, "Seize Micaiah and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son, 26. and say, 'Thus says the king, Put this fellow in prison and feed him with meager rations of bread and water until I return in peace.'" -27. And Micaiah said, "If you return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me." And he said, "Hear, all you peoples!"The Defeat and Death of Ahab +27. And Micaiah said, "If you return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me." And he said, "Hear, all you peoples!" +The Defeat and Death of Ahab + 28. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 29. And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes." And the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle. @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahab 34. And the battle continued that day, and the king of Israel was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening. Then at sunset he died. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md index 924ffd4a..54291f4d 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_19.md @@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ Jehoshaphat's Reforms 11. And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters, and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the LORD be with the upright!" + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md index 63a649b3..e489fd0e 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_20.md @@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ Jehoshaphat's Prayer 32. He walked in the way of Asa his father and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD. 33. The high places, however, were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts upon the God of their fathers. -34. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign +34. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel. +The End of Jehoshaphat's Reign + 35. After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly. 36. He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshish, and they built the ships in Ezion-geber. 37. Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have made." And the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md index 9d42a74d..a044316d 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_21.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Jehoram Reigns in Judah 20. He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one's regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md index c60ef988..dc789d37 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_22.md @@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ Ahaziah Reigns in Judah 7. But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. 8. And when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he met the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers, who attended Ahaziah, and he killed them. -9. He searched for Ahaziah, and he was captured while hiding in Samaria, and he was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, "He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart." And the house of Ahaziah had no one able to rule the kingdom.Athaliah Reigns in Judah +9. He searched for Ahaziah, and he was captured while hiding in Samaria, and he was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, "He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart." And the house of Ahaziah had no one able to rule the kingdom. +Athaliah Reigns in Judah + 10. Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of the house of Judah. 11. But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were about to be put to death, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she was a sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah, so that she did not put him to death. 12. And he remained with them six years, hidden in the house of God, while Athaliah reigned over the land. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md index b05994f1..f692eb9d 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_23.md @@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ Joash Made King 8. The Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men, who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions. 9. And Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains the spears and the large and small shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of God. 10. And he set all the people as a guard for the king, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house. -11. Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king."Athaliah Executed +11. Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king." +Athaliah Executed + 12. When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she went into the house of the LORD to the people. 13. And when she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their musical instruments leading in the celebration. And Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Treason! Treason!" 14. Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains who were set over the army, saying to them, "Bring her out between the ranks, and anyone who follows her is to be put to death with the sword." For the priest said, "Do not put her to death in the house of the LORD." -15. So they laid hands on her, and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king's house, and they put her to death there.Jehoiada's Reforms +15. So they laid hands on her, and she went into the entrance of the horse gate of the king's house, and they put her to death there. +Jehoiada's Reforms + 16. And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king that they should be the LORD's people. 17. Then all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ Joash Made King 21. So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md index 21f8106a..52cd07af 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_24.md @@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ Joash Repairs the Temple 17. Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. 18. And they abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. -19. Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the LORD. These testified against them, but they would not pay attention.Joash's Treachery +19. Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the LORD. These testified against them, but they would not pay attention. +Joash's Treachery + 20. Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, "Thus says God, 'Why do you break the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.'" 21. But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD. -22. Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, "May the LORD see and avenge!"Joash Assassinated +22. Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, "May the LORD see and avenge!" +Joash Assassinated + 23. At the end of the year the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. 24. Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army, because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash. @@ -37,3 +41,4 @@ Joash Repairs the Temple 27. Accounts of his sons and of the many oracles against him and of the rebuilding of the house of God are written in the Story of the Book of the Kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md index 3478c790..976b3957 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_25.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Amaziah Reigns in Judah 1. Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not with a whole heart. 3. And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father. -4. But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, "Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin."Amaziah's Victories +4. But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, "Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin." +Amaziah's Victories + 5. Then Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those twenty years old and upward, and found that they were 300,000 choice men, fit for war, able to handle spear and shield. 6. He hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for 100 talents of silver. @@ -14,11 +16,15 @@ Amaziah Reigns in Judah 10. Then Amaziah discharged the army that had come to him from Ephraim to go home again. And they became very angry with Judah and returned home in fierce anger. 11. But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 men of Seir. 12. The men of Judah captured another 10,000 alive and took them to the top of a rock and threw them down from the top of the rock, and they were all dashed to pieces. -13. But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, not letting them go with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 people in them and took much spoil.Amaziah's Idolatry +13. But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, not letting them go with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,000 people in them and took much spoil. +Amaziah's Idolatry + 14. After Amaziah came from striking down the Edomites, he brought the gods of the men of Seir and set them up as his gods and worshiped them, making offerings to them. 15. Therefore the LORD was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, "Why have you sought the gods of a people who did not deliver their own people from your hand?" -16. But as he was speaking, the king said to him, "Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" So the prophet stopped, but said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."Israel Defeats Amaziah +16. But as he was speaking, the king said to him, "Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" So the prophet stopped, but said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel." +Israel Defeats Amaziah + 17. Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face." 18. And Joash the king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, "A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife,' and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle. @@ -36,3 +42,4 @@ Amaziah Reigns in Judah 28. And they brought him upon horses, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md index 7c6dee60..2b82b977 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_26.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Uzziah Reigns in Judah 12. The whole number of the heads of fathers' houses of mighty men of valor was 2,600. 13. Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14. And Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging. -15. In Jerusalem he made machines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.Uzziah's Pride and Punishment +15. In Jerusalem he made machines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. +Uzziah's Pride and Punishment + 16. But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the LORD his God and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. 17. But Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty priests of the LORD who were men of valor, @@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ Uzziah Reigns in Judah 23. And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field that belonged to the kings, for they said, "He is a leper." And Jotham his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md index 7942337c..7fa75477 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_27.md @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ Jotham Reigns in Judah 9. And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md index ebb75146..9aa48ff2 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_28.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Ahaz Reigns in Judah 1. Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done, 2. but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made metal images for the Baals, 3. and he made offerings in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom and burned his sons as an offering, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. -4. And he sacrificed and made offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.Judah Defeated +4. And he sacrificed and made offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree. +Judah Defeated + 5. Therefore the LORD his God gave him into the hand of the king of Syria, who defeated him and took captive a great number of his people and brought them to Damascus. He was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force. 6. For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed 120,000 from Judah in one day, all of them men of valor, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. @@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ Ahaz Reigns in Judah 18. And the Philistines had made raids on the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages. And they settled there. 19. For the LORD humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made Judah act sinfully and had been very unfaithful to the LORD. 20. So Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. -21. For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the LORD and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.Ahaz's Idolatry +21. For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the LORD and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him. +Ahaz's Idolatry + 22. In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the LORD--this same King Ahaz. 23. For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him and said, "Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me." But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel. @@ -35,3 +39,4 @@ Ahaz Reigns in Judah 27. And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md index b76e59a8..b80dc1eb 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_29.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Hezekiah Reigns in Judah # Chapter 29 1. Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah. -2. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple +2. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. +Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple + 3. In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them. 4. He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east @@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ Hezekiah Reigns in Judah 16. The priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it and carried it out to the brook Kidron. 17. They began to consecrate on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the LORD. Then for eight days they consecrated the house of the LORD, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished. 18. Then they went in to Hezekiah the king and said, "We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table for the showbread and all its utensils. -19. All the utensils that King Ahaz discarded in his reign when he was faithless, we have made ready and consecrated, and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD."Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship +19. All the utensils that King Ahaz discarded in his reign when he was faithless, we have made ready and consecrated, and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD." +Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship + 20. Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the LORD. 21. And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD. @@ -44,3 +48,4 @@ Hezekiah Reigns in Judah 36. And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had provided for the people, for the thing came about suddenly. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_30.md index 203600f7..895680a4 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_30.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ Passover Celebrated 27. Then the priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to his holy habitation in heaven. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_31.md index 82b3b67d..9e57597f 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_31.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Hezekiah Organizes the Priests 21. And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_32.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_32.md index 3d21f936..0de007d7 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_32.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_32.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Sennacherib Invades Judah 5. He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it, and outside it he built another wall, and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance. 6. And he set combat commanders over the people and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying, 7. "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. -8. With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles." And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.Sennacherib Blasphemes +8. With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles." And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. +Sennacherib Blasphemes + 9. After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria, who was besieging Lachish with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying, 10. "Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, 'On what are you trusting, that you endure the siege in Jerusalem? @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ Sennacherib Invades Judah 20. Then Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven. 21. And the LORD sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword. 22. So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all his enemies, and he provided for them on every side. -23. And many brought gifts to the LORD to Jerusalem and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from that time onward.Hezekiah's Pride and Achievements +23. And many brought gifts to the LORD to Jerusalem and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from that time onward. +Hezekiah's Pride and Achievements + 24. In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death, and he prayed to the LORD, and he answered him and gave him a sign. 25. But Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem. @@ -42,3 +46,4 @@ Sennacherib Invades Judah 33. And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper part of the tombs of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_33.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_33.md index e31e2b11..c4db912e 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_33.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_33.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Manasseh Reigns in Judah 6. And he burned his sons as an offering in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger. 7. And the carved image of the idol that he had made he set in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever, 8. and I will no more remove the foot of Israel from the land that I appointed for your fathers, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them, all the law, the statutes, and the rules given through Moses." -9. Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the people of Israel.Manasseh's Repentance +9. Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the people of Israel. +Manasseh's Repentance + 10. The LORD spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention. 11. Therefore the LORD brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon. @@ -23,7 +25,9 @@ Manasseh Reigns in Judah 18. Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, behold, they are in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. 19. And his prayer, and how God was moved by his entreaty, and all his sin and his faithlessness, and the sites on which he built high places and set up the Asherim and the images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the Chronicles of the Seers. -20. So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house, and Amon his son reigned in his place.Amon's Reign and Death +20. So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house, and Amon his son reigned in his place. +Amon's Reign and Death + 21. Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. 22. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done. Amon sacrificed to all the images that Manasseh his father had made, and served them. @@ -32,3 +36,4 @@ Manasseh Reigns in Judah 25. But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon. And the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_34.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_34.md index f4c1a0f9..105c8d5e 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_34.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_34.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Josiah Reigns in Judah 4. And they chopped down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and he cut down the incense altars that stood above them. And he broke in pieces the Asherim and the carved and the metal images, and he made dust of them and scattered it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5. He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6. And in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins all around, -7. he broke down the altars and beat the Asherim and the images into powder and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.The Book of the Law Found +7. he broke down the altars and beat the Asherim and the images into powder and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem. +The Book of the Law Found + 8. Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. 9. They came to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had collected from Manasseh and Ephraim and from all the remnant of Israel and from all Judah and Benjamin and from the inhabitants of Jerusalem. @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ Josiah Reigns in Judah 19. And when the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes. 20. And the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, -21. "Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book."Huldah Prophesies Disaster +21. "Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book." +Huldah Prophesies Disaster + 22. So Hilkiah and those whom the king had sent went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter) and spoke to her to that effect. 23. And she said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Tell the man who sent you to me, @@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ Josiah Reigns in Judah 33. And Josiah took away all the abominations from all the territory that belonged to the people of Israel and made all who were present in Israel serve the LORD their God. All his days they did not turn away from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_35.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_35.md index b50b12aa..a91c368f 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_35.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_35.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Josiah Keeps the Passover 16. So all the service of the LORD was prepared that day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah. 17. And the people of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days. 18. No Passover like it had been kept in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had kept such a Passover as was kept by Josiah, and the priests and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -19. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was kept.Josiah Killed in Battle +19. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was kept. +Josiah Killed in Battle + 20. After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him. 21. But he sent envoys to him, saying, "What have we to do with each other, king of Judah? I am not coming against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war. And God has commanded me to hurry. Cease opposing God, who is with me, lest he destroy you." @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ Josiah Keeps the Passover 27. and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. + diff --git a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_36.md b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_36.md index 9c5491a0..8ab26fc7 100644 --- a/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_36.md +++ b/ESV/14_2 Chronicles/Chapter_36.md @@ -20,15 +20,20 @@ Judah's Decline 14. All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the LORD that he had made holy in Jerusalem. 15. The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. -16. But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy.Jerusalem Captured and Burned +16. But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy. +Jerusalem Captured and Burned + 17. Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand. 18. And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon. 19. And they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its precious vessels. 20. He took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia, -21. to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.The Proclamation of Cyrus +21. to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. +The Proclamation of Cyrus + 22. Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: 23. "Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the LORD his God be with him. Let him go up.'" + diff --git a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_01.md index 789b8f1d..65038079 100644 --- a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_01.md @@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ The Proclamation of Cyrus 11. all the vessels of gold and of silver were 5,400. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when the exiles were brought up from Babylonia to Jerusalem. + diff --git a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_02.md index 71390e83..49bf68d1 100644 --- a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_02.md @@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ The number of the men of the people of Israel: 70. Now the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel in their towns. + diff --git a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_03.md index c9d7fe8b..030b4b08 100644 --- a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_03.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Rebuilding the Altar 4. And they kept the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the rule, as each day required, 5. and after that the regular burnt offerings, the offerings at the new moon and at all the appointed feasts of the LORD, and the offerings of everyone who made a freewill offering to the LORD. 6. From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid. -7. So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.Rebuilding the Temple +7. So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia. +Rebuilding the Temple + 8. Now in the second year after their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak made a beginning, together with the rest of their kinsmen, the priests and the Levites and all who had come to Jerusalem from the captivity. They appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to supervise the work of the house of the LORD. 9. And Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, and Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together supervised the workmen in the house of God, along with the sons of Henadad and the Levites, their sons and brothers. @@ -21,3 +23,4 @@ And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD, becaus 13. so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people's weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard far away. + diff --git a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_04.md index 7f90f062..ee22ba40 100644 --- a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_04.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Adversaries Oppose the Rebuilding 4. Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build 5. and bribed counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. -6. And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.The Letter to King Artaxerxes +6. And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. +The Letter to King Artaxerxes + 7. In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written in Aramaic and translated. 8. Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows: @@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ Adversaries Oppose the Rebuilding 13. Now be it known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired. 14. Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king's dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king, 15. in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste. -16. We make known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River."The King Orders the Work to Cease +16. We make known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River." +The King Orders the Work to Cease + 17. The king sent an answer: "To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now 18. the letter that you sent to us has been plainly read before me. @@ -32,3 +36,4 @@ Adversaries Oppose the Rebuilding 24. Then the work on the house of God that is in Jerusalem stopped, and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. + diff --git a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_05.md index 02c0f049..2755a37f 100644 --- a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_05.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Rebuilding Begins Anew 3. At the same time Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus: "Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?" 4. They also asked them this: "What are the names of the men who are building this building?" -5. But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report should reach Darius and then an answer be returned by letter concerning it.Tattenai's Letter to King Darius +5. But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report should reach Darius and then an answer be returned by letter concerning it. +Tattenai's Letter to King Darius + 6. This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and his associates, the governors who were in the province Beyond the River, sent to Darius the king. 7. They sent him a report, in which was written as follows: "To Darius the king, all peace. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ Rebuilding Begins Anew 17. Therefore, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter." + diff --git a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_06.md index 18d422d4..25e32c9e 100644 --- a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_06.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ The Decree of Darius 9. And whatever is needed--bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require--let that be given to them day by day without fail, 10. that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. 11. Also I make a decree that if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled on it, and his house shall be made a dunghill. -12. May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who shall put out a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence."The Temple Finished and Dedicated +12. May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who shall put out a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence." +The Temple Finished and Dedicated + 13. Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered. 14. And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia; @@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ The Decree of Darius 16. And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. 17. They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. -18. And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.Passover Celebrated +18. And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses. +Passover Celebrated + 19. On the fourteenth day of the first month, the returned exiles kept the Passover. 20. For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. So they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves. @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ The Decree of Darius 22. And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_07.md index 64b165e9..b79b3c08 100644 --- a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_07.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Ezra Sent to Teach the People 28. and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the LORD my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me. + diff --git a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_08.md index cae9f3c2..45867ac3 100644 --- a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_08.md @@ -14,18 +14,24 @@ Genealogy of Those Who Returned with Ezra 11. Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and with him 28 men. 12. Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men. 13. Of the sons of Adonikam, those who came later, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men. -14. Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.Ezra Sends for Levites +14. Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men. +Ezra Sends for Levites + 15. I gathered them to the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there none of the sons of Levi. 16. Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of insight, 17. and sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brothers and the temple servants at the place Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God. 18. And by the good hand of our God on us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, son of Israel, namely Sherebiah with his sons and kinsmen, 18; 19. also Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20; -20. besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.Fasting and Prayer for Protection +20. besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name. +Fasting and Prayer for Protection + 21. Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods. 22. For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, "The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him." -23. So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.Priests to Guard Offerings +23. So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. +Priests to Guard Offerings + 24. Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen with them. 25. And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered. @@ -44,3 +50,4 @@ Genealogy of Those Who Returned with Ezra 36. They also delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps and to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and they aided the people and the house of God. + diff --git a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_09.md index 75113ce6..112c5f57 100644 --- a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_09.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Ezra Prays About Intermarriage +Ezra Prays +About Intermarriage # Chapter 9 1. After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, "The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. @@ -20,3 +21,4 @@ Ezra Prays About Intermarriage 15. O LORD, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this." + diff --git a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_10.md index 0f678cf7..cb9d0f12 100644 --- a/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/15_Ezra/Chapter_10.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ The People Confess Their Sin 15. Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them. 16. Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men, heads of fathers' houses, according to their fathers' houses, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter; -17. and by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women.Those Guilty of Intermarriage +17. and by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women. +Those Guilty of Intermarriage + 18. Now there were found some of the sons of the priests who had married foreign women: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah, some of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers. 19. They pledged themselves to put away their wives, and their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt. @@ -53,3 +55,4 @@ The People Confess Their Sin 44. All these had married foreign women, and some of the women had even borne children. + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_01.md index 76c01d27..961d44af 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Report from Jerusalem 1. The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel, 2. that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. -3. And they said to me, "The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire."Nehemiah's Prayer +3. And they said to me, "The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire." +Nehemiah's Prayer + 4. As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven. 5. And I said, "O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, @@ -17,3 +19,4 @@ Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa Now I was cupbearer to the king. + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_02.md index 1414dee0..a5d27201 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_02.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Nehemiah Sent to Judah 5. And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it." 6. And the king said to me (the queen sitting beside him), "How long will you be gone, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me when I had given him a time. 7. And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah, -8. and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy." And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls +8. and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy." And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me. +Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls + 9. Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. 10. But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel. @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ Nehemiah Sent to Judah 20. Then I replied to them, "The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim in Jerusalem." + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_03.md index 67f1bcff..953e3c2a 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_03.md @@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ Rebuilding the Wall 32. And between the upper chamber of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired. + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_04.md index 0a66933a..7ba595f4 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_04.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Opposition to the Work 11. And our enemies said, "They will not know or see till we come among them and kill them and stop the work." 12. At that time the Jews who lived near them came from all directions and said to us ten times, "You must return to us." 13. So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people by their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. -14. And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes."The Work Resumes +14. And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes." +The Work Resumes + 15. When our enemies heard that it was known to us and that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each to his work. 16. From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail. And the leaders stood behind the whole house of Judah, @@ -31,3 +33,4 @@ Opposition to the Work 23. So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes; each kept his weapon at his right hand. + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_05.md index 9065724d..ba369180 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_05.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Nehemiah Stops Oppression of the Poor 10. Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest. 11. Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them." 12. Then they said, "We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say." And I called the priests and made them swear to do as they had promised. -13. I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied." And all the assembly said "Amen" and praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.Nehemiah's Generosity +13. I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied." And all the assembly said "Amen" and praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised. +Nehemiah's Generosity + 14. Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. 15. The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. @@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ Nehemiah Stops Oppression of the Poor 19. Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people. + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_06.md index d600bb62..0479f9b0 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_06.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Conspiracy Against Nehemiah 11. But I said, "Should such a man as I run away? And what man such as I could go into the temple and live? I will not go in." 12. And I understood and saw that God had not sent him, but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13. For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me a bad name in order to taunt me. -14. Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to these things that they did, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who wanted to make me afraid.The Wall Is Finished +14. Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to these things that they did, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who wanted to make me afraid. +The Wall Is Finished + 15. So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. 16. And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem, for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God. @@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ Conspiracy Against Nehemiah 19. Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid. + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_07.md index fd6ef79b..36ba9a7e 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_07.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ 1. Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, 2. I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many. 3. And I said to them, "Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are still standing guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their guard posts and some in front of their own homes." -4. The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.Lists of Returned Exiles +4. The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt. +Lists of Returned Exiles + 5. Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it: @@ -72,7 +74,9 @@ The number of the men of the people of Israel: 62. the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642. 63. Also, of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai (who had taken a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). 64. These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. -65. The governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise.Totals of People and Gifts +65. The governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise. +Totals of People and Gifts + 66. The whole assembly together was 42,360, 67. besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337. And they had 245 singers, male and female. @@ -87,3 +91,4 @@ The number of the men of the people of Israel: And when the seventh month had come, the people of Israel were in their towns. + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_08.md index dcaf6910..d45aaf16 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_08.md @@ -8,12 +8,16 @@ Ezra Reads the Law 5. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. 6. And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people answered, "Amen, Amen," lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 7. Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. -8. They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.This Day Is Holy +8. They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading. +This Day Is Holy + 9. And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep." For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. 10. Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." 11. So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved." -12. And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.Feast of Booths Celebrated +12. And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them. +Feast of Booths Celebrated + 13. On the second day the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Law. 14. And they found it written in the Law that the LORD had commanded by Moses that the people of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month, @@ -23,3 +27,4 @@ Ezra Reads the Law 18. And day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule. + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_09.md index 7b25deb4..a47b8c80 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_09.md @@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ The People of Israel Confess Their Sin 38. "Because of all this we make a firm covenant in writing; on the sealed document are the names of our princes, our Levites, and our priests. + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_10.md index 1953605c..d2cae4a0 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_10.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ The People Who Sealed the Covenant 24. Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 25. Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26. Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, -27. Malluch, Harim, Baanah.The Obligations of the Covenant +27. Malluch, Harim, Baanah. +The Obligations of the Covenant + 28. "The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding, 29. join with their brothers, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God's Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord and his rules and his statutes. @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ The People Who Sealed the Covenant 39. For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, as well as the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God." + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_11.md index 20632a7e..c466c56c 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_11.md @@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ The Leaders in Jerusalem 22. The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the work of the house of God. 23. For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision for the singers, as every day required. -24. And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's side in all matters concerning the people.Villages Outside Jerusalem +24. And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's side in all matters concerning the people. +Villages Outside Jerusalem + 25. And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, 26. and in Jeshua and in Moladah and Beth-pelet, @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ The Leaders in Jerusalem 36. And certain divisions of the Levites in Judah were assigned to Benjamin. + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_12.md index 579d553f..a07cf31e 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_12.md @@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ Priests and Levites 23. As for the sons of Levi, their heads of fathers' houses were written in the Book of the Chronicles until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. 24. And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch by watch. 25. Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storehouses of the gates. -26. These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra, the priest and scribe.Dedication of the Wall +26. These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra, the priest and scribe. +Dedication of the Wall + 27. And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres. 28. And the sons of the singers gathered together from the district surrounding Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites; @@ -49,7 +51,9 @@ Priests and Levites 40. So both choirs of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me; 41. and the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; 42. and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang with Jezrahiah as their leader. -43. And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.Service at the Temple +43. And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away. +Service at the Temple + 44. On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the Law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered. 45. And 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. @@ -57,3 +61,4 @@ Priests and Levites 47. And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers; and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron. + diff --git a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_13.md index 0857de72..43ab2a94 100644 --- a/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/16_Nehemiah/Chapter_13.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ Nehemiah's Final Reforms Remember me, O my God, for good. + diff --git a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_01.md index 3d08b6d3..77005019 100644 --- a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_01.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The King's Banquets 6. There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7. Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8. And drinking was according to this edict: "There is no compulsion." For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. -9. Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus.Queen Vashti's Refusal +9. Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. +Queen Vashti's Refusal + 10. On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11. to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ The King's Banquets 22. He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people. + diff --git a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_02.md index d4469917..04fd5882 100644 --- a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_02.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Esther Chosen Queen 15. When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16. And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17. the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. -18. Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity.Mordecai Discovers a Plot +18. Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity. +Mordecai Discovers a Plot + 19. Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20. Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. @@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ Esther Chosen Queen 23. When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows. And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king. + diff --git a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_03.md index f7b5e158..0d1a3cc4 100644 --- a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_03.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ Haman Plots Against the Jews 15. The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion. + diff --git a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_04.md index f74cf465..3d70b6f4 100644 --- a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_04.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Esther Agrees to Help the Jews +Esther Agrees to +Help the Jews # Chapter 4 1. When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry. @@ -22,3 +23,4 @@ Esther Agrees to Help the Jews 17. Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him. + diff --git a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_05.md index 422fa1e7..02c095c5 100644 --- a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_05.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Esther Prepares a Banquet 5. Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so that we may do as Esther has asked." So the king and Haman came to the feast that Esther had prepared. 6. And as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king said to Esther, "What is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled." 7. Then Esther answered, "My wish and my request is: -8. If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said."Haman Plans to Hang Mordecai +8. If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said." +Haman Plans to Hang Mordecai + 9. And Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. 10. Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh. @@ -18,3 +20,4 @@ Esther Prepares a Banquet 14. Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast." This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made. + diff --git a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_06.md index 7b8d7d67..3dd35c0a 100644 --- a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_06.md @@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ The King Honors Mordecai 11. So Haman took the robes and the horse, and he dressed Mordecai and led him through the square of the city, proclaiming before him, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor." 12. Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered. -13. And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him."Esther Reveals Haman's Plot +13. And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him." +Esther Reveals Haman's Plot + 14. While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared. + diff --git a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_07.md index ae9da425..6d05d561 100644 --- a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_07.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ 3. Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request. 4. For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king." 5. Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, who has dared to do this?" -6. And Esther said, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.Haman Is Hanged +6. And Esther said, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen. +Haman Is Hanged + 7. And the king arose in his wrath from the wine-drinking and went into the palace garden, but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king. 8. And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. And the king said, "Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?" As the word left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman's face. @@ -12,3 +14,4 @@ 10. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated. + diff --git a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_08.md index 7ad5e571..fb0a14d5 100644 --- a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_08.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Esther Saves the Jews 17. And in every province and in every city, wherever the king's command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen on them. + diff --git a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_09.md index d7ddeaf7..8e874275 100644 --- a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_09.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ The Jews Destroy Their Enemies 16. Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces also gathered to defend their lives, and got relief from their enemies and killed 75,000 of those who hated them, but they laid no hands on the plunder. 17. This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made that a day of feasting and gladness. 18. But the Jews who were in Susa gathered on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and rested on the fifteenth day, making that a day of feasting and gladness. -19. Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as a holiday, and as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.The Feast of Purim Inaugurated +19. Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as a holiday, and as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another. +The Feast of Purim Inaugurated + 20. And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, 21. obliging them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same, year by year, @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ The Jews Destroy Their Enemies 32. The command of Esther confirmed these practices of Purim, and it was recorded in writing. + diff --git a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_10.md index d85238e8..022afc87 100644 --- a/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/17_Esther/Chapter_10.md @@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ The Greatness of Mordecai 3. For Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_01.md index afffb60d..f27a8aa4 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_01.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Job's Character and Wealth 2. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3. He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east. 4. His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. -5. And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually.Satan Allowed to Test Job +5. And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually. +Satan Allowed to Test Job + 6. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 7. The LORD said to Satan, "From where have you come?" Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it." @@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ Job's Character and Wealth 9. Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "Does Job fear God for no reason? 10. Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11. But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face." -12. And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand." So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.Satan Takes Job's Property and Children +12. And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand." So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD. +Satan Takes Job's Property and Children + 13. Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 14. and there came a messenger to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ Job's Character and Wealth 22. In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_02.md index 35b07f70..b7649090 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_02.md @@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ Satan Attacks Job's Health 8. And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes. 9. Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die." -10. But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.Job's Three Friends +10. But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips. +Job's Three Friends + 11. Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him. 12. And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven. 13. And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_03.md index 8ab5b515..1e3995ad 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_03.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Job Laments His Birth nor light shine upon it. 5. Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. - Let clouds dwell upon it; +Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6. That night--let thick darkness seize it! @@ -82,3 +82,4 @@ Job Laments His Birth I have no rest, but trouble comes." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_04.md index 4f349d72..0372cfb5 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_04.md @@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ A form was before my eyes; do they not die, and that without wisdom?' + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_05.md index f59460be..ed1dc42a 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_05.md @@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ Hear, and know it for your good." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_06.md index 285119d6..4ba74de1 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_06.md @@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just for I will not lie to your face. 29. Please turn; let no injustice be done. - Turn now; my vindication is at stake. +Turn now; my vindication is at stake. 30. Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity? + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_07.md index 2f0457ba..e8e1851b 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_07.md @@ -70,3 +70,4 @@ For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_08.md index 39cdaac9..1689f837 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_08.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent and the tent of the wicked will be no more." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_09.md index 5f79a761..f296ebad 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_09.md @@ -107,3 +107,4 @@ Job Replies: There Is No Arbiter for I am not so in myself. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_10.md index 4e073029..4862cdcd 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_10.md @@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ for I am filled with disgrace you bring fresh troops against me. 18. "Why did you bring me out from the womb? - Would that I had died before any eye had seen me + +Would that I had died before any eye had seen me + 19. and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave. @@ -74,3 +76,4 @@ for I am filled with disgrace where light is as thick darkness." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_11.md index 1c93a3e7..08028061 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_11.md @@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves. and their hope is to breathe their last." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_12.md index 902984aa..d2c8e22e 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_12.md @@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ Job Replies: The LORD Has Done This and he makes them stagger like a drunken man. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_13.md index 62aa342d..d6a937ad 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_13.md @@ -87,3 +87,4 @@ Job Continues: Still I Will Hope in God like a garment that is moth-eaten. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_14.md index a95485f0..4d532374 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_14.md @@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All and he mourns only for himself." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_15.md index c2c75acf..4d8854f8 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_15.md @@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God a man who drinks injustice like water! 17. "I will show you; hear me, - and what I have seen I will declare + +and what I have seen I will declare + 18. (what wise men have told, without hiding it from their fathers, @@ -79,7 +81,9 @@ Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God with a thickly bossed shield; 27. because he has covered his face with his fat - and gathered fat upon his waist + +and gathered fat upon his waist + 28. and has lived in desolate cities, in houses that none should inhabit, @@ -108,3 +112,4 @@ Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God and their womb prepares deceit." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_16.md index 23beb166..1b0f1cf8 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_16.md @@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ He slashes open my kidneys and does not spare; I shall go the way from which I shall not return. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_17.md index 7d4e2306..3ef1e518 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_17.md @@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ Job Continues: Where Then Is My Hope? Shall we descend together into the dust?" + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_18.md index 7fd024b2..92e1b36b 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_18.md @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ Bildad Speaks: God Punishes the Wicked such is the place of him who knows not God." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_19.md index 94c6d75c..02247a40 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_19.md @@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ Job Replies: My Redeemer Lives that you may know there is a judgment." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_20.md index 8357232b..d4f50a7a 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_20.md @@ -93,3 +93,4 @@ from the profit of his trading the heritage decreed for him by God." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_21.md index 94756172..74caad81 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_21.md @@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ Job Replies: The Wicked Do Prosper Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?' 29. Have you not asked those who travel the roads, - and do you not accept their testimony + +and do you not accept their testimony + 30. that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath? @@ -105,3 +107,4 @@ Job Replies: The Wicked Do Prosper There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_22.md index d796e95f..60208688 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_22.md @@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ Eliphaz Speaks: Job's Wickedness Is Great who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_23.md index 961153bc..242819d9 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_23.md @@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ Job Replies: Where Is God? nor because thick darkness covers my face. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_24.md index 7aca539e..6de1a824 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_24.md @@ -85,3 +85,4 @@ they are no longer remembered, and show that there is nothing in what I say?" + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_25.md index b6acf6b6..3adaade7 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_25.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous and the son of man, who is a worm!" + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_26.md index a27d3030..3cb7a533 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_26.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ Job Replies: God's Majesty Is Unsearchable But the thunder of his power who can understand?" + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_27.md index 63b76649..1df10e43 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_27.md @@ -70,3 +70,4 @@ Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity and hisses at him from its place. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_28.md index 0ff6ccc4..5f113d1b 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_28.md @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom? and copper is smelted from the ore. 3. Man puts an end to darkness - and searches out to the farthest limit + +and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness. 4. He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives; @@ -89,3 +90,4 @@ Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom? and to turn away from evil is understanding.'" + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_29.md index 5fd16ba3..8f11f72d 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_29.md @@ -77,3 +77,4 @@ Job's Summary Defense like one who comforts mourners. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_30.md index bb3ec9d1..ba100e72 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_30.md @@ -98,3 +98,4 @@ whose fathers I would have disdained and my pipe to the voice of those who weep. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_31.md index 8b3cdecf..cbd7d177 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_31.md @@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ Job's Final Appeal or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17. or have eaten my morsel alone, - and the fatherless has not eaten of it + +and the fatherless has not eaten of it + 18. (for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow), @@ -87,7 +89,9 @@ Job's Final Appeal for I would have been false to God above. 29. "If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, - or exulted when evil overtook him + +or exulted when evil overtook him + 30. (I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse), @@ -126,3 +130,4 @@ Job's Final Appeal The words of Job are ended. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_32.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_32.md index 69793c25..0a6cccdf 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_32.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_32.md @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ therefore I was timid and afraid while you searched out what to say. 12. I gave you my attention, - and, behold, there was none among you who refuted Job + +and, behold, there was none among you who refuted Job or who answered his words. 13. Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom; @@ -64,3 +65,4 @@ therefore I was timid and afraid else my Maker would soon take me away. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_33.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_33.md index 7ba877c5..2f942f02 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_33.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_33.md @@ -106,3 +106,4 @@ and he restores to man his righteousness. be silent, and I will teach you wisdom." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_34.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_34.md index f0dcaaa4..a9f7e8e7 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_34.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_34.md @@ -119,3 +119,4 @@ For you must choose, and not I; and multiplies his words against God." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_35.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_35.md index fe39a287..7aa8de28 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_35.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_35.md @@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ Elihu Condemns Job he multiplies words without knowledge." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_36.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_36.md index f3562d75..e2e1f11f 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_36.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_36.md @@ -103,3 +103,4 @@ Elihu Extols God's Greatness the cattle also declare that he rises. + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_37.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_37.md index 394c194c..896252ce 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_37.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_37.md @@ -78,3 +78,4 @@ Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_38.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_38.md index 577bc9f9..c9d9d9ac 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_38.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_38.md @@ -124,3 +124,4 @@ The LORD Answers Job and wander about for lack of food? + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_39.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_39.md index 4c28b511..121cc698 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_39.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_39.md @@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ and where the slain are, there is he." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_40.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_40.md index 8bdf12e8..05deb6a5 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_40.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_40.md @@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ 1. And the LORD said to Job: 2. "Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? - He who argues with God, let him answer it."Job Promises Silence + +He who argues with God, let him answer it." +Job Promises Silence + 3. Then Job answered the LORD and said: @@ -70,3 +73,4 @@ or pierce his nose with a snare? + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_41.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_41.md index df9d0a45..2062e693 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_41.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_41.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ he is laid low even at the sight of him. 10. No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. - Who then is he who can stand before me? +Who then is he who can stand before me? 11. Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine. @@ -102,3 +102,4 @@ he is king over all the sons of pride." + diff --git a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_42.md b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_42.md index ead21f14..41684467 100644 --- a/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_42.md +++ b/ESV/18_Job/Chapter_42.md @@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, 17. And Job died, an old man, and full of days. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_01.md index 2d11b8fe..04dba2fc 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_01.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ In all that he does, he prospers. but the way of the wicked will perish. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_02.md index 1f4db90c..7cd5e70b 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_02.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ The LORD said to me, "You are my Son; Blessed are all who take refuge in him. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_03.md index fe5529c5..67fd40cf 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_03.md @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked. 8. Salvation belongs to the LORD; - your blessing be on your people! Selah + +your blessing be on your people! Selah + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_04.md index a79d7695..19b77b6b 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_04.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Answer Me When I Call # Chapter 4 1. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. - Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! +Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! 2. O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Answer Me When I Call for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_05.md index 896c4533..9091ae89 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_05.md @@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ and spread your protection over them, you cover him with favor as with a shield. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_06.md index 3d99240c..4760a448 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_06.md @@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ O LORD, Deliver My Life they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_07.md index 4fd41681..8150655b 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_07.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ In You Do I Take Refuge 5. let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground - and lay my glory in the dust. Selah + +and lay my glory in the dust. Selah + 6. Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; @@ -59,3 +61,4 @@ you who test the minds and hearts, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_08.md index fdcf58a5..f7205bdf 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_08.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ you have established strength because of your foes, how majestic is your name in all the earth! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_09.md index fecadca8..548efb37 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_09.md @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_10.md index cbd3aecb..312c1b38 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_10.md @@ -61,3 +61,4 @@ to you the helpless commits himself; so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_100.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_100.md index 9309dfb2..4e2474c9 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_100.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_100.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ His Steadfast Love Endures Forever and his faithfulness to all generations. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_101.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_101.md index 81439e5c..3963ce26 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_101.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_101.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_102.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_102.md index ed563eb6..3a340d19 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_102.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_102.md @@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away, their offspring shall be established before you. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_103.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_103.md index 13b17ddf..eff409cc 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_103.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_103.md @@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ Bless the LORD, O My Soul Bless the LORD, O my soul! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_104.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_104.md index cc6726e1..7d2f8a94 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_104.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_104.md @@ -116,3 +116,4 @@ Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_105.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_105.md index 74c4b5c1..1b2d131c 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_105.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_105.md @@ -138,3 +138,4 @@ Tell of All His Wondrous Works Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_106.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_106.md index 6cd7c431..750bc3d6 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_106.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_106.md @@ -159,3 +159,4 @@ And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_107.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_107.md index 5b05b1d8..99dea72f 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_107.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_107.md @@ -132,3 +132,4 @@ Book FiveLet the Redeemed of the LORD Say So let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_108.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_108.md index 4b0bb431..8b12dece 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_108.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_108.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ With God We Shall Do Valiantly it is he who will tread down our foes. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_109.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_109.md index 8710cafd..bf314f26 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_109.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_109.md @@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ Help Me, O LORD My God 25. I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads. -26. Help me, O LORD my God! +26. +Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to your steadfast love! 27. Let them know that this is your hand; @@ -97,3 +98,4 @@ Help Me, O LORD My God to save him from those who condemn his soul to death. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_11.md index 7052debe..570573bb 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_11.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_110.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_110.md index 5f586b11..db4e5de7 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_110.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_110.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ he will shatter chiefs therefore he will lift up his head. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_111.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_111.md index b96a8059..f2f18ad4 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_111.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_111.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, His praise endures forever! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_112.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_112.md index abebb8d1..6a31367d 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_112.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_112.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, the desire of the wicked will perish! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_113.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_113.md index 43a88515..e3cdccf2 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_113.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_113.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Praise, O servants of the LORD, Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_114.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_114.md index 56f266a7..457ec08e 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_114.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_114.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ Tremble at the Presence of the Lord the flint into a spring of water. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_115.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_115.md index b909019f..166408d2 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_115.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_115.md @@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ To Your Name Give Glory Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_116.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_116.md index 0b205b90..db61bd17 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_116.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_116.md @@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ I Love the LORD Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_117.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_117.md index 5accd655..ec1f64e4 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_117.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_117.md @@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ The LORD's Faithfulness Endures Forever Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_118.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_118.md index d7efd3a3..1a14db05 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_118.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_118.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ His Steadfast Love Endures Forever the LORD answered me and set me free. 6. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. - What can man do to me? +What can man do to me? 7. The LORD is on my side as my helper; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me. @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ His Steadfast Love Endures Forever but he has not given me over to death. 19. Open to me the gates of righteousness, - that I may enter through them + +that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. 20. This is the gate of the LORD; @@ -94,3 +95,4 @@ Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, for his steadfast love endures forever! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_119.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_119.md index e3370b48..33902f59 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_119.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_119.md @@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet 148. My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise. -149. Hear my voice according to your steadfast love; +149. +Hear my voice according to your steadfast love; O LORD, according to your justice give me life. 150. They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; @@ -531,3 +532,4 @@ Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet for I do not forget your commandments. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_12.md index e4a84cbf..f0d617fa 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_12.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ The Faithful Have Vanished as vileness is exalted among the children of man. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_120.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_120.md index fc81366c..eac14bb2 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_120.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_120.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Deliver Me, O LORD but when I speak, they are for war! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_121.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_121.md index 8b016208..b13f1ebe 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_121.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_121.md @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ -My Help Comes from the LORD +My +Help Comes from the LORD # Chapter 121 1. I lift up my eyes to the hills. - From where does my help come? +From where does my help come? 2. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. @@ -27,3 +28,4 @@ My Help Comes from the LORD from this time forth and forevermore. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_122.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_122.md index 8e8ffafb..d35b9c8a 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_122.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_122.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ as was decreed for Israel, I will seek your good. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_123.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_123.md index 7765a5d7..83650c28 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_123.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_123.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ so our eyes look to the LORD our God, of the contempt of the proud. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_124.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_124.md index 568f4b17..2107edfb 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_124.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_124.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD +Our +Help Is in the Name of the LORD # Chapter 124 1. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side-- @@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD the raging waters. 6. Blessed be the LORD, - who has not given us + +who has not given us as prey to their teeth! 7. We have escaped like a bird @@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ the snare is broken, who made heaven and earth. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_125.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_125.md index a73a7574..4a4f4be5 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_125.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_125.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ lest the righteous stretch out Peace be upon Israel! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_126.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_126.md index d54e384c..82436eee 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_126.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_126.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_127.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_127.md index a1c95b44..40a61833 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_127.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_127.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_128.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_128.md index 7f56e504..198f313c 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_128.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_128.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ your children will be like olive shoots Peace be upon Israel! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_129.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_129.md index 1fd946fc..9067f69a 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_129.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_129.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth We bless you in the name of the LORD!" + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_13.md index a5431d87..41a491d6 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_13.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? because he has dealt bountifully with me. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_130.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_130.md index 8548a01f..f945b11d 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_130.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_130.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Let your ears be attentive from all his iniquities. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_131.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_131.md index b3ea5874..d1d67991 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_131.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_131.md @@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ I do not occupy myself with things from this time forth and forevermore. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_132.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_132.md index 5342b16e..c71f77f9 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_132.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_132.md @@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ their sons also forever but on him his crown will shine." + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_133.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_133.md index 31136364..d8560a2c 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_133.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_133.md @@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_134.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_134.md index 61b1f4d5..21a16ddc 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_134.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_134.md @@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Come, Bless the LORD he who made heaven and earth! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_135.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_135.md index 3c0d6d43..98be86c9 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_135.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_135.md @@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ Praise the name of the LORD, Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_136.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_136.md index 3533a927..93532154 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_136.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_136.md @@ -80,3 +80,4 @@ His Steadfast Love Endures Forever for his steadfast love endures forever. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_137.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_137.md index 436e081e..c2d5d37b 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_137.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_137.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ how they said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare, and dashes them against the rock! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_138.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_138.md index eef72015..cbb635ee 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_138.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_138.md @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Give Thanks to the LORD 2. I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, - for you have exalted above all things + +for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. 3. On the day I called, you answered me; @@ -31,3 +32,4 @@ you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, Do not forsake the work of your hands. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_139.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_139.md index 72be1c15..1e9ff642 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_139.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_139.md @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ in your book were written, every one of them, How vast is the sum of them! 18. If I would count them, they are more than the sand. - I awake, and I am still with you. +I awake, and I am still with you. 19. Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me! @@ -78,3 +78,4 @@ in your book were written, every one of them, and lead me in the way everlasting! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_14.md index 4db4a196..b85fcb98 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_14.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ The Fool Says, There Is No God let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_140.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_140.md index 88ccb6f2..b3795cc8 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_140.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_140.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ Deliver Me, O LORD, from Evil Men the upright shall dwell in your presence. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_141.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_141.md index 277bac6b..f6bfe0d0 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_141.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_141.md @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Give Ear to My Voice keep watch over the door of my lips! 4. Do not let my heart incline to any evil, - to busy myself with wicked deeds + +to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies! @@ -36,3 +37,4 @@ Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds. while I pass by safely. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_142.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_142.md index 0bddd5de..caa7a123 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_142.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_142.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_143.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_143.md index 3edfc941..dd8736fb 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_143.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_143.md @@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ Let your good Spirit lead me for I am your servant. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_144.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_144.md index 44b28996..2db04958 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_144.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_144.md @@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ may there be no cry of distress in our streets! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_145.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_145.md index 22ed97fa..79412616 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_145.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_145.md @@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ Great Is the LORD and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_146.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_146.md index a4cf0c21..e5826694 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_146.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_146.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_147.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_147.md index 908861e9..920f17b5 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_147.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_147.md @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ For it is good to sing praises to our God; Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_148.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_148.md index bf146547..4e610020 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_148.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_148.md @@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_149.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_149.md index d449f668..0e4b1c11 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_149.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_149.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Sing to the LORD a new song, Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_15.md index 0af4a52e..3c874132 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_15.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ who swears to his own hurt and does not change; He who does these things shall never be moved. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_150.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_150.md index 472174a7..9a1b70dc 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_150.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_150.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Praise God in his sanctuary; Praise the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_16.md index 6e0f4b4c..d7afa499 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_16.md @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ You Will Not Abandon My Soul in whom is all my delight. 4. The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; - their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out + +their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. 5. The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; @@ -36,3 +37,4 @@ You Will Not Abandon My Soul at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_17.md index d8eab762..df89ab17 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_17.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ In the Shadow of Your Wings incline your ear to me; hear my words. 7. Wondrously show your steadfast love, - O Savior of those who seek refuge + +O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand. 8. Keep me as the apple of your eye; @@ -52,3 +53,4 @@ You fill their womb with treasure; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_18.md index 4a88a778..82e81027 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_18.md @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. 7. Then the earth reeled and rocked; - the foundations also of the mountains trembled + +the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry. 8. Smoke went up from his nostrils, @@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ From his temple he heard my voice, he flashed forth lightnings and routed them. 15. Then the channels of the sea were seen, - and the foundations of the world were laid bare + +and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. @@ -165,3 +167,4 @@ at your rebuke, O LORD, to David and his offspring forever. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_19.md index 9c8de6e2..0cfc2560 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_19.md @@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ Then I shall be blameless, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_20.md index 801e34ae..f3fbf6a9 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_20.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Trust in the Name of the LORD Our God and give you support from Zion! 3. May he remember all your offerings - and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah + +and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah + 4. May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans! @@ -18,7 +20,8 @@ Trust in the Name of the LORD Our God May the LORD fulfill all your petitions! 6. Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; - he will answer him from his holy heaven + +he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand. 7. Some trust in chariots and some in horses, @@ -31,3 +34,4 @@ May the LORD fulfill all your petitions! May he answer us when we call. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_21.md index e79a59b6..d5be9bc8 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_21.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ The King Rejoices in the LORD's Strength and in your salvation how greatly he exults! 2. You have given him his heart's desire - and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah + +and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah + 3. For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head. @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath, We will sing and praise your power. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_22.md index 0747d92a..701e5d8f 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_22.md @@ -107,3 +107,4 @@ and all the families of the nations that he has done it. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_23.md index dd60d76b..26b129d6 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_23.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_24.md index 60d1ba08..26fa73a2 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_24.md @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ The King of Glory 10. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, - he is the King of glory! Selah + +he is the King of glory! Selah + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_25.md index f8ec83ce..7343c164 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_25.md @@ -70,3 +70,4 @@ Teach Me Your Paths out of all his troubles. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_26.md index 60444cd7..118772a9 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_26.md @@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ I Will Bless the LORD in the great assembly I will bless the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_27.md index 5e3b33be..f343b431 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_27.md @@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ Cast me not off; forsake me not, wait for the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_28.md index 346e8cda..a4c48499 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_28.md @@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ my heart exults, Be their shepherd and carry them forever. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_29.md index baeb4de3..5217f788 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_29.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Ascribe to the LORD Glory May the LORD bless his people with peace! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_30.md index 6beefb8f..c49def4c 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_30.md @@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ Will the dust praise you? O LORD, be my helper!" 11. You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; - you have loosed my sackcloth + +you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, 12. that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_31.md index 918eb9f2..acf6b49d 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_31.md @@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ let the wicked be put to shame; in pride and contempt. 19. Oh, how abundant is your goodness, - which you have stored up for those who fear you + +which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind! @@ -96,3 +97,4 @@ But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy all you who wait for the LORD! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_32.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_32.md index 418c0685..e85f4fe2 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_32.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_32.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Blessed Are the Forgiven 5. I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," - and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah + +and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah + 6. Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ surely in the rush of great waters, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_33.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_33.md index 2bd3856a..db37a5e0 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_33.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_33.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ The Steadfast Love of the LORD even as we hope in you. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_34.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_34.md index ab15303f..b02eaa18 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_34.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_34.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ Taste and See That the LORD Is Good none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_35.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_35.md index 24423410..549e93ce 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_35.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_35.md @@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause. 20. For they do not speak peace, - but against those who are quiet in the land + +but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit. 21. They open wide their mouths against me; @@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me! 27. Let those who delight in my righteousness - shout for joy and be glad + +shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!" @@ -111,3 +113,4 @@ Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor and of your praise all the day long. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_36.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_36.md index 17573d8e..9d85cdc9 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_36.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_36.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ there is no fear of God they are thrust down, unable to rise. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_37.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_37.md index 1a444f74..5dc32c9d 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_37.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_37.md @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ He Will Not Forsake His Saints 12. The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, -13. but the Lord laughs at the wicked, +13. +but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming. 14. The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows @@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ He Will Not Forsake His Saints for the LORD upholds his hand. 25. I have been young, and now am old, - yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken + +yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. 26. He is ever lending generously, @@ -130,3 +132,4 @@ They are preserved forever, because they take refuge in him. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_38.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_38.md index c2270ed9..c64b1c1f 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_38.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_38.md @@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ there is no health in my bones O Lord, my salvation! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_39.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_39.md index 97c02b66..e4449c77 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_39.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_39.md @@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ For I am a sojourner with you, before I depart and am no more!" + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_40.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_40.md index 8f8cea74..a01954c1 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_40.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_40.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -My Help and My Deliverer +My +Help and My Deliverer # Chapter 40 1. I waited patiently for the LORD; @@ -75,8 +76,10 @@ may those who love your salvation say continually, "Great is the LORD!" 17. As for me, I am poor and needy, - but the Lord takes thought for me. + but +the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_41.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_41.md index c76e5751..9e56e948 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_41.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_41.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ O LORD, Be Gracious to Me Amen and Amen. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_42.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_42.md index 7df9d612..490953bd 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_42.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_42.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ while they say to me all the day long, 4. These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng - and lead them in procession to the house of God + +and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival. @@ -55,3 +56,4 @@ Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_43.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_43.md index 4e5bd5b7..47fbd621 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_43.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_43.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_44.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_44.md index 4930fa5f..0b7d9e82 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_44.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_44.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Come to Our Help +Come to Our +Help # Chapter 44 1. O God, we have heard with our ears, @@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ but your right hand and your arm, and have put to shame those who hate us. 8. In God we have boasted continually, - and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah + +and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah + 9. But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies. @@ -88,3 +91,4 @@ but your right hand and your arm, Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_45.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_45.md index f92c9aff..42a6c086 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_45.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_45.md @@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ Since he is your lord, bow to him. therefore nations will praise you forever and ever. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_46.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_46.md index 91d1e669..087c8ad8 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_46.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_46.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ God Is Our Fortress though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, 3. though its waters roar and foam, - though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah + +though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah + 4. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. @@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ God Is Our Fortress he utters his voice, the earth melts. 7. The LORD of hosts is with us; - the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah + +the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah + 8. Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has brought desolations on the earth. @@ -34,6 +38,8 @@ God Is Our Fortress I will be exalted in the earth!" 11. The LORD of hosts is with us; - the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah + +the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_47.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_47.md index 04441187..6ab4280e 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_47.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_47.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_48.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_48.md index b25cffe4..ba4ae467 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_48.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_48.md @@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_49.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_49.md index c95c928d..bade20e0 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_49.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_49.md @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. 20. Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_50.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_50.md index ed5919d9..1fa882d0 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_50.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_50.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ God Himself Is Judge # Chapter 50 1. The Mighty One, God the LORD, - speaks and summons the earth + +speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. 2. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, @@ -77,3 +78,4 @@ But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you. I will show the salvation of God!" + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_51.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_51.md index 8878fb11..510df6b5 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_51.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_51.md @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ so that you may be justified in your words then bulls will be offered on your altar. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_52.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_52.md index 38cc34d2..13b35912 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_52.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_52.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_53.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_53.md index 9df6b822..afdcbcd3 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_53.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_53.md @@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ There Is None Who Does Good # Chapter 53 1. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." - They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; +They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. 2. God looks down from heaven - on the children of man + +on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. @@ -29,3 +30,4 @@ For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_54.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_54.md index 7208f5a3..f9656e38 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_54.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_54.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The Lord Upholds My Life 3. For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; - they do not set God before themselves. Selah + +they do not set God before themselves. Selah + 4. Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. @@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ The Lord Upholds My Life and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_55.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_55.md index 2364332e..0a374f21 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_55.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_55.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ For they drop trouble upon me, I would fly away and be at rest; 7. yes, I would wander far away; - I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah + +I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah + 8. I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest." @@ -89,3 +91,4 @@ men of blood and treachery But I will trust in you. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_56.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_56.md index b53f0481..a443ac25 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_56.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_56.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ In God I Trust 4. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. - What can flesh do to me? +What can flesh do to me? 5. All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ In God I Trust in the LORD, whose word I praise, 11. in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. - What can man do to me? +What can man do to me? 12. I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you. @@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ that I may walk before God in the light of life. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_57.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_57.md index 813e8c37..83b194a3 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_57.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_57.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, 6. They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, - but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah + +but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah + 7. My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ Awake, O harp and lyre! Let your glory be over all the earth! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_58.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_58.md index e5b56774..65bb9976 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_58.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_58.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ God Who Judges the Earth surely there is a God who judges on earth." + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_59.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_59.md index 8a27ee85..32423896 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_59.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_59.md @@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ Awake, come to meet me, and see! 5. You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; - spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah + +spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah + 6. Each evening they come back, - howling like dogs + +howling like dogs and prowling about the city. 7. There they are, bellowing with their mouths @@ -49,7 +52,8 @@ that they may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah 14. Each evening they come back, - howling like dogs + +howling like dogs and prowling about the city. 15. They wander about for food @@ -65,3 +69,4 @@ For you have been to me a fortress the God who shows me steadfast love. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_60.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_60.md index f23055f9..c80d4c4f 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_60.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_60.md @@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ He Will Tread Down Our Foes it is he who will tread down our foes. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_61.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_61.md index 2c848ee4..3118d954 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_61.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_61.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Lead me to the rock as I perform my vows day after day. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_62.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_62.md index 2c848ee4..3118d954 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_62.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_62.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Lead me to the rock as I perform my vows day after day. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_63.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_63.md index b14e669c..b22e1bbb 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_63.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_63.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ my flesh faints for you, for the mouths of liars will be stopped. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_64.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_64.md index 76bdbc43..35e5a4c7 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_64.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_64.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ saying, "We have accomplished a diligent search." Let all the upright in heart exult! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_65.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_65.md index e137949d..03cc5ed0 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_65.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_65.md @@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ softening it with showers, they shout and sing together for joy. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_66.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_66.md index c62f7dcf..82091f47 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_66.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_66.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ How Awesome Are Your Deeds 4. All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; - they sing praises to your name." Selah + +they sing praises to your name." Selah + 5. Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man. @@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ There did we rejoice in him, 7. who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations-- - let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah + +let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah + 8. Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, @@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah + 16. Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul. @@ -63,7 +68,9 @@ I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah he has attended to the voice of my prayer. 20. Blessed be God, - because he has not rejected my prayer + +because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_67.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_67.md index 0ea62c65..2e5cb285 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_67.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_67.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Make Your Face Shine upon Us 4. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity - and guide the nations upon earth. Selah + +and guide the nations upon earth. Selah + 5. Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! @@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ Make Your Face Shine upon Us let all the ends of the earth fear him! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_68.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_68.md index 07450446..36f5db74 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_68.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_68.md @@ -59,19 +59,24 @@ the wings of a dove covered with silver, 17. The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; - the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary. + +the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary. 18. You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there. -19. Blessed be the Lord, +19. Blessed be +the Lord, who daily bears us up; - God is our salvation. Selah + +God is our salvation. Selah + 20. Our God is a God of salvation, - and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death. + and to God, +the Lord, belong deliverances from death. 21. But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways. @@ -111,7 +116,8 @@ Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God. 32. O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; - sing praises to the Lord, Selah + sing praises to +the Lord, Selah 33. to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice. @@ -125,3 +131,4 @@ Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; Blessed be God! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_69.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_69.md index 78b675e0..c9a52358 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_69.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_69.md @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ What I did not steal the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you. 6. Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, - O Lord God of hosts; + +O Lord God of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. @@ -128,3 +129,4 @@ and people shall dwell there and possess it; and those who love his name shall dwell in it. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_70.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_70.md index a83917ec..faac580a 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_70.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_70.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_71.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_71.md index e76e599a..1d153333 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_71.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_71.md @@ -90,3 +90,4 @@ for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_72.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_72.md index 1c00bb20..ef8f6e26 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_72.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_72.md @@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ Amen and Amen! 20. The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_73.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_73.md index b7e33f79..d92001a5 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_73.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_73.md @@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ Book ThreeGod Is My Strength and Portion Forever you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. 28. But for me it is good to be near God; - I have made the Lord God my refuge, + +I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_74.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_74.md index d84971e3..3db536f4 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_74.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_74.md @@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_75.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_75.md index 927e62ec..27919eac 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_75.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_75.md @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ We recount your wondrous deeds. 8. For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, - and all the wicked of the earth + +and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs. 9. But I will declare it forever; @@ -36,3 +37,4 @@ and he pours out from it, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_76.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_76.md index d7d87cd2..4e6d121d 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_76.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_76.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Who Can Stand Before You? his dwelling place in Zion. 3. There he broke the flashing arrows, - the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah + +the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah + 4. Glorious are you, more majestic than the mountains full of prey. @@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ all the men of war the earth feared and was still, 9. when God arose to establish judgment, - to save all the humble of the earth. Selah + +to save all the humble of the earth. Selah + 10. Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt. @@ -42,3 +46,4 @@ all the men of war who is to be feared by the kings of the earth. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_77.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_77.md index a97303c1..49949173 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_77.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_77.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord my soul refuses to be comforted. 3. When I remember God, I moan; - when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah + +when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah + 4. You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. @@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord 6. I said, "Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." - Then my spirit made a diligent search: +Then my spirit made a diligent search: 7. "Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable? @@ -46,7 +48,9 @@ In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord you have made known your might among the peoples. 15. You with your arm redeemed your people, - the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah + +the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah + 16. When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; @@ -68,3 +72,4 @@ In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord by the hand of Moses and Aaron. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_78.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_78.md index cf112b64..4467e194 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_78.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_78.md @@ -237,3 +237,4 @@ he restrained his anger often and guided them with his skillful hand. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_79.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_79.md index 5baaa4a6..d1b9e661 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_79.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_79.md @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ and on the kingdoms let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low. -9. Help us, O God of our salvation, +9. +Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake! @@ -52,3 +53,4 @@ Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants from generation to generation we will recount your praise. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_80.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_80.md index f6b0951c..c2827ac8 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_80.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_80.md @@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ have regard for this vine, Let your face shine, that we may be saved! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_81.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_81.md index d175edd9..345bedaf 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_81.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_81.md @@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ I hear a language I had not known: and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_82.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_82.md index 3dc5b8ab..1ad5b47f 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_82.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_82.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Rescue the Weak and Needy for you shall inherit all the nations! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_83.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_83.md index a277c137..b0bc999b 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_83.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_83.md @@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ O God, Do Not Keep Silence are the Most High over all the earth. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_84.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_84.md index 363286da..aca025ea 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_84.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_84.md @@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ at your altars, O LORD of hosts, each one appears before God in Zion. 8. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; - give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah + +give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah + 9. Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed! @@ -48,3 +50,4 @@ No good thing does he withhold blessed is the one who trusts in you! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_85.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_85.md index 51ca8dda..747a3336 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_85.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_85.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ Revive Us Again and make his footsteps a way. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_86.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_86.md index d54c9f64..b5139204 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_86.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_86.md @@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ Great Is Your Steadfast Love and save the son of your maidservant. 17. Show me a sign of your favor, - that those who hate me may see and be put to shame + +that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_87.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_87.md index bc6fddb8..5384dd12 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_87.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_87.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Glorious Things of You Are Spoken "All my springs are in you." + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_88.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_88.md index d6b1db73..8c2f6e68 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_88.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_88.md @@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ Every day I call upon you, O LORD; my companions have become darkness. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_89.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_89.md index a420ebdb..ac24092a 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_89.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_89.md @@ -160,3 +160,4 @@ I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the LORD Amen and Amen. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_90.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_90.md index 8d685b65..82c71f4c 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_90.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_90.md @@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ yet their span is but toil and trouble; yes, establish the work of our hands! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_91.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_91.md index 96b586a5..54fed8f4 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_91.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_91.md @@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ My Refuge and My Fortress and show him my salvation." + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_92.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_92.md index 4b13ce57..c9c2b153 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_92.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_92.md @@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ they are doomed to destruction forever; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_93.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_93.md index e258e0a7..17f9b33d 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_93.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_93.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. O LORD, forevermore. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_94.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_94.md index 1f6a9dcf..92fe9587 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_94.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_94.md @@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ He who teaches man knowledge-- the LORD our God will wipe them out. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_95.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_95.md index 4cb1175b..bb0dbd16 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_95.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_95.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Today, if you hear his voice, "They shall not enter my rest." + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_96.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_96.md index c19d2b6b..7dbe5a80 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_96.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_96.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_97.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_97.md index d364746a..1f0b8eb4 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_97.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_97.md @@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ The LORD Reigns and give thanks to his holy name! + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_98.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_98.md index ac26f4d9..46f5b0a7 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_98.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_98.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. + diff --git a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_99.md b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_99.md index 4d210154..f7840424 100644 --- a/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_99.md +++ b/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_99.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The LORD Our God Is Holy Holy is he! 4. The King in his might loves justice. - You have established equity; +You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ you have executed justice for the LORD our God is holy! + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_01.md index 3d1c27d9..16159532 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_01.md @@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ The Beginning of Knowledge the words of the wise and their riddles. 7. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; - fools despise wisdom and instruction.The Enticement of Sinners + +fools despise wisdom and instruction. +The Enticement of Sinners + 8. Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, @@ -55,7 +58,9 @@ The Beginning of Knowledge they set an ambush for their own lives. 19. Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; - it takes away the life of its possessors.The Call of Wisdom + it takes away the life of its possessors. +The Call of Wisdom + 20. Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; @@ -103,3 +108,4 @@ behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; and will be at ease, without dread of disaster." + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_02.md index 51a4310d..119e36cb 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_02.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ The Value of Wisdom and the treacherous will be rooted out of it. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_03.md index 9fbf2248..bfe2f94f 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_03.md @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ Trust in the LORD with All Your Heart or be weary of his reproof, 12. for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, - as a father the son in whom he delights.Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom + as a father the son in whom he delights. +Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom + 13. Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, @@ -108,3 +110,4 @@ Trust in the LORD with All Your Heart but fools get disgrace. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_04.md index 974da333..06c29d59 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_04.md @@ -84,3 +84,4 @@ A Father's Wise Instruction turn your foot away from evil. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_05.md index 9b7a0231..fde7fbdf 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_05.md @@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; and because of his great folly he is led astray. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_06.md index 3bb45d11..964996d3 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_06.md @@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ Practical Warnings feet that make haste to run to evil, 19. a false witness who breathes out lies, - and one who sows discord among brothers.Warnings Against Adultery + and one who sows discord among brothers. +Warnings Against Adultery + 20. My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. @@ -109,3 +111,4 @@ Practical Warnings he will refuse though you multiply gifts. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_07.md index d0fd778e..37dbcd64 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_07.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Warning Against the Adulteress a young man lacking sense, 8. passing along the street near her corner, - taking the road to her house + +taking the road to her house + 9. in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness. @@ -86,3 +88,4 @@ as a bird rushes into a snare; going down to the chambers of death. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_08.md index f7c2685d..cf2966fc 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_08.md @@ -114,3 +114,4 @@ and I was daily his delight, all who hate me love death." + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_09.md index e218f27d..b71f9e8d 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_09.md @@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ The Way of Wisdom and years will be added to your life. 12. If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; - if you scoff, you alone will bear it.The Way of Folly + +if you scoff, you alone will bear it. +The Way of Folly + 13. The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. @@ -56,3 +59,4 @@ The Way of Wisdom that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_10.md index db109aad..fcbc0544 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_10.md @@ -99,3 +99,4 @@ A wise son makes a glad father, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_11.md index ebb0abef..6560af92 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_11.md @@ -93,3 +93,4 @@ how much more the wicked and the sinner! + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_12.md index 8a2b514b..efe24480 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_12.md @@ -84,3 +84,4 @@ and in its pathway there is no death. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_13.md index 45dfaead..ccaa740e 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_13.md @@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ but the belly of the wicked suffers want. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_14.md index 96de43b1..8ab6d118 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_14.md @@ -105,3 +105,4 @@ but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_15.md index fe10cb1c..135ee63f 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_15.md @@ -99,3 +99,4 @@ and humility comes before honor. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_16.md index e081ba4f..0c246aa0 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_16.md @@ -99,3 +99,4 @@ but its every decision is from the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_17.md index 0cdb939c..65ff5b4e 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_17.md @@ -84,3 +84,4 @@ when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_18.md index 7649bfec..0b755d5c 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_18.md @@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_19.md index 0735766a..930b4f9e 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_19.md @@ -89,3 +89,4 @@ He pursues them with words, but does not have them. and beating for the backs of fools. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_20.md index 134381b2..d91816c9 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_20.md @@ -90,3 +90,4 @@ strokes make clean the innermost parts. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_21.md index 17ab3544..178670c0 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_21.md @@ -93,3 +93,4 @@ but the victory belongs to the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_22.md index fe1219ff..611a3150 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_22.md @@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. 16. Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, - or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.Words of the Wise + or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. +Words of the Wise + 17. Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, @@ -88,3 +90,4 @@ he will not stand before obscure men. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_23.md index a7633a2c..77ce5ba3 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_23.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ do not desire his delicacies, 7. for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. - "Eat and drink!" he says to you, +"Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you. 8. You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ Who has wounds without cause? those who go to try mixed wine. 31. Do not look at wine when it is red, - when it sparkles in the cup + +when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. 32. In the end it bites like a serpent @@ -112,3 +113,4 @@ When shall I awake? I must have another drink." + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_24.md index 946ec420..a7333786 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_24.md @@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and do not join with those who do otherwise, 22. for disaster will arise suddenly from them, - and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?More Sayings of the Wise + +and who knows the ruin that will come from them both? +More Sayings of the Wise + 23. These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good. @@ -107,3 +110,4 @@ Partiality in judging is not good. and want like an armed man. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_25.md index d59f6504..469b09ac 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_25.md @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ More Proverbs of Solomon than to be put lower in the presence of a noble. What your eyes have seen + 8. do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame? @@ -89,3 +90,4 @@ for what will you do in the end, is like a city broken into and left without walls. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_26.md index ab056c54..2f454687 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_26.md @@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ and a flattering mouth works ruin. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_27.md index 90b577b3..8055bfe7 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_27.md @@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ Better is a neighbor who is near and the goats the price of a field. 27. There will be enough goats' milk for your food, - for the food of your household + +for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_28.md index 72393b7e..3ee48dc6 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_28.md @@ -88,3 +88,4 @@ but when they perish, the righteous increase. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_29.md index ab3b2a5c..5f8ab236 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_29.md @@ -81,3 +81,4 @@ but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_30.md index 4c10f453..8d666167 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_30.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The man declares, I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out. 2. Surely I am too stupid to be a man. - I have not the understanding of a man. +I have not the understanding of a man. 3. I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. @@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin. 20. This is the way of an adulteress: - she eats and wipes her mouth + +she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong." 21. Under three things the earth trembles; @@ -121,3 +122,4 @@ the way of a ship on the high seas, and pressing anger produces strife. + diff --git a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_31.md index cf338ef0..1434276d 100644 --- a/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/20_Proverbs/Chapter_31.md @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ The Words of King Lemuel and makes her arms strong. 18. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. - Her lamp does not go out at night. +Her lamp does not go out at night. 19. She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. @@ -96,3 +96,4 @@ The Words of King Lemuel and let her works praise her in the gates. + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_01.md index f4d6841f..333299f6 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_01.md @@ -40,9 +40,13 @@ It has been already in the ages before us. 11. There is no remembrance of former things, - nor will there be any remembrance + +nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be - among those who come after.The Vanity of Wisdom + +among those who come after. +The Vanity of Wisdom + 12. I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13. And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. @@ -58,3 +62,4 @@ of later things yet to be and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_02.md index c9b2e7b7..404470ec 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_02.md @@ -12,14 +12,18 @@ The Vanity of Self-Indulgence 9. So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. 10. And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. -11. Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.The Vanity of Living Wisely +11. Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun. +The Vanity of Living Wisely + 12. So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. 13. Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. 14. The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them. 15. Then I said in my heart, "What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?" And I said in my heart that this also is vanity. 16. For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool! -17. So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.The Vanity of Toil +17. So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind. +The Vanity of Toil + 18. I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me, 19. and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ The Vanity of Self-Indulgence 26. For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_03.md index fea18344..88b6cc2d 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_03.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8. a time to love, and a time to hate; -a time for war, and a time for peace.The God-Given Task +a time for war, and a time for peace. +The God-Given Task + 9. What gain has the worker from his toil? 10. I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ a time for war, and a time for peace.The God-Given Task 13. also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil--this is God's gift to man. 14. I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. -15. That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.From Dust to Dust +15. That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away. +From Dust to Dust + 16. Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. 17. I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work. @@ -42,3 +46,4 @@ a time for war, and a time for peace.The God-Given Task 22. So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him? + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_04.md index 7658b617..13977461 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_04.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Evil Under the Sun 16. There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind. + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_05.md index e164f8e6..93233ea7 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_05.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Fear God 4. When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. 5. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. 6. Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? -7. For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear.The Vanity of Wealth and Honor +7. For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear. +The Vanity of Wealth and Honor + 8. If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them. 9. But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields. @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ Fear God 20. For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart. + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_06.md index 3f7ea369..1815db11 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_06.md @@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ 12. For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun? + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_07.md index d17d58c0..e6df3914 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_07.md @@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ for this is the end of all mankind, 29. See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes. + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_08.md index 889d5f34..5cbf8254 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_08.md @@ -13,12 +13,16 @@ A man's wisdom makes his face shine, 6. For there is a time and a way for everything, although man's trouble lies heavy on him. 7. For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be? 8. No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it. -9. All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.Those Who Fear God Will Do Well +9. All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt. +Those Who Fear God Will Do Well + 10. Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. 11. Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. 12. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him. -13. But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.Man Cannot Know God's Ways +13. But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God. +Man Cannot Know God's Ways + 14. There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. 15. And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun. @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ A man's wisdom makes his face shine, 17. then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out. + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_09.md index 6305d896..b33d1e72 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_09.md @@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ Death Comes to All 3. This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 4. But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. -6. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.Enjoy Life with the One You Love +6. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun. +Enjoy Life with the One You Love + 7. Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. 8. Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. 9. Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun. -10. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.Wisdom Better Than Folly +10. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going. +Wisdom Better Than Folly + 11. Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all. 12. For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them. @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ Death Comes to All 18. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good. + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_10.md index 76fd439b..0e9e9bf8 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_10.md @@ -61,3 +61,4 @@ for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter. + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_11.md index c7aa13b5..24e81c86 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_11.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, 10. Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. + diff --git a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_12.md index 01552d15..ae51c7b1 100644 --- a/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/21_Ecclesiastes/Chapter_12.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Remember Your Creator in Your Youth 5. they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets-- 6. before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, 7. and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. -8. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.Fear God and Keep His Commandments +8. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity. +Fear God and Keep His Commandments + 9. Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care. 10. The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth. @@ -20,3 +22,4 @@ Remember Your Creator in Your Youth 14. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil. + diff --git a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_01.md index 1533140b..52a4884a 100644 --- a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 1 -1. The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.The Bride Confesses Her Love +1. The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. +The Bride Confesses Her Love + 2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine; @@ -29,12 +31,15 @@ My mother's sons were angry with me; where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself - beside the flocks of your companions?Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other + beside the flocks of your companions? +Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other + 8. If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, - and pasture your young goats + +and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds' tents. 9. I compare you, my love, @@ -66,3 +71,4 @@ Our couch is green; our rafters are pine. + diff --git a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_02.md index 5047c63f..2b06492e 100644 --- a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_02.md @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. -4. He brought me to the banqueting house, +4. +He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. 5. Sustain me with raisins; @@ -23,7 +24,10 @@ With great delight I sat in his shadow, 7. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love - until it pleases.The Bride Adores Her Beloved + +until it pleases. +The Bride Adores Her Beloved + 8. The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, @@ -63,7 +67,8 @@ for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. 15. Catch the foxes for us, - the little foxes + +the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom." @@ -76,3 +81,4 @@ turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains. + diff --git a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_03.md index 93839607..d8b7ee9c 100644 --- a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_03.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ I sought him whom my soul loves; 2. I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. - I sought him, but found him not. +I sought him, but found him not. 3. The watchmen found me as they went about in the city. @@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ I held him, and would not let him go 5. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love - until it pleases.Solomon Arrives for the Wedding + +until it pleases. +Solomon Arrives for the Wedding + 6. What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, @@ -54,3 +57,4 @@ with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of the gladness of his heart. + diff --git a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_04.md index c4de6648..ba37f92e 100644 --- a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_04.md @@ -72,8 +72,11 @@ myrrh and aloes, 16. Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, - let its spices flow.Together in the Garden of Love + +let its spices flow. +Together in the Garden of Love Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits. + diff --git a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_05.md index 1807aee6..111dd8b1 100644 --- a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_05.md @@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, - and be drunk with love!The Bride Searches for Her Beloved + +and be drunk with love! +The Bride Searches for Her Beloved + 2. I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. @@ -43,10 +46,13 @@ they beat me, they bruised me, that you tell him I am sick with love. -9. What is your beloved more than another beloved, +9. +What is your beloved more than another beloved, O most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, - that you thus adjure us?The Bride Praises Her Beloved + that you thus adjure us? +The Bride Praises Her Beloved + 10. My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand. @@ -81,3 +87,4 @@ This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. + diff --git a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_06.md index e7bb96aa..eea9437d 100644 --- a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_06.md @@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ 1. Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, - that we may seek him with you?Together in the Garden of Love + +that we may seek him with you? +Together in the Garden of Love + 2. My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, @@ -10,7 +13,10 @@ to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies. 3. I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; - he grazes among the lilies.Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other + +he grazes among the lilies. +Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other + 4. You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, lovely as Jerusalem, @@ -56,3 +62,4 @@ Why should you look upon the Shulammite, as upon a dance before two armies? + diff --git a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_07.md index 6d07dfaa..d9af87d9 100644 --- a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_07.md @@ -38,10 +38,13 @@ It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth. 10. I am my beloved's, - and his desire is for me.The Bride Gives Her Love + and his desire is for me. +The Bride Gives Her Love + 11. Come, my beloved, - let us go out into the fields + +let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages; 12. let us go out early to the vineyards @@ -56,3 +59,4 @@ new as well as old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved. + diff --git a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_08.md index 85de9540..da41f8a8 100644 --- a/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/22_Song of Solomon/Chapter_08.md @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ Its flashes are flashes of fire, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, - he would be utterly despised.Final Advice + he would be utterly despised. +Final Advice + 8. We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. @@ -71,3 +73,4 @@ or a young stag on the mountains of spices. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_01.md index d5e8a97f..213a5a01 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 1 -1. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.The Wickedness of Judah +1. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. +The Wickedness of Judah + 2. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: @@ -60,7 +62,8 @@ I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. 12. "When you come to appear before me, - who has required of you + +who has required of you this trampling of my courts? 13. Bring no more vain offerings; @@ -100,7 +103,9 @@ though they are red like crimson, 20. but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; - for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."The Unfaithful City + for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." +The Unfaithful City + 21. How the faithful city has become a whore, @@ -118,7 +123,8 @@ Everyone loves a bribe They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them. -24. Therefore the Lord declares, +24. Therefore +the Lord declares, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies @@ -154,3 +160,4 @@ and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_02.md index 7c11065f..9302720e 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_02.md @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. 5. O house of Jacob, - come, let us walk + +come, let us walk in the light of the LORD.The Day of the LORD 6. For you have rejected your people, @@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ their land is filled with horses, do not forgive them! 10. Enter into the rock - and hide in the dust + +and hide in the dust from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty. @@ -101,3 +103,4 @@ from before the terror of the LORD, for of what account is he? + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_03.md index 963afda5..1aa2d3ee 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_03.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem # Chapter 3 1. For behold, the Lord God of hosts - is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah + +is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water; @@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ the counselor and the skillful magician and infants shall rule over them. 5. And the people will oppress one another, - every one his fellow + +every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable. @@ -103,3 +105,4 @@ and instead of well-set hair, baldness; empty, she shall sit on the ground. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_04.md index 46e11f41..b1d88d01 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_04.md @@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ 6. There will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_05.md index c6cb7489..4fd9a426 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_05.md @@ -42,12 +42,15 @@ and the men of Judah and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, - but behold, an outcry!Woe to the Wicked + but behold, an outcry! +Woe to the Wicked + 8. Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, - and you are made to dwell alone + +and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land. 9. The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: @@ -90,7 +93,8 @@ and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, who draw sin as with cart ropes, 19. who say: "Let him be quick, - let him speed his work + +let him speed his work that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near, and let it come, that we may know it!" @@ -152,3 +156,4 @@ And if one looks to the land, and the light is darkened by its clouds. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_06.md index 87cbff43..3187d07d 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_06.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ the whole earth is full of his glory!" 5. And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!" 6. Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. -7. And he touched my mouth and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for."Isaiah's Commission from the Lord +7. And he touched my mouth and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for." +Isaiah's Commission from the Lord + 8. And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am! Send me." 9. And he said, "Go, and say to this people: @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ like a terebinth or an oak, The holy seed is its stump. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_07.md index bbb9521e..9c5a7715 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_07.md @@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ And within sixty-five years 9. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you are not firm in faith, - you will not be firm at all.'"The Sign of Immanuel + +you will not be firm at all.'" +The Sign of Immanuel + 10. Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz: 11. "Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven." @@ -44,3 +47,4 @@ If you are not firm in faith, 25. And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_08.md index 988404aa..341f5577 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_08.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ strap on your armor and be shattered; 22. And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_09.md index af70e9bc..57d23d6f 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_09.md @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ they rejoice before you you have broken as on the day of Midian. 5. For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult - and every garment rolled in blood + +and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire. 6. For to us a child is born, @@ -33,10 +34,13 @@ Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, 7. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, - to establish it and to uphold it + +to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. -The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression +The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this. +Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression + 8. The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it will fall on Israel; @@ -97,3 +101,4 @@ For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_10.md index c5c9be92..d5e5c0d5 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_10.md @@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ To whom will you flee for help, 4. Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not turned away, - and his hand is stretched out still.Judgment on Arrogant Assyria + +and his hand is stretched out still. +Judgment on Arrogant Assyria + 5. Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury! @@ -43,7 +46,8 @@ but it is in his heart to destroy, 11. shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images?" -12. When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. +12. When +the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13. For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; @@ -63,7 +67,8 @@ and there was none that moved a wing As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood! -16. Therefore the Lord God of hosts +16. Therefore +the Lord God of hosts will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire. @@ -78,14 +83,19 @@ and it will burn and devour and it will be as when a sick man wastes away. 19. The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few - that a child can write them down.The Remnant of Israel Will Return + +that a child can write them down. +The Remnant of Israel Will Return + 20. In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21. A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. 22. For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. -23. For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth. +23. For +the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth. -24. Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: "O my people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did. +24. Therefore thus says +the Lord God of hosts: "O my people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did. 25. For in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. 26. And the LORD of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt. 27. And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat." @@ -107,11 +117,13 @@ Ramah trembles; the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety. 32. This very day he will halt at Nob; - he will shake his fist + +he will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. -33. Behold, the Lord God of hosts +33. Behold, +the Lord God of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low. @@ -120,3 +132,4 @@ the great in height will be hewn down, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_11.md index 198980bc..63bf2ebc 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_11.md @@ -70,3 +70,4 @@ as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_12.md index 1b2cb67e..d4e733e6 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_12.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ make known his deeds among the peoples, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_13.md index 677373fa..f0b03c5a 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_13.md @@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished. 17. Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, - who have no regard for silver + +who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold. 18. Their bows will slaughter the young men; @@ -101,3 +102,4 @@ its time is close at hand and its days will not be prolonged. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_14.md index 2b49508d..9ccd2238 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_14.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ The Restoration of Jacob # Chapter 14 1. For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. -2. And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the LORD's land as male and female slaves. They will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them.Israel's Remnant Taunts Babylon +2. And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the LORD's land as male and female slaves. They will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them. +Israel's Remnant Taunts Babylon + 3. When the LORD has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve, 4. you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: @@ -90,7 +92,9 @@ lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities." 22. "I will rise up against them," declares the LORD of hosts, "and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, descendants and posterity," declares the LORD. -23. "And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of hosts.An Oracle Concerning Assyria +23. "And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of hosts. +An Oracle Concerning Assyria + 24. The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned, @@ -111,7 +115,10 @@ and this is the hand that is stretched out 27. For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, - and who will turn it back?An Oracle Concerning Philistia + +and who will turn it back? +An Oracle Concerning Philistia + 28. In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle: @@ -135,3 +142,4 @@ For smoke comes out of the north, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_15.md index ceec38ea..2b634e9e 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_15.md @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn; 3. in the streets they wear sackcloth; - on the housetops and in the squares + +on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears. 4. Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; @@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ the grass is withered, the vegetation fails, the greenery is no more. 7. Therefore the abundance they have gained - and what they have laid up + +and what they have laid up they carry away over the Brook of the Willows. @@ -52,3 +54,4 @@ a lion for those of Moab who escape, for the remnant of the land. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_16.md index 1672e348..7a7d640a 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_16.md @@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ When the oppressor is no more, and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land, 5. then a throne will be established in steadfast love, - and on it will sit in faithfulness - in the tent of David + +and on it will sit in faithfulness + +in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness." @@ -70,3 +72,4 @@ no treader treads out wine in the presses; 14. But now the LORD has spoken, saying, "In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be very few and feeble." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_17.md index 1c98dad1..be01406c 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_17.md @@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ This is the portion of those who loot us, and the lot of those who plunder us. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_18.md index 470fc5a6..fc172116 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_18.md @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away. 6. They shall all of them be left - to the birds of prey of the mountains + +to the birds of prey of the mountains and to the beasts of the earth. And the birds of prey will summer on them, and all the beasts of the earth will winter on them. @@ -41,3 +42,4 @@ a nation mighty and conquering, to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the LORD of hosts. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_19.md index 3ddd8e01..e660e5fa 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_19.md @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, 4. and I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a hard master, and a fierce king will rule over them, - declares the Lord God of hosts. + +declares the Lord God of hosts. 5. And the waters of the sea will be dried up, and the river will be dry and parched, @@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ How can you say to Pharaoh, a son of ancient kings"? 12. Where then are your wise men? - Let them tell you + +Let them tell you that they might know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt. 13. The princes of Zoan have become fools, @@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit. 15. And there will be nothing for Egypt - that head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.Egypt, Assyria, Israel Blessed + that head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do. +Egypt, Assyria, Israel Blessed + 16. In that day the Egyptians will be like women, and tremble with fear before the hand that the LORD of hosts shakes over them. 17. And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose that the LORD of hosts has purposed against them. @@ -83,3 +87,4 @@ and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds, 25. whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_20.md index 2562aac0..c5964b84 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_20.md @@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ A Sign Against Egypt and Cush 6. And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, 'Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?'" + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_21.md index 159c36fe..4be84ca7 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_21.md @@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ from the bent bow, 17. And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_22.md index 2fae3529..c62af96f 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_22.md @@ -52,9 +52,11 @@ In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest, 14. The LORD of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: "Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die," - says the Lord God of hosts. + +says the Lord God of hosts. -15. Thus says the Lord God of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him: +15. Thus +says the Lord God of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is over the household, and say to him: 16. What have you to do here, and whom have you here, that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock? 17. Behold, the LORD will hurl you away violently, O you strong man. He will seize firm hold on you 18. and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be your glorious chariots, you shame of your master's house. @@ -67,3 +69,4 @@ In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest, 25. In that day, declares the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way, and it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_23.md index 19b4db92..dfabd6c6 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_23.md @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ your revenue was the grain of Shihor, 4. Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying: "I have neither labored nor given birth, - I have neither reared young men + +I have neither reared young men nor brought up young women." 5. When the report comes to Egypt, @@ -74,3 +75,4 @@ Make sweet melody; 18. Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the LORD. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_24.md index 34eba5f2..f02e43e8 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_24.md @@ -103,3 +103,4 @@ for the LORD of hosts reigns and his glory will be before his elders. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_25.md index 28a09ddc..43a9e4bb 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_25.md @@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_26.md index 84e8ebff..2bee704b 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_26.md @@ -66,11 +66,13 @@ to that end you have visited them with destruction you have enlarged all the borders of the land. 16. O LORD, in distress they sought you; - they poured out a whispered prayer + +they poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was upon them. 17. Like a pregnant woman - who writhes and cries out in her pangs + +who writhes and cries out in her pangs when she is near to giving birth, so were we because of you, O LORD; @@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen. 19. Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. - You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! +You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead. @@ -95,3 +97,4 @@ and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no more cover its slain. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_27.md index 28748d18..25160493 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_27.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The Redemption of Israel 3. I, the LORD, am its keeper; every moment I water it. - Lest anyone punish it, +Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day; 4. I have no wrath. @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! let them make peace with me." 6. In days to come Jacob shall take root, - Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots + +Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit. 7. Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? @@ -51,3 +52,4 @@ For this is a people without discernment; 13. And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_28.md index 80d0eeed..70766e28 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_28.md @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Judgment on Ephraim and Jerusalem and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine! -2. Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; +2. Behold, +the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, he casts down to the earth with his hand. @@ -13,10 +14,12 @@ like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, 3. The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden underfoot; -4. and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, +4. +and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley, will be like a first-ripe fig before the summer: - when someone sees it, he swallows it + +when someone sees it, he swallows it as soon as it is in his hand. 5. In that day the LORD of hosts will be a crown of glory, @@ -46,7 +49,8 @@ Those who are weaned from the milk, here a little, there a little." 11. For by people of strange lips - and with a foreign tongue + +and with a foreign tongue the LORD will speak to this people, 12. to whom he has said, @@ -60,7 +64,10 @@ precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they may go, and fall backward, - and be broken, and snared, and taken.A Cornerstone in Zion + +and be broken, and snared, and taken. +A Cornerstone in Zion + 14. Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem! @@ -72,7 +79,8 @@ when the overwhelming whip passes through for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter"; -16. therefore thus says the Lord God, +16. therefore thus says +the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: @@ -104,7 +112,8 @@ to do his deed--strange is his deed! 22. Now therefore do not scoff, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction - from the Lord God of hosts against the whole land. + from +the Lord God of hosts against the whole land. 23. Give ear, and hear my voice; give attention, and hear my speech. @@ -136,3 +145,4 @@ when he drives his cart wheel over it and excellent in wisdom. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_29.md index 22a46b64..ad889c18 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_29.md @@ -108,3 +108,4 @@ they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and those who murmur will accept instruction." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_30.md index 9a521f7c..bf4e7925 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_30.md @@ -31,8 +31,11 @@ they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys, to a people that cannot profit them. 7. Egypt's help is worthless and empty; - therefore I have called her - "Rahab who sits still."A Rebellious People + +therefore I have called her + "Rahab who sits still." +A Rebellious People + 8. And now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, @@ -62,7 +65,8 @@ speak to us smooth things, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant; 14. and its breaking is like that of a potter's vessel - that is smashed so ruthlessly + +that is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a shard is found with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern." @@ -81,7 +85,8 @@ and, "We will ride upon swift steeds"; at the threat of five you shall flee, till you are left like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain, - like a signal on a hill.The LORD Will Be Gracious + +like a signal on a hill.The LORD Will Be Gracious 18. Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. @@ -115,3 +120,4 @@ to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, 33. For a burning place has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_31.md index d89a493f..d75197b1 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_31.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ When the LORD stretches out his hand, 4. For thus the LORD said to me, "As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, - and when a band of shepherds is called out against him + +and when a band of shepherds is called out against him he is not terrified by their shouting or daunted at their noise, so the LORD of hosts will come down @@ -46,3 +47,4 @@ declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_32.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_32.md index 96a84e8f..64822717 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_32.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_32.md @@ -26,12 +26,16 @@ to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink. 7. As for the scoundrel--his devices are evil; - he plans wicked schemes + +he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. 8. But he who is noble plans noble things, - and on noble things he stands.Complacent Women Warned of Disaster + +and on noble things he stands. +Complacent Women Warned of Disaster + 9. Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech. @@ -81,3 +85,4 @@ a joy of wild donkeys, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_33.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_33.md index 03e46e86..1f5da545 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_33.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_33.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you. 2. O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you. - Be our arm every morning, +Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble. 3. At the tumultuous noise peoples flee; @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ Sharon is like a desert, 15. He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, - who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed + +who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, 16. he will dwell on the heights; @@ -95,7 +96,8 @@ where no galley with oars can go, the LORD is our king; he will save us. 23. Your cords hang loose; - they cannot hold the mast firm in its place + +they cannot hold the mast firm in its place or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will take the prey. @@ -104,3 +106,4 @@ Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_34.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_34.md index f6ac919b..f34a3fdd 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_34.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_34.md @@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ they shall possess it forever; from generation to generation they shall dwell in it. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_35.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_35.md index 7beb5d20..ee427f46 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_35.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_35.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ They shall see the glory of the LORD, Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. - He will come and save you." +He will come and save you." 5. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down, 8. And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. - It shall belong to those who walk on the way; +It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. 9. No lion shall be there, @@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_36.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_36.md index a3b5c954..02bb0657 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_36.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_36.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ Sennacherib Invades Judah 22. Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_37.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_37.md index c09320ae..7dd9dacd 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_37.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_37.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah's Help +Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah's +Help # Chapter 37 1. As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD. @@ -15,7 +16,9 @@ Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah's Help 10. "Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11. Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered? 12. Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? -13. Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?'"Hezekiah's Prayer for Deliverance +13. Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?'" +Hezekiah's Prayer for Deliverance + 14. Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15. And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: @@ -23,7 +26,9 @@ Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah's Help 17. Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 18. Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, 19. and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. -20. So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD."Sennacherib's Fall +20. So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD." +Sennacherib's Fall + 21. Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22. this is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: @@ -33,7 +38,8 @@ she wags her head behind you-- the daughter of Jerusalem. 23. "'Whom have you mocked and reviled? - Against whom have you raised your voice + +Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel! @@ -89,3 +95,4 @@ and I will turn you back on the way 38. And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of Ararat, Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_38.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_38.md index d328c7b7..7ea30117 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_38.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_38.md @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ I walk slowly all my years 16. O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. - Oh restore me to health and make me live! +Oh restore me to health and make me live! 17. Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; @@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ the father makes known to the children your faithfulness. 20. The LORD will save me, - and we will play my music on stringed instruments + +and we will play my music on stringed instruments all the days of our lives, at the house of the LORD. @@ -74,3 +75,4 @@ all the days of our lives, 22. Hezekiah also had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?" + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_39.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_39.md index 9e5b5914..0a9276e1 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_39.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_39.md @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ Envoys from Babylon 8. Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good." For he thought, "There will be peace and security in my days." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_40.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_40.md index 391b7fc9..02e27fda 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_40.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_40.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Comfort for God's People 1. Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, - and cry to her + +and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD's hand @@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ the uneven ground shall become level, 5. And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, - for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."The Word of God Stands Forever + for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." +The Word of God Stands Forever + 6. A voice says, "Cry!" And I said, "What shall I cry?" @@ -33,7 +36,10 @@ All flesh is grass, surely the people are grass. 8. The grass withers, the flower fades, - but the word of our God will stand forever.The Greatness of God + +but the word of our God will stand forever. +The Greatness of God + 9. Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; @@ -56,7 +62,8 @@ he will carry them in his bosom, 12. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure - and weighed the mountains in scales + +and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? 13. Who has measured the Spirit of the LORD, @@ -82,7 +89,8 @@ Who taught him the path of justice, or what likeness compare with him? 19. An idol! A craftsman casts it, - and a goldsmith overlays it with gold + +and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains. 20. He who is too impoverished for an offering @@ -141,3 +149,4 @@ they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_41.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_41.md index 78e52f07..6d1ad69a 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_41.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_41.md @@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ I will set in the desert the cypress, 20. that they may see and know, may consider and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, - the Holy One of Israel has created it.The Futility of Idols + +the Holy One of Israel has created it. +The Futility of Idols + 21. Set forth your case, says the LORD; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob. @@ -131,7 +134,8 @@ There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news. 28. But when I look, there is no one; - among these there is no counselor + +among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer. 29. Behold, they are all a delusion; @@ -139,3 +143,4 @@ There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, their metal images are empty wind. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_42.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_42.md index 0845a872..9d8a8c00 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_42.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_42.md @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, 9. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth - I tell you of them."Sing to the LORD a New Song + +I tell you of them."Sing to the LORD a New Song 10. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, @@ -81,7 +82,9 @@ These are the things I do, 17. They are turned back and utterly put to shame, who trust in carved idols, who say to metal images, - "You are our gods."Israel's Failure to Hear and See + "You are our gods." +Israel's Failure to Hear and See + 18. Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see! @@ -98,7 +101,8 @@ Who is blind as my dedicated one, to magnify his law and make it glorious. 22. But this is a people plundered and looted; - they are all of them trapped in holes + +they are all of them trapped in holes and hidden in prisons; they have become plunder with none to rescue, spoil with none to say, "Restore!" @@ -118,3 +122,4 @@ it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him up, but he did not take it to heart. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_43.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_43.md index 9a6bb964..a95711f6 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_43.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_43.md @@ -126,3 +126,4 @@ But you have burdened me with your sins; and Israel to reviling. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_44.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_44.md index c42934cd..2ecf9cb6 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_44.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_44.md @@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, 5. This one will say, 'I am the LORD's,' another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, 'The LORD's,' - and name himself by the name of Israel."Besides Me There Is No God + +and name himself by the name of Israel." +Besides Me There Is No God + 6. Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: @@ -28,15 +31,17 @@ and another will write on his hand, 'The LORD's,' besides me there is no god. 7. Who is like me? Let him proclaim it. - Let him declare and set it before me, +Let him declare and set it before me, since I appointed an ancient people. - Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen. +Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen. 8. Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? And you are my witnesses! Is there a God besides me? - There is no Rock; I know not any."The Folly of Idolatry + There is no Rock; I know not any." +The Folly of Idolatry + 9. All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame. 10. Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing? @@ -95,3 +100,4 @@ saying of Jerusalem, 'She shall be built,' and of the temple, 'Your foundation shall be laid.'" + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_45.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_45.md index 3bc47fa1..37f84bb5 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_45.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_45.md @@ -139,3 +139,4 @@ to him shall come and be ashamed shall be justified and shall glory." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_46.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_46.md index fcef888c..550eb1c3 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_46.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_46.md @@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_47.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_47.md index 9f44dddf..b1980868 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_47.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_47.md @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ I gave them into your hand; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy. 7. You said, "I shall be mistress forever," - so that you did not lay these things to heart + +so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end. 8. Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures, @@ -89,3 +90,4 @@ they wander about, each in his own direction; there is no one to save you. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_48.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_48.md index a97f769c..7f10d2b1 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_48.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_48.md @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ who swear by the name of the LORD then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass. 4. Because I know that you are obstinate, - and your neck is an iron sinew + +and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass, 5. I declared them to you from of old, @@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ The LORD loves him; 16. Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there." -And now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit. +And now +the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit. 17. Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: @@ -101,3 +103,4 @@ send it out to the end of the earth; 22. "There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_49.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_49.md index 8f73fd3e..6cc3dac9 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_49.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_49.md @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD, 6. he says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant - to raise up the tribes of Jacob + +to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth." @@ -40,7 +41,10 @@ to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation, "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the LORD, who is faithful, - the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."The Restoration of Israel + +the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you." +The Restoration of Israel + 8. Thus says the LORD: "In a time of favor I have answered you; @@ -139,3 +143,4 @@ Then all flesh shall know and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_50.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_50.md index 2e540ef3..89566388 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_50.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_50.md @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ their fish stink for lack of water that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; - he awakens my ear + +he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. 5. The Lord God has opened my ear, @@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; 10. Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness - and has no light + +and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. @@ -69,3 +71,4 @@ This you have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_51.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_51.md index cc830e65..feffb9c5 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_51.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_51.md @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him. 3. For the LORD comforts Zion; - he comforts all her waste places + +he comforts all her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, @@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ devastation and destruction, famine and sword; who will comfort you? 20. Your sons have fainted; - they lie at the head of every street + +they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God. @@ -129,3 +131,4 @@ and you have made your back like the ground and like the street for them to pass over." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_52.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_52.md index baa354c1..0c312ba0 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_52.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_52.md @@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, 12. For you shall not go out in haste, and you shall not go in flight, for the LORD will go before you, - and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.He Was Pierced for Our Transgressions + and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. +He Was Pierced for Our Transgressions + 13. Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, @@ -63,3 +65,4 @@ for that which has not been told them they see, and that which they have not heard they understand. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_53.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_53.md index ad8e227e..fb059ca7 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_53.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_53.md @@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_54.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_54.md index c3ac99b4..6a381692 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_54.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_54.md @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. 3. For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, - and your offspring will possess the nations + +and your offspring will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities. 4. "Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; @@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you," says the LORD, your Redeemer. 9. "This is like the days of Noah to me: - as I swore that the waters of Noah + +as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, and will not rebuke you. @@ -72,7 +74,8 @@ whoever stirs up strife with you shall fall because of you. 16. Behold, I have created the smith - who blows the fire of coals + +who blows the fire of coals and produces a weapon for its purpose. I have also created the ravager to destroy; @@ -82,3 +85,4 @@ This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_55.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_55.md index aa3d08ec..5ba972e9 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_55.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_55.md @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. 9. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, - so are my ways higher than your ways + +so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10. "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven @@ -63,3 +64,4 @@ and it shall make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_56.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_56.md index ab4fa756..1fb38743 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_56.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_56.md @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ and let not the eunuch say, 4. For thus says the LORD: "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, - who choose the things that please me + +who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant, 5. I will give in my house and within my walls @@ -43,7 +44,10 @@ for my house shall be called a house of prayer 8. The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, "I will gather yet others to him - besides those already gathered."Israel's Irresponsible Leaders + +besides those already gathered." +Israel's Irresponsible Leaders + 9. All you beasts of the field, come to devour-- all you beasts in the forest. @@ -67,3 +71,4 @@ and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_57.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_57.md index 0e1d1be6..5e14b4bc 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_57.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_57.md @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ who slaughter your children in the valleys, they, they, are your lot; to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have brought a grain offering. - Shall I relent for these things? +Shall I relent for these things? 7. On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, @@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ Have I not held my peace, even for a long time, The wind will carry them all off, a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land - and shall inherit my holy mountain.Comfort for the Contrite + and shall inherit my holy mountain. +Comfort for the Contrite + 14. And it shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, @@ -105,3 +107,4 @@ Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the LORD, 21. There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_58.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_58.md index 3219d194..abdb241f 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_58.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_58.md @@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. 11. And the LORD will guide you continually - and satisfy your desire in scorched places + +and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, @@ -81,3 +82,4 @@ I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_59.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_59.md index 46c0e7bc..ac8d0f71 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_59.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_59.md @@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ for our transgressions are with us, 13. transgressing, and denying the LORD, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, - conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.Judgment and Redemption + +conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words. +Judgment and Redemption + 14. Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; @@ -99,3 +102,4 @@ for he will come like a rushing stream, 21. "And as for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD: "My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring," says the LORD, "from this time forth and forevermore." + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_60.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_60.md index c4e4e114..6bada5c4 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_60.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_60.md @@ -115,3 +115,4 @@ I am the LORD; in its time I will hasten it. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_61.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_61.md index c074e58c..ac9bcd27 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_61.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_61.md @@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_62.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_62.md index ba67ba73..dfa8f904 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_62.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_62.md @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ You who put the LORD in remembrance, take no rest, 7. and give him no rest - until he establishes Jerusalem + +until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth. 8. The LORD has sworn by his right hand @@ -68,3 +69,4 @@ and you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_63.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_63.md index b8f5128a..8e683e3d 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_63.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_63.md @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ so my own arm brought me salvation, 6. I trampled down the peoples in my anger; I made them drunk in my wrath, - and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth."The LORD's Mercy Remembered + +and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth."The LORD's Mercy Remembered 7. I will recount the steadfast love of the LORD, the praises of the LORD, @@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ that he has granted them according to his compassion, 8. For he said, "Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely." - And he became their Savior. +And he became their Savior. 9. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; @@ -70,12 +71,15 @@ Like a horse in the desert, 14. Like livestock that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. So you led your people, - to make for yourself a glorious name.Prayer for Mercy + to make for yourself a glorious name. +Prayer for Mercy + 15. Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? - The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion + +The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me. 16. For you are our Father, @@ -96,3 +100,4 @@ Return for the sake of your servants, like those who are not called by your name. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_64.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_64.md index 332a3976..8b5f5799 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_64.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_64.md @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for you have hidden your face from us, 9. Be not so terribly angry, O LORD, and remember not iniquity forever. - Behold, please look, we are all your people. +Behold, please look, we are all your people. 10. Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, @@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ has been burned by fire, Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly? + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_65.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_65.md index 32b2906a..3ee18b1d 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_65.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_65.md @@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ because, when I called, you did not answer; but you did what was evil in my eyes and chose what I did not delight in." -13. Therefore thus says the Lord God: +13. Therefore thus +says the Lord God: "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, @@ -74,11 +75,13 @@ behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame; 14. behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, - but you shall cry out for pain of heart + +but you shall cry out for pain of heart and shall wail for breaking of spirit. 15. You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse, - and the Lord God will put you to death, + +and the Lord God will put you to death, but his servants he will call by another name, 16. so that he who blesses himself in the land @@ -86,7 +89,10 @@ behold, my servants shall rejoice, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten - and are hidden from my eyes.New Heavens and a New Earth + +and are hidden from my eyes. +New Heavens and a New Earth + 17. "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, @@ -133,3 +139,4 @@ They shall not hurt or destroy says the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_66.md b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_66.md index 1f8d3048..d867a481 100644 --- a/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_66.md +++ b/ESV/23_Isaiah/Chapter_66.md @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ what is the house that you would build for me, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: - he who is humble and contrite in spirit + +he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word. 3. "He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man; @@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ but they did what was evil in my eyes 5. Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you - and cast you out for my name's sake + +and cast you out for my name's sake have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy'; but it is they who shall be put to shame. @@ -39,7 +41,9 @@ have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, 6. "The sound of an uproar from the city! A sound from the temple! The sound of the LORD, - rendering recompense to his enemies!Rejoice with Jerusalem + rendering recompense to his enemies! +Rejoice with Jerusalem + 7. "Before she was in labor she gave birth; @@ -58,7 +62,8 @@ For as soon as Zion was in labor "shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?" says your God. -10. "Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, +10. " +Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in joy, all you who mourn over her; @@ -81,7 +86,8 @@ and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip, 14. You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice; your bones shall flourish like the grass; and the hand of the LORD shall be known to his servants, - and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.Final Judgment and Glory of the LORD + +and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.Final Judgment and Glory of the LORD 15. "For behold, the LORD will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind, @@ -100,7 +106,8 @@ to render his anger in fury, 21. And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the LORD. 22. "For as the new heavens and the new earth - that I make + +that I make shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your offspring and your name remain. @@ -112,3 +119,4 @@ declares the LORD. 24. "And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_01.md index 9da4100e..4f2d833e 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ # Chapter 1 1. The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2. to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. -3. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.The Call of Jeremiah +3. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month. +The Call of Jeremiah + 4. Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ to build and to plant." 19. They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_02.md index b9bf201e..0539b140 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_02.md @@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ declares the Lord God of hosts. and burst your bonds; but you said, 'I will not serve.' Yes, on every high hill - and under every green tree + +and under every green tree you bowed down like a whore. 21. Yet I planted you a choice vine, @@ -171,7 +172,8 @@ So that even to wicked women 34. Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the guiltless poor; you did not find them breaking in. - Yet in spite of all these things +Yet in spite of all these things + 35. you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.' @@ -189,3 +191,4 @@ for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_03.md index 8006533d..c9f4e6bd 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_03.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 3 1. "If a man divorces his wife - and she goes from him + +and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? @@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ yet you have the forehead of a whore; 5. will he be angry forever, will he be indignant to the end?' Behold, you have spoken, - but you have done all the evil that you could."Faithless Israel Called to Repentance + +but you have done all the evil that you could." +Faithless Israel Called to Repentance + 6. The LORD said to me in the days of King Josiah: "Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the whore? 7. And I thought, 'After she has done all this she will return to me,' but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it. @@ -90,3 +94,4 @@ Truly in the LORD our God 25. Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_04.md index d4399e7c..dc13010e 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_04.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ then nations shall bless themselves in him, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, - because of the evil of your deeds."Disaster from the North + because of the evil of your deeds." +Disaster from the North + 5. Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, "Blow the trumpet through the land; @@ -34,9 +36,11 @@ for I bring disaster from the north, 7. A lion has gone up from his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; - he has gone out from his place + +he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; - your cities will be ruins + +your cities will be ruins without inhabitant. 8. For this put on sackcloth, @@ -75,7 +79,10 @@ declares the LORD. 18. Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; - it has reached your very heart."Anguish over Judah's Desolation + +it has reached your very heart." +Anguish over Judah's Desolation + 19. My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! @@ -109,7 +116,8 @@ They are 'wise'--in doing evil! and all the birds of the air had fled. 26. I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a desert, - and all its cities were laid in ruins + +and all its cities were laid in ruins before the LORD, before his fierce anger. 27. For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end. @@ -140,3 +148,4 @@ the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, "Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_05.md index dafb6a9a..0d43cbad 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_05.md @@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great. 7. "How can I pardon you? - Your children have forsaken me + +Your children have forsaken me and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery @@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ When I fed them to the full, 9. Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD; - and shall I not avenge myself + +and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this? 10. "Go up through her vine rows and destroy, @@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ your fortified cities in which you trust who have ears, but hear not. 22. Do you not fear me? declares the LORD. - Do you not tremble before me? +Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; @@ -142,7 +144,8 @@ the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, 29. Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, - and shall I not avenge myself + +and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?" 30. An appalling and horrible thing @@ -154,3 +157,4 @@ my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes? + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_06.md index 7741f37d..bbcad027 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_06.md @@ -156,3 +156,4 @@ in vain the refining goes on, for the LORD has rejected them." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_07.md index 39155213..1f538278 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_07.md @@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ Evil in the Land 29. "'Cut off your hair and cast it away; raise a lamentation on the bare heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken - the generation of his wrath.'The Valley of Slaughter + +the generation of his wrath.' +The Valley of Slaughter + 30. "For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the LORD. They have set their detestable things in the house that is called by my name, to defile it. 31. And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind. @@ -47,3 +50,4 @@ for the LORD has rejected and forsaken 34. And I will silence in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land shall become a waste. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_08.md index 09977f67..37ace074 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_08.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ # Chapter 8 1. "At that time, declares the LORD, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs. 2. And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. -3. Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, declares the LORD of hosts.Sin and Treachery +3. Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, declares the LORD of hosts. +Sin and Treachery + 4. "You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: When men fall, do they not rise again? @@ -79,7 +81,9 @@ They come and devour the land and all that fills it, 17. For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders that cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you," -declares the LORD.Jeremiah Grieves for His People +declares the LORD. +Jeremiah Grieves for His People + 18. My joy is gone; grief is upon me; my heart is sick within me. @@ -103,3 +107,4 @@ Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_09.md index dcd04cfd..9d16ce17 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_09.md @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him. 9. Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, - and shall I not avenge myself + +and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this? 10. "I will take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, @@ -97,3 +98,4 @@ like sheaves after the reaper, 26. Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_10.md index aaf3d279..af9c905c 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_10.md @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Idols and the Living God 1. Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2. Thus says the LORD: "Learn not the way of the nations, - nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens + +nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them, 3. for the customs of the peoples are vanity. @@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ Do not be afraid of them, 7. Who would not fear you, O King of the nations? For this is your due; for among all the wise ones of the nations - and in all their kingdoms + +and in all their kingdoms there is none like you. 8. They are both stupid and foolish; @@ -114,3 +116,4 @@ for they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his habitation. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_11.md index 7c168492..4f492633 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_11.md @@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ let me see your vengeance upon them, 23. and none of them shall be left. For I will bring disaster upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their punishment." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_12.md index 168c5ba8..971540c8 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_12.md @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and the grass of every field wither? For the evil of those who dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, - because they said, "He will not see our latter end."The LORD Answers Jeremiah + +because they said, "He will not see our latter end."The LORD Answers Jeremiah 5. "If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? @@ -76,3 +77,4 @@ They shall be ashamed of their harvests 17. But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_13.md index c0b60f6c..784bc430 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_13.md @@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ The Ruined Loincloth 8. Then the word of the LORD came to me: 9. "Thus says the LORD: Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10. This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing. -11. For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the LORD, that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.The Jars Filled with Wine +11. For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the LORD, that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen. +The Jars Filled with Wine + 12. "You shall speak to them this word: 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, "Every jar shall be filled with wine."' And they will say to you, 'Do we not indeed know that every jar will be filled with wine?' 13. Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land: the kings who sit on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -14. And I will dash them one against another, fathers and sons together, declares the LORD. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.'"Exile Threatened +14. And I will dash them one against another, fathers and sons together, declares the LORD. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.'" +Exile Threatened + 15. Hear and give ear; be not proud, for the LORD has spoken. @@ -26,7 +30,8 @@ The Ruined Loincloth before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light - he turns it into gloom + +he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness. 17. But if you will not listen, @@ -83,3 +88,4 @@ Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?" + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_14.md index adfbd6ee..de7c2295 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_14.md @@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ therefore the LORD does not accept them; and punish their sins." 11. The LORD said to me: "Do not pray for the welfare of this people. -12. Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence."Lying Prophets +12. Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence." +Lying Prophets + 13. Then I said: "Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.'" 14. And the LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. @@ -94,3 +96,4 @@ Are you not he, O LORD our God? for you do all these things. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_15.md index 3dcf7ce1..bf8dc98f 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_15.md @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ her sun went down while it was yet day; she has been shamed and disgraced. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, -declares the LORD."Jeremiah's Complaint +declares the LORD." +Jeremiah's Complaint + 10. Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. 11. The LORD said, "Have I not set you free for their good? Have I not pleaded for you before the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress? @@ -91,3 +93,4 @@ declares the LORD. and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_16.md index e4f8c6cd..bfb52d2c 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_16.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ to you shall the nations come 21. "Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that my name is the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_17.md index 4902a587..1650d435 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_17.md @@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ in the midst of his days they will leave him, 13. O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth, - for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water.Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance + for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water. +Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance + 14. Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, @@ -69,7 +71,10 @@ You know what came out of my lips; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of disaster; - destroy them with double destruction!Keep the Sabbath Holy + +destroy them with double destruction! +Keep the Sabbath Holy + 19. Thus said the LORD to me: "Go and stand in the People's Gate, by which the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem, 20. and say: 'Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates. @@ -83,3 +88,4 @@ bring upon them the day of disaster; 27. But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.'" + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_18.md index 73176a10..7cca97af 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_18.md @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Remember how I stood before you 21. Therefore deliver up their children to famine; give them over to the power of the sword; let their wives become childless and widowed. - May their men meet death by pestilence, +May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be struck down by the sword in battle. 22. May a cry be heard from their houses, @@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_19.md index bed1cce4..0f4b64f6 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_19.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ The Broken Flask 15. "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their neck, refusing to hear my words." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_20.md index d86d4fbb..571e7a4b 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_20.md @@ -77,3 +77,4 @@ let him hear a cry in the morning and spend my days in shame? + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_21.md index 9d81da06..d49643c3 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_21.md @@ -12,12 +12,15 @@ Jerusalem Will Fall to Nebuchadnezzar 8. "And to this people you shall say: 'Thus says the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. 9. He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, but he who goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you shall live and shall have his life as a prize of war. -10. For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.'Message to the House of David +10. For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.' +Message to the House of David + 11. "And to the house of the king of Judah say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, 12. O house of David! Thus says the LORD: "'Execute justice in the morning, - and deliver from the hand of the oppressor + +and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, @@ -35,3 +38,4 @@ declares the LORD; and it shall devour all that is around her." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_22.md index 1fb0b5a0..c6edc9c7 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_22.md @@ -21,8 +21,12 @@ and they shall cut down your choicest cedars 10. Weep not for him who is dead, nor grieve for him, but weep bitterly for him who goes away, - for he shall return no more - to see his native land.Message to the Sons of Josiah + +for he shall return no more + +to see his native land. +Message to the Sons of Josiah + 11. For thus says the LORD concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went away from this place: "He shall return here no more, 12. but in the place where they have carried him captive, there shall he die, and he shall never see this land again." @@ -35,7 +39,8 @@ who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing 14. who says, 'I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' who cuts out windows for it, - paneling it with cedar + +paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion. 15. Do you think you are a king @@ -104,3 +109,4 @@ for none of his offspring shall succeed and ruling again in Judah." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_23.md index eefb7954..f5818f1b 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_23.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Righteous Branch 6. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.' 7. "Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they shall no longer say, 'As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,' -8. but 'As the LORD lives who brought up and led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.' Then they shall dwell in their own land."Lying Prophets +8. but 'As the LORD lives who brought up and led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.' Then they shall dwell in their own land." +Lying Prophets + 9. Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; @@ -104,3 +106,4 @@ and they would have turned them from their evil way, 40. And I will bring upon you everlasting reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'" + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_24.md index f4b93e56..6d8ac1f3 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_24.md @@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ The Good Figs and the Bad Figs 10. And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they shall be utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_25.md index 27ea97c9..fdbb9e42 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_25.md @@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ For the LORD is laying waste their pasture, because of the fierce anger of the LORD. 38. Like a lion he has left his lair, - for their land has become a waste + +for their land has become a waste because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_26.md index 9bbb7072..85dc92f2 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_26.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Jeremiah Threatened with Death 12. Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard. 13. Now therefore mend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, and the LORD will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you. 14. But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you. -15. Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the LORD sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears."Jeremiah Spared from Death +15. Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the LORD sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears." +Jeremiah Spared from Death + 16. Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, "This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God." 17. And certain of the elders of the land arose and spoke to all the assembled people, saying, @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ Jeremiah Threatened with Death 24. But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he was not given over to the people to be put to death. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_27.md index 003a52d2..64cd4d91 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_27.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar 22. They shall be carried to Babylon and remain there until the day when I visit them, declares the LORD. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_28.md index 2ce59179..cd94197f 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_28.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Hananiah the False Prophet 17. In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_29.md index b402c718..d6a70d35 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_29.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles 20. Hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon: 21. 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall strike them down before your eyes. 22. Because of them this curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: "The LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire," -23. because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and they have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. I am the one who knows, and I am witness, declares the LORD.'"Shemaiah's False Prophecy +23. because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and they have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. I am the one who knows, and I am witness, declares the LORD.'" +Shemaiah's False Prophecy + 24. To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say: 25. "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles 32. therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah of Nehelam and his descendants. He shall not have anyone living among this people, and he shall not see the good that I will do to my people, declares the LORD, for he has spoken rebellion against the LORD.'" + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_30.md index 59fcb391..19c2d3b3 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_30.md @@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked. 24. The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back - until he has executed and accomplished + +until he has executed and accomplished the intentions of his mind. In the latter days you will understand this. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_31.md index 42e7881c..9a470b72 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_31.md @@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: "'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.' -30. But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.The New Covenant +30. But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge. +The New Covenant + 31. "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32. not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD. @@ -165,3 +167,4 @@ declares the LORD." 40. The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be sacred to the LORD. It shall not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_32.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_32.md index 178a36c4..73bc3efd 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_32.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_32.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Jeremiah Buys a Field During the Siege 12. And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my cousin, in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard. 13. I charged Baruch in their presence, saying, 14. 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware vessel, that they may last for a long time. -15. For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.'Jeremiah Prays for Understanding +15. For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.' +Jeremiah Prays for Understanding + 16. "After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying: 17. 'Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you. @@ -39,7 +41,9 @@ Jeremiah Buys a Field During the Siege 32. because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger--their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33. They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them persistently, they have not listened to receive instruction. 34. They set up their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it. -35. They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.They Shall Be My People; I Will Be Their God +35. They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. +They Shall Be My People; I Will Be Their God + 36. "Now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, 'It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence': 37. Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety. @@ -53,3 +57,4 @@ Jeremiah Buys a Field During the Siege 44. Fields shall be bought for money, and deeds shall be signed and sealed and witnessed, in the land of Benjamin, in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_33.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_33.md index f82ae307..636f1c92 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_33.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_33.md @@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the LORD. 26. then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_34.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_34.md index b413fc7e..5866a937 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_34.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_34.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Zedekiah to Die in Babylon 22. Behold, I will command, declares the LORD, and will bring them back to this city. And they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_35.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_35.md index a81b7a68..1bb91263 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_35.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_35.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ The Obedience of the Rechabites 19. therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall never lack a man to stand before me." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_36.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_36.md index af982aec..6255aa08 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_36.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_36.md @@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah's Scroll 32. Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_37.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_37.md index b92f400d..768ae052 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_37.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_37.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah 7. "Thus says the LORD, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who sent you to me to inquire of me, 'Behold, Pharaoh's army that came to help you is about to return to Egypt, to its own land. 8. And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. They shall capture it and burn it with fire. 9. Thus says the LORD, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go away. -10. For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.'"Jeremiah Imprisoned +10. For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.'" +Jeremiah Imprisoned + 11. Now when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh's army, 12. Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people. @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah 21. So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers' street, until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_38.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_38.md index 8840477a..017ec433 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_38.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_38.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Jeremiah Cast into the Cistern 3. Thus says the LORD: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon and be taken." 4. Then the officials said to the king, "Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm." 5. King Zedekiah said, "Behold, he is in your hands, for the king can do nothing against you." -6. So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.Jeremiah Rescued from the Cistern +6. So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud. +Jeremiah Rescued from the Cistern + 7. When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern--the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate-- 8. Ebed-melech went from the king's house and said to the king, @@ -14,7 +16,9 @@ Jeremiah Cast into the Cistern 10. Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, "Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies." 11. So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes. 12. Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, "Put the rags and clothes between your armpits and the ropes." Jeremiah did so. -13. Then they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah Again +13. Then they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard. +Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah Again + 14. King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the LORD. The king said to Jeremiah, "I will ask you a question; hide nothing from me." 15. Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I tell you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me." @@ -40,3 +44,4 @@ now that your feet are sunk in the mud, 28. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_39.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_39.md index be1a4f30..70101725 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_39.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_39.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ The Fall of Jerusalem 18. For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your life as a prize of war, because you have put your trust in me, declares the LORD.'" + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_40.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_40.md index 19bde43f..b9df8426 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_40.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_40.md @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Jeremiah Remains in Judah 16. But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, "You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely of Ishmael." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_41.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_41.md index 470aa12a..3774b397 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_41.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_41.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Gedaliah Murdered 18. because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_42.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_42.md index 9c54a363..e2497a0e 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_42.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_42.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Warning Against Going to Egypt 22. Now therefore know for a certainty that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_43.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_43.md index 030b7c61..25562154 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_43.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_43.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ Jeremiah Taken to Egypt 13. He shall break the obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt, and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.'" + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_44.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_44.md index fe0e4266..afa1cf57 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_44.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_44.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ Judgment for Idolatry 30. Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_45.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_45.md index b2f8fbe2..4cc39588 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_45.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_45.md @@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ Message to Baruch 5. And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the LORD. But I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_46.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_46.md index c4254632..18925741 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_46.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_46.md @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ Judgment on Egypt # Chapter 46 1. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations. -2. About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: +2. +About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: 3. "Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle! @@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment. 22. "She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away; - for her enemies march in force + +for her enemies march in force and come against her with axes like those who fell trees. @@ -134,3 +136,4 @@ I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_47.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_47.md index c0e0770b..8c52f0d6 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_47.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_47.md @@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ Against Ashkelon and against the seashore he has appointed it." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_48.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_48.md index 097aeb9b..6ef6e4b1 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_48.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_48.md @@ -175,3 +175,4 @@ for your sons have been taken captive, Thus far is the judgment on Moab. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_49.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_49.md index bd6b5032..a3f341c0 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_49.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_49.md @@ -30,12 +30,15 @@ who trusted in her treasures, saying, 'Who will come against me?' 5. Behold, I will bring terror upon you, - declares the Lord God of hosts, + +declares the Lord God of hosts, from all who are around you, and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him, with none to gather the fugitives. -6. "But afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the LORD."Judgment on Edom +6. "But afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites, declares the LORD." +Judgment on Edom + 7. Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: @@ -86,7 +89,9 @@ declares the LORD. 19. Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me? 20. Therefore hear the plan that the LORD has made against Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 21. At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. -22. Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains."Judgment on Damascus +22. Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains." +Judgment on Damascus + 23. Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad are confounded, @@ -107,7 +112,9 @@ anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, declares the LORD of hosts. 27. And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, - and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad."Judgment on Kedar and Hazor + and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad." +Judgment on Kedar and Hazor + 28. Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down. Thus says the LORD: @@ -123,7 +130,8 @@ their camels shall be led away from them, O inhabitants of Hazor! declares the LORD. For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon - has made a plan against you + +has made a plan against you and formed a purpose against you. 31. "Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, @@ -143,7 +151,9 @@ declares the LORD. 33. Hazor shall become a haunt of jackals, an everlasting waste; no man shall dwell there; - no man shall sojourn in her."Judgment on Elam + no man shall sojourn in her." +Judgment on Elam + 34. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. @@ -155,3 +165,4 @@ no man shall dwell there; 39. "But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam, declares the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_50.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_50.md index bce090dc..e4b2ae19 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_50.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_50.md @@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ Woe to them, for their day has come, 30. Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the LORD. 31. "Behold, I am against you, O proud one, - declares the Lord God of hosts, + +declares the Lord God of hosts, for your day has come, the time when I will punish you. @@ -139,7 +140,8 @@ For it is a land of images, 40. As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the LORD, so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her. 41. "Behold, a people comes from the north; - a mighty nation and many kings + +a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth. 42. They lay hold of bow and spear; @@ -159,3 +161,4 @@ anguish seized him, 46. At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations." + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_51.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_51.md index b37defa2..75028263 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_51.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_51.md @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ The Utter Destruction of Babylon 2. and I will send to Babylon winnowers, and they shall winnow her, and they shall empty her land, - when they come against her from every side + +when they come against her from every side on the day of trouble. 3. Let not the archer bend his bow, @@ -215,7 +216,8 @@ The nations shall no longer flow to him; the wall of Babylon has fallen. 45. "Go out of the midst of her, my people! - Let every one save his life + +Let every one save his life from the fierce anger of the LORD! 46. Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful @@ -296,3 +298,4 @@ The peoples labor for nothing, Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. + diff --git a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_52.md b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_52.md index 666e3faa..813ae9f8 100644 --- a/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_52.md +++ b/ESV/24_Jeremiah/Chapter_52.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 8. But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. 9. Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him. 10. The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also slaughtered all the officials of Judah at Riblah. -11. He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and the king of Babylon took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.The Temple Burned +11. He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and the king of Babylon took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. +The Temple Burned + 12. In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month--that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon--Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. 13. And he burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 20. As for the two pillars, the one sea, the twelve bronze bulls that were under the sea, and the stands, which Solomon the king had made for the house of the LORD, the bronze of all these things was beyond weight. 21. As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, its circumference was twelve cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, and it was hollow. 22. On it was a capital of bronze. The height of the one capital was five cubits. A network and pomegranates, all of bronze, were around the capital. And the second pillar had the same, with pomegranates. -23. There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network all around.The People Exiled to Babylon +23. There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network all around. +The People Exiled to Babylon + 24. And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; 25. and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and seven men of the king's council, who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city. @@ -35,7 +39,9 @@ And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 28. This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans; 29. in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem 832 persons; -30. in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Judeans 745 persons; all the persons were 4,600.Jehoiachin Released from Prison +30. in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Judeans 745 persons; all the persons were 4,600. +Jehoiachin Released from Prison + 31. And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. 32. And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. @@ -43,3 +49,4 @@ And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 34. and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, until the day of his death, as long as he lived. + diff --git a/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_01.md index 9bbb9473..8e323fa9 100644 --- a/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_01.md @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ they fled without strength before the pursuer. 7. Jerusalem remembers - in the days of her affliction and wandering + +in the days of her affliction and wandering all the precious things that were hers from days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the foe, @@ -151,10 +152,12 @@ You have brought the day you announced; now let them be as I am. 22. "Let all their evildoing come before you, - and deal with them + +and deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my transgressions; for my groans are many, and my heart is faint." + diff --git a/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_02.md index bd2d330a..3947e1e5 100644 --- a/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_02.md @@ -157,3 +157,4 @@ those whom I held and raised my enemy destroyed. + diff --git a/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_03.md index 393197cd..e7c5a907 100644 --- a/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_03.md @@ -200,3 +200,4 @@ Great Is Your Faithfulness from under your heavens, O LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_04.md index 5d54b027..a51b8af2 100644 --- a/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_04.md @@ -67,12 +67,13 @@ who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous. 14. They wandered, blind, through the streets; - they were so defiled with blood + +they were so defiled with blood that no one was able to touch their garments. 15. "Away! Unclean!" people cried at them. - "Away! Away! Do not touch!" +"Away! Away! Do not touch!" So they became fugitives and wanderers; people said among the nations, "They shall stay with us no longer." @@ -113,3 +114,4 @@ but your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish; he will uncover your sins. + diff --git a/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_05.md index d9dd1540..112fe444 100644 --- a/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/25_Lamentations/Chapter_05.md @@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ Restore Us to Yourself, O LORD and you remain exceedingly angry with us. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_01.md index f27b301b..b171223c 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_01.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Ezekiel in Babylon Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_02.md index 93507981..5e664c0f 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_02.md @@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ Ezekiel's Call 10. And he spread it before me. And it had writing on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_03.md index 07e43375..05daba83 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_03.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ 12. Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake: "Blessed be the glory of the LORD from its place!" 13. It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, and the sound of a great earthquake. 14. The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the LORD being strong upon me. -15. And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.A Watchman for Israel +15. And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days. +A Watchman for Israel + 16. And at the end of seven days, the word of the LORD came to me: 17. "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ 27. But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God.' He who will hear, let him hear; and he who will refuse to hear, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_04.md index 5857ce1f..4edb7320 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_04.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ The Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized 17. I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and rot away because of their punishment. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_05.md index 1622c996..fba5e339 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_05.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ Jerusalem Will Be Destroyed 17. I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the LORD; I have spoken." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_06.md index a3229efb..ee1400a7 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_06.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Judgment Against Idolatry 14. And I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land desolate and waste, in all their dwelling places, from the wilderness to Riblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_07.md index ea2cf5cf..6bf36209 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_07.md @@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ The Day of the Wrath of the LORD 27. The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, and they shall know that I am the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_08.md index 84b04fc2..b2d2b37f 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_08.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Abominations in the Temple 18. Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_09.md index c76194d0..51ac965d 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_09.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ Idolaters Killed 11. And behold, the man clothed in linen, with the writing case at his waist, brought back word, saying, "I have done as you commanded me." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_10.md index a8a3d43c..8e9d7c8e 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_10.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ And he went in before my eyes. 22. And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the Chebar canal. Each one of them went straight forward. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_11.md index ead11c4c..16d7d6bd 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_11.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Judgment on Wicked Counselors 11. This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, 12. and you shall know that I am the LORD. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, but have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you." -13. And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Ah, Lord God! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"Israel's New Heart and Spirit +13. And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Ah, Lord God! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?" +Israel's New Heart and Spirit + 14. And the word of the LORD came to me: 15. "Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the LORD; to us this land is given for a possession.' @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ Judgment on Wicked Counselors 25. And I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_12.md index ba35f5aa..e7545980 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_12.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Judah's Captivity Symbolized 28. Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_13.md index 05a316c3..063b0251 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_13.md @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ False Prophets Condemned 23. therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. And you shall know that I am the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_14.md index 70875fd5..9b83e508 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_14.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Idolatrous Elders Condemned 8. And I will set my face against that man; I will make him a sign and a byword and cut him off from the midst of my people, and you shall know that I am the LORD. 9. And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10. And they shall bear their punishment--the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike-- -11. that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God."Jerusalem Will Not Be Spared +11. that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God." +Jerusalem Will Not Be Spared + 12. And the word of the LORD came to me: 13. "Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and break its supply of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast, @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ Idolatrous Elders Condemned 23. They will console you, when you see their ways and their deeds, and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, declares the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_15.md index 8131be10..84aa49d4 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_15.md @@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Jerusalem, a Useless Vine 8. And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_16.md index fed0ee16..00270f73 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_16.md @@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ The LORD's Faithless Bride 63. that you may remember and be confounded, and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_17.md index 55251a7f..2070fc02 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_17.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine 24. And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the LORD; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_18.md index a532cdd7..a29b607d 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_18.md @@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ The Soul Who Sins Shall Die 32. For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_19.md index 35771bc6..f73d255f 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_19.md @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men, 7. and seized their widows. - He laid waste their cities, +He laid waste their cities, and the land was appalled and all who were in it at the sound of his roaring. @@ -73,3 +73,4 @@ so that there remains in it no strong stem, This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_20.md index 071ba7dc..cc7532ce 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_20.md @@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ Israel's Continuing Rebellion 49. Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, 'Is he not a maker of parables?'" + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_21.md index f9498bec..d34d8259 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_21.md @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ The LORD Has Drawn His Sword 32. You shall be fuel for the fire. Your blood shall be in the midst of the land. You shall be no more remembered, for I the LORD have spoken." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_22.md index 3435d3bd..890d936a 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_22.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Israel's Shedding of Blood 31. Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_23.md index 07a2314a..cb261998 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_23.md @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ A cup of horror and desolation, for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. 35. Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you yourself must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring." -36. The LORD said to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Declare to them their abominations. +36. The LORD said to me: "Son of man, will you judge +Oholah and Oholibah? Declare to them their abominations. 37. For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. With their idols they have committed adultery, and they have even offered up to them for food the children whom they had borne to me. 38. Moreover, this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and profaned my Sabbaths. 39. For when they had slaughtered their children in sacrifice to their idols, on the same day they came into my sanctuary to profane it. And behold, this is what they did in my house. @@ -70,3 +71,4 @@ for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. 49. And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_24.md index a8697f81..1c2d09a3 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_24.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ boil it well; 11. Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. 12. She has wearied herself with toil; its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! 13. On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed anymore till I have satisfied my fury upon you. -14. I am the LORD. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent; according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God."Ezekiel's Wife Dies +14. I am the LORD. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent; according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God." +Ezekiel's Wife Dies + 15. The word of the LORD came to me: 16. "Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ boil it well; 27. On that day your mouth will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_25.md index 30057358..d7c4e434 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_25.md @@ -7,19 +7,26 @@ Prophecy Against Ammon 4. therefore behold, I am handing you over to the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. 5. I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a fold for flocks. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 6. For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within your soul against the land of Israel, -7. therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.Prophecy Against Moab and Seir +7. therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the LORD. +Prophecy Against Moab and Seir + 8. "Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir said, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,' 9. therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. 10. I will give it along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, that the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations, -11. and I will execute judgments upon Moab. Then they will know that I am the LORD.Prophecy Against Edom +11. and I will execute judgments upon Moab. Then they will know that I am the LORD. +Prophecy Against Edom + 12. "Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance on them, 13. therefore thus says the Lord God, I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword. -14. And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.Prophecy Against Philistia +14. And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God. +Prophecy Against Philistia + 15. "Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity, 16. therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast. 17. I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_26.md index 7cfa864b..e4d08c3d 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_26.md @@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ and the coastlands that are on the sea 21. I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_27.md index 46c298af..a69b2769 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_27.md @@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ sink into the heart of the seas 29. and down from their ships come all who handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea - stand on the land + +stand on the land + 30. and shout aloud over you and cry out bitterly. @@ -112,3 +114,4 @@ and the hair of their kings bristles with horror; and shall be no more forever.'" + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_28.md index 7bc77db3..c617d28d 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_28.md @@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ though you are but a man, and no god, 10. You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; - for I have spoken, declares the Lord God."A Lament over the King of Tyre + for I have spoken, declares the Lord God." +A Lament over the King of Tyre + 11. Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me: 12. "Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God: @@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ though you are but a man, and no god, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; - and crafted in gold were your settings + +and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared. @@ -80,7 +83,8 @@ I cast you to the ground; to feast their eyes on you. 18. By the multitude of your iniquities, - in the unrighteousness of your trade + +in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, @@ -90,7 +94,10 @@ and I turned you to ashes on the earth 19. All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end - and shall be no more forever."Prophecy Against Sidon + +and shall be no more forever." +Prophecy Against Sidon + 20. The word of the LORD came to me: 21. "Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her @@ -107,9 +114,13 @@ and the slain shall fall in her midst, by the sword that is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD. -24. "And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.Israel Gathered in Security +24. "And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. +Then they will know that I am the Lord God. +Israel Gathered in Security + 25. "Thus says the Lord God: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. 26. And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_29.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_29.md index 4a4c7ef5..3cb345a2 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_29.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_29.md @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ that says, 'My Nile is my own; 4. I will put hooks in your jaws, and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales; and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams, - with all the fish of your streams + +with all the fish of your streams that stick to your scales. 5. And I will cast you out into the wilderness, @@ -47,3 +48,4 @@ To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens 21. "On that day I will cause a horn to spring up for the house of Israel, and I will open your lips among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_30.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_30.md index 8a786bc7..cb379227 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_30.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_30.md @@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ and her proud might shall come to an end in her; and her daughters shall go into captivity. 19. Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. - Then they will know that I am the LORD."Egypt Shall Fall to Babylon + Then they will know that I am the LORD." +Egypt Shall Fall to Babylon + 20. In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: 21. "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword. @@ -89,3 +91,4 @@ and her proud might shall come to an end in her; 26. And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_31.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_31.md index f7206561..0af8ed20 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_31.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_31.md @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ sending forth its streams 5. So it towered high above all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large - and its branches long + +and its branches long from abundant water in its shoots. 6. All the birds of the heavens @@ -61,3 +62,4 @@ and all the trees of Eden envied it, "This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_32.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_32.md index 4b4108e9..1326deac 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_32.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_32.md @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ declares the Lord God. when I strike down all who dwell in it, then they will know that I am the LORD. -16. This is a lamentation that shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they chant it, declares the Lord God." +16. This is a lamentation that shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they chant it, +declares the Lord God." 17. In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: 18. "Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit: @@ -83,7 +84,10 @@ when I strike down all who dwell in it, 30. "The princes of the north are there, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, for all the terror that they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. -31. "When Pharaoh sees them, he will be comforted for all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord God. -32. For I spread terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God." +31. "When Pharaoh sees them, he will be comforted for all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, +declares the Lord God. +32. For I spread terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, +declares the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_33.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_33.md index 60f99d2f..bbee39a9 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_33.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_33.md @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Ezekiel Is Israel's Watchman 7. "So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8. If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. -9. But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.Why Will You Die, Israel? +9. But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul. +Why Will You Die, Israel? 10. "And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: 'Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?' 11. Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel? @@ -24,7 +25,9 @@ Ezekiel Is Israel's Watchman 17. "Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just,' when it is their own way that is not just. 18. When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it. 19. And when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by this. -20. Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways."Jerusalem Struck Down +20. Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways." +Jerusalem Struck Down + 21. In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been struck down." 22. Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in the morning, so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute. @@ -43,3 +46,4 @@ Ezekiel Is Israel's Watchman 33. When this comes--and come it will!--then they will know that a prophet has been among them." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_34.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_34.md index bd816329..e524a194 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_34.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_34.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Prophecy Against the Shepherds of Israel 7. "Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: 8. As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep, 9. therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: -10. Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.The Lord God Will Seek Them Out +10. Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them. +The Lord God Will Seek Them Out + 11. "For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. 12. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ Prophecy Against the Shepherds of Israel 31. And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_35.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_35.md index cdb9563e..3c211910 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_35.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_35.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ Prophecy Against Mount Seir 15. As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_36.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_36.md index f66f8343..953cb764 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_36.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_36.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel 18. So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it. 19. I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them. 20. But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they had to go out of his land.' -21. But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.I Will Put My Spirit Within You +21. But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came. +I Will Put My Spirit Within You + 22. "Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23. And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. @@ -46,3 +48,4 @@ Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel 38. Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_37.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_37.md index bc1bbfbe..cc2559b0 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_37.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_37.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The Valley of Dry Bones 11. Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.' 12. Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13. And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. -14. And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD."I Will Be Their God; They Shall Be My People +14. And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD." +I Will Be Their God; They Shall Be My People + 15. The word of the LORD came to me: 16. "Son of man, take a stick and write on it, 'For Judah, and the people of Israel associated with him'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.' @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ The Valley of Dry Bones 28. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_38.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_38.md index bfbf9037..042fd2fe 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_38.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_38.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ Prophecy Against Gog 23. So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_39.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_39.md index 88df4844..53fa2ef7 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_39.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_39.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ 29. And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_40.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_40.md index b5de1e8b..8aad1f07 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_40.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_40.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Vision of the New Temple 1. In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me to the city. 2. In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south. 3. When he brought me there, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway. -4. And the man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel."The East Gate to the Outer Court +4. And the man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel." +The East Gate to the Outer Court + 5. And behold, there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man's hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed. 6. Then he went into the gateway facing east, going up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed deep. @@ -17,21 +19,29 @@ Vision of the New Temple 13. Then he measured the gate from the ceiling of the one side room to the ceiling of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; the openings faced each other. 14. He measured also the vestibule, sixty cubits. And around the vestibule of the gateway was the court. 15. From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits. -16. And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were palm trees.The Outer Court +16. And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were palm trees. +The Outer Court + 17. Then he brought me into the outer court. And behold, there were chambers and a pavement, all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement. 18. And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. -19. Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.The North Gate +19. Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side. +The North Gate + 20. As for the gate that faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court, he measured its length and its breadth. 21. Its side rooms, three on either side, and its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as those of the first gate. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 22. And its windows, its vestibule, and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. And by seven steps people would go up to it, and find its vestibule before them. -23. And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.The South Gate +23. And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits. +The South Gate + 24. And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south. And he measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others. 25. Both it and its vestibule had windows all around, like the windows of the others. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 26. And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was before them, and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side. -27. And there was a gate on the south of the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.The Inner Court +27. And there was a gate on the south of the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits. +The Inner Court + 28. Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate. It was of the same size as the others. 29. Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. @@ -51,14 +61,19 @@ Vision of the New Temple 40. And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables. 41. Four tables were on either side of the gate, eight tables, on which to slaughter. 42. And there were four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered. -43. And hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.Chambers for the Priests +43. And hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid. +Chambers for the Priests + 44. On the outside of the inner gateway there were two chambers in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south gate facing north. 45. And he said to me, "This chamber that faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple, 46. and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who alone among the sons of Levi may come near to the LORD to minister to him." -47. And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple.The Vestibule of the Temple +47. And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple. +The Vestibule of the Temple + 48. Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the jambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side. And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate were three cubits on either side. 49. The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps. And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_41.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_41.md index d04283df..c27ee117 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_41.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_41.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ The inside of the nave and the vestibules of the court, 26. And there were narrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, the side chambers of the temple, and the canopies. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_42.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_42.md index 71c39b35..2fb18e58 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_42.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_42.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ The Temple's Chambers 20. He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, 500 cubits long and 500 cubits broad, to make a separation between the holy and the common. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_43.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_43.md index 61b089cc..658d9a2c 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_43.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_43.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ The Glory of the LORD Fills the Temple 10. "As for you, son of man, describe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan. 11. And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down in their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and all its statutes and carry them out. -12. This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.The Altar +12. This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple. +The Altar + 13. "These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar: 14. from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ The Glory of the LORD Fills the Temple 27. And when they have completed these days, then from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, and I will accept you, declares the Lord God." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_44.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_44.md index deff1969..275763a4 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_44.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_44.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The Gate for the Prince 11. They shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple and ministering in the temple. They shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before the people, to minister to them. 12. Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment. 13. They shall not come near to me, to serve me as priest, nor come near any of my holy things and the things that are most holy, but they shall bear their shame and the abominations that they have committed. -14. Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, to do all its service and all that is to be done in it.Rules for Levitical Priests +14. Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, to do all its service and all that is to be done in it. +Rules for Levitical Priests + 15. "But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me. And they shall stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the Lord God. 16. They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge. @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ The Gate for the Prince 31. The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or beast, that has died of itself or is torn by wild animals. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_45.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_45.md index 06247772..a7d6b7f0 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_45.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_45.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Holy District 4. It shall be the holy portion of the land. It shall be for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and approach the LORD to minister to him, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. 5. Another section, 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits broad, shall be for the Levites who minister at the temple, as their possession for cities to live in. -6. "Alongside the portion set apart as the holy district you shall assign for the property of the city an area 5,000 cubits broad and 25,000 cubits long. It shall belong to the whole house of Israel.The Portion for the Prince +6. "Alongside the portion set apart as the holy district you shall assign for the property of the city an area 5,000 cubits broad and 25,000 cubits long. It shall belong to the whole house of Israel. +The Portion for the Prince + 7. "And to the prince shall belong the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city, alongside the holy district and the property of the city, on the west and on the east, corresponding in length to one of the tribal portions, and extending from the western to the eastern boundary 8. of the land. It is to be his property in Israel. And my princes shall no more oppress my people, but they shall let the house of Israel have the land according to their tribes. @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ The Holy District 25. In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month and for the seven days of the feast, he shall make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, and grain offerings, and for the oil. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_46.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_46.md index 756c12ed..18b30757 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_46.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_46.md @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ The Prince and the Feasts 16. "Thus says the Lord God: If the prince makes a gift to any of his sons as his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons. It is their property by inheritance. 17. But if he makes a gift out of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty. Then it shall revert to the prince; surely it is his inheritance--it shall belong to his sons. -18. The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, thrusting them out of their property. He shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be scattered from his property."Boiling Places for Offerings +18. The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, thrusting them out of their property. He shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be scattered from his property." +Boiling Places for Offerings + 19. Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, to the north row of the holy chambers for the priests, and behold, a place was there at the extreme western end of them. 20. And he said to me, "This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, in order not to bring them out into the outer court and so transmit holiness to the people." @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ The Prince and the Feasts 24. Then he said to me, "These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people." + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_47.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_47.md index c842b1d4..cc7098d6 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_47.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_47.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 9. And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 10. Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea. 11. But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt. -12. And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing."Division of the Land +12. And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing." +Division of the Land + 13. Thus says the Lord God: "This is the boundary by which you shall divide the land for inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions. 14. And you shall divide equally what I swore to give to your fathers. This land shall fall to you as your inheritance. @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 23. In whatever tribe the sojourner resides, there you shall assign him his inheritance, declares the Lord God. + diff --git a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_48.md b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_48.md index 15cd2992..996a56d4 100644 --- a/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_48.md +++ b/ESV/26_Ezekiel/Chapter_48.md @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ 26. Adjoining the territory of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun, one portion. 27. Adjoining the territory of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad, one portion. 28. And adjoining the territory of Gad to the south, the boundary shall run from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-kadesh, from there along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. -29. This is the land that you shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the Lord God.The Gates of the City +29. This is the land that you shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the Lord God. +The Gates of the City + 30. "These shall be the exits of the city: On the north side, which is to be 4,500 cubits by measure, 31. three gates, the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi, the gates of the city being named after the tribes of Israel. @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ 35. The circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The LORD Is There." + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_01.md index 4501ce75..a67a5808 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ " { + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_02.md index de9b513a..45499e01 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_02.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Nebuchadnezzar's Dream 13. So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them. 14. Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon. 15. He declared to Arioch, the king's captain, "Why is the decree of the king so urgent?" Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel. -16. And Daniel went in and requested the king to appoint him a time, that he might show the interpretation to the king.God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar's Dream +16. And Daniel went in and requested the king to appoint him a time, that he might show the interpretation to the king.God Reveals +Nebuchadnezzar's Dream + 17. Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, 18. and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. @@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ for you have given me wisdom and might, 27. Daniel answered the king and said, "No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked, 28. but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these: 29. To you, O king, as you lay in bed came thoughts of what would be after this, and he who reveals mysteries made known to you what is to be. -30. But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind.Daniel Interprets the Dream +30. But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind. +Daniel Interprets the Dream + 31. "You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening. 32. The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze, @@ -65,7 +69,9 @@ for you have given me wisdom and might, 42. And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle. 43. As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44. And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever, -45. just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure."Daniel Is Promoted +45. just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure." +Daniel Is Promoted + 46. Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face and paid homage to Daniel, and commanded that an offering and incense be offered up to him. 47. The king answered and said to Daniel, "Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery." @@ -73,3 +79,4 @@ for you have given me wisdom and might, 49. Daniel made a request of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained at the king's court. + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_03.md index 05438329..907f17ab 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_03.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Nebuchadnezzar's Golden Image 4. And the herald proclaimed aloud, "You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, 5. that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6. And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace." -7. Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.The Fiery Furnace +7. Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. +The Fiery Furnace + 8. Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and maliciously accused the Jews. 9. They declared to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever! @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ Nebuchadnezzar's Golden Image 30. Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon. + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_04.md index 546d13b1..e14719b6 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_04.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Nebuchadnezzar Praises God 3. How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, - and his dominion endures from generation to generation.Nebuchadnezzar's Second Dream + and his dominion endures from generation to generation. +Nebuchadnezzar's Second Dream + 4. I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace. 5. I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me. @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 15. But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, amid the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of heaven. Let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth. 16. Let his mind be changed from a man's, and let a beast's mind be given to him; and let seven periods of time pass over him. 17. The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.' -18. This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, O Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation, but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you."Daniel Interprets the Second Dream +18. This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, O Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation, but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you." +Daniel Interprets the Second Dream + 19. Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was dismayed for a while, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered and said, "Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you." Belteshazzar answered and said, "My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your enemies! 20. The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth, @@ -34,14 +38,18 @@ His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 24. this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king, 25. that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will. 26. And as it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be confirmed for you from the time that you know that Heaven rules. -27. Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity."Nebuchadnezzar's Humiliation +27. Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity." +Nebuchadnezzar's Humiliation + 28. All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. 29. At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, 30. and the king answered and said, "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?" 31. While the words were still in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, "O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you, 32. and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will." -33. Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles' feathers, and his nails were like birds' claws.Nebuchadnezzar Restored +33. Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles' feathers, and his nails were like birds' claws. +Nebuchadnezzar Restored + 34. At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, @@ -57,3 +65,4 @@ and none can stay his hand 37. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble. + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_05.md index ecd57fc3..92265a8b 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_05.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ The Handwriting on the Wall 10. The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, "O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change. 11. There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father--your father the king--made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers, -12. because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation."Daniel Interprets the Handwriting +12. because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation." +Daniel Interprets the Handwriting + 13. Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, "You are that Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah. 14. I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. @@ -42,3 +44,4 @@ The Handwriting on the Wall 31. And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_06.md index b09f34db..0af15fba 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_06.md @@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ he who has saved Daniel 28. So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian. + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_07.md index e80b32f6..5ca66300 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_07.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts 5. And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, 'Arise, devour much flesh.' 6. After this I looked, and behold, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back. And the beast had four heads, and dominion was given to it. 7. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. -8. I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.The Ancient of Days Reigns +8. I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things. +The Ancient of Days Reigns + 9. "As I looked, thrones were placed, @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened. 11. "I looked then because of the sound of the great words that the horn was speaking. And as I looked, the beast was killed, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire. -12. As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.The Son of Man Is Given Dominion +12. As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time. +The Son of Man Is Given Dominion + 13. "I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven @@ -41,7 +45,10 @@ that all peoples, nations, and languages his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one - that shall not be destroyed.Daniel's Vision Interpreted + +that shall not be destroyed. +Daniel's Vision Interpreted + 15. "As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me. 16. I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things. @@ -76,7 +83,8 @@ and they shall be given into his hand to be consumed and destroyed to the end. 27. And the kingdom and the dominion - and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven + +and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.' @@ -84,3 +92,4 @@ his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, 28. "Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly alarmed me, and my color changed, but I kept the matter in my heart." + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_08.md index 0dde8ffa..e5ec8f9e 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_08.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Daniel's Vision of the Ram and the Goat 11. It became great, even as great as the Prince of the host. And the regular burnt offering was taken away from him, and the place of his sanctuary was overthrown. 12. And a host will be given over to it together with the regular burnt offering because of transgression, and it will throw truth to the ground, and it will act and prosper. 13. Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one who spoke, "For how long is the vision concerning the regular burnt offering, the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and host to be trampled underfoot?" -14. And he said to me, "For 2,300 evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state."The Interpretation of the Vision +14. And he said to me, "For 2,300 evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state." +The Interpretation of the Vision + 15. When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man. 16. And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, and it called, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision." @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ Daniel's Vision of the Ram and the Goat 27. And I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days. Then I rose and went about the king's business, but I was appalled by the vision and did not understand it. + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_09.md index 8642e101..2db6cd8c 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_09.md @@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ Daniel's Prayer for His People 16. "O Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a byword among all who are around us. 17. Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18. O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. -19. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name."Gabriel Brings an Answer +19. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name." +Gabriel Brings an Answer + 20. While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the LORD my God for the holy hill of my God, 21. while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice. 22. He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, "O Daniel, I have now come out to give you insight and understanding. -23. At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.The Seventy Weeks +23. At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision. +The Seventy Weeks + 24. "Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place. 25. Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. And for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time. @@ -34,3 +38,4 @@ Daniel's Prayer for His People 27. And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator." + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_10.md index 8ddb51f6..1fda3bd2 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_10.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Daniel's Terrifying Vision of a Man 21. But I will tell you what is inscribed in the book of truth: there is none who contends by my side against these except Michael, your prince. + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_11.md index 9b35528e..a3533512 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_11.md @@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ The Kings of the South and the North 45. And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, with none to help him. + diff --git a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_12.md index e56fe2fe..bfe00bcf 100644 --- a/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/27_Daniel/Chapter_12.md @@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ The Time of the End 13. But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days." + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_01.md index 31d97f58..dd6041ee 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 1 -1. The word of the LORD that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.Hosea's Wife and Children +1. The word of the LORD that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. +Hosea's Wife and Children + 2. When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, "Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD." 3. So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. @@ -17,3 +19,4 @@ 11. And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel. + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_02.md index cc4fa19d..f78f9220 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_02.md @@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall devour them. 13. And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals - when she burned offerings to them + +when she burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, - and went after her lovers + +and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares the LORD.The LORD's Mercy on Israel 14. "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, @@ -97,3 +99,4 @@ And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and he shall say, 'You are my God.'" + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_03.md index 150403db..c13dac68 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_03.md @@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ Hosea Redeems His Wife 5. Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days. + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_04.md index 4672ae42..b521d8f5 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_04.md @@ -37,13 +37,16 @@ And since you have forgotten the law of your God, they are greedy for their iniquity. 9. And it shall be like people, like priest; - I will punish them for their ways + +I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds. 10. They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply, because they have forsaken the LORD - to cherish + +to cherish + 11. whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding. @@ -86,3 +89,4 @@ can the LORD now feed them and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_05.md index dca2d891..8f588047 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_05.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ but they will not find him; 7. They have dealt faithlessly with the LORD; for they have borne alien children. - Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields. +Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields. 8. Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. @@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ I, even I, will tear and go away; and in their distress earnestly seek me. + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_06.md index 7f949d7d..0f6419ee 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_06.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ they murder on the way to Shechem; When I restore the fortunes of my people, + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_07.md index 878998ef..605e77d0 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_07.md @@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ Now their deeds surround them; and the princes by their treachery. 4. They are all adulterers; - they are like a heated oven + +they are like a heated oven whose baker ceases to stir the fire, - from the kneading of the dough + +from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. 5. On the day of our king, the princes @@ -73,3 +75,4 @@ their princes shall fall by the sword This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_08.md index 7d52dc82..adb25653 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_08.md @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ because they have transgressed my covenant the enemy shall pursue him. 4. They made kings, but not through me. - They set up princes, but I knew it not. +They set up princes, but I knew it not. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction. 5. I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. - My anger burns against them. +My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? 6. For it is from Israel; @@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ if it were to yield, strangers would devour it. 8. Israel is swallowed up; - already they are among the nations + +already they are among the nations as a useless vessel. 9. For they have gone up to Assyria, @@ -67,3 +68,4 @@ and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; and it shall devour her strongholds. + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_09.md index f36a0a5c..41afe906 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_09.md @@ -90,3 +90,4 @@ Even though they give birth, they shall be wanderers among the nations. + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_10.md index 2b1da3dc..bbbed731 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_10.md @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ and they shall say to the mountains, "Cover us," 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 + +and nations shall be gathered against them when they are bound up for their double iniquity. 11. Ephraim was a trained calf @@ -80,3 +81,4 @@ At dawn the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off. + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_11.md index 8fa31a8d..5aca8321 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_11.md @@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One. + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_12.md index 848ec5dd..779746e3 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_12.md @@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds. + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_13.md index 5f9b0e53..b0c60671 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_13.md @@ -77,3 +77,4 @@ they shall fall by the sword; and their pregnant women ripped open. + diff --git a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_14.md index d22096b7..492f47c8 100644 --- a/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/28_Hosea/Chapter_14.md @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ A Plea to Return to the LORD say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, - and we will pay with bulls + +and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips. 3. Assyria shall not save us; @@ -47,3 +48,4 @@ for the ways of the LORD are right, but transgressors stumble in them. + diff --git a/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_01.md index acadcf10..d64d71ee 100644 --- a/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 1 -1. The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:An Invasion of Locusts +1. The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: +An Invasion of Locusts + 2. Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land! @@ -56,7 +58,10 @@ for the wheat and the barley, Pomegranate, palm, and apple, all the trees of the field are dried up, and gladness dries up - from the children of man.A Call to Repentance + +from the children of man. +A Call to Repentance + 13. Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. @@ -87,7 +92,8 @@ the granaries are torn down because the grain has dried up. 18. How the beasts groan! - The herds of cattle are perplexed + +The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer. @@ -103,3 +109,4 @@ and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. + diff --git a/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_02.md index 385d5ec7..c6b356e1 100644 --- a/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_02.md @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, - nor will be again after them + +nor will be again after them through the years of all generations. 3. Fire devours before them, @@ -158,3 +159,4 @@ your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, 32. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls. + diff --git a/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_03.md index 7edc8ad4..929e8ac5 100644 --- a/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/29_Joel/Chapter_03.md @@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ For the day of the LORD is near and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth quake. But the LORD is a refuge to his people, - a stronghold to the people of Israel.The Glorious Future of Judah + +a stronghold to the people of Israel. +The Glorious Future of Judah + 17. "So you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain. @@ -78,3 +81,4 @@ for the violence done to the people of Judah, for the LORD dwells in Zion." + diff --git a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_01.md index e06b699a..f3865ce8 100644 --- a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 1 -1. The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.Judgment on Israel's Neighbors +1. The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. +Judgment on Israel's Neighbors + 2. And he said: "The LORD roars from Zion @@ -73,3 +75,4 @@ with shouting on the day of battle, says the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_02.md index 33350a53..920613af 100644 --- a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_02.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ and Moab shall die amid uproar, 3. I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him," -says the LORD.Judgment on Judah +says the LORD. +Judgment on Judah + 4. Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Judah, @@ -23,7 +25,10 @@ but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked. 5. So I will send a fire upon Judah, - and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."Judgment on Israel + +and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem." +Judgment on Israel + 6. Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, @@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ I destroyed his fruit above 11. And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. - Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?" +Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?" declares the LORD. 12. "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, @@ -76,3 +81,4 @@ declares the LORD. declares the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_03.md index 5e1ff793..85db8882 100644 --- a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_03.md @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, 12. Thus says the LORD: "As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed. 13. "Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob," - declares the Lord God, the God of hosts, + +declares the Lord God, the God of hosts, 14. "that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, @@ -65,3 +66,4 @@ and the great houses shall come to an end," declares the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_04.md index c9ce2d2b..76e9643b 100644 --- a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_04.md @@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ who makes the morning darkness, the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name! + diff --git a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_05.md index 83b093d2..e0c2ed31 100644 --- a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_05.md @@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ Seek the LORD and Live forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up." -3. For thus says the Lord God: +3. For thus +says the Lord God: "The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out a hundred - shall have ten left + +shall have ten left to the house of Israel." 4. For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: @@ -32,7 +34,8 @@ for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and cast down righteousness to the earth! 8. He who made the Pleiades and Orion, - and turns deep darkness into the morning + +and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, @@ -77,7 +80,9 @@ They shall call the farmers to mourning 17. and in all vineyards there shall be wailing, for I will pass through your midst," -says the LORD.Let Justice Roll Down +says the LORD. +Let Justice Roll Down + 18. Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why would you have the day of the LORD? @@ -110,3 +115,4 @@ and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, 27. and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts. + diff --git a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_06.md index 72237bce..c54475bf 100644 --- a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_06.md @@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ But you have turned justice into poison to the Brook of the Arabah." + diff --git a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_07.md index c2d5eaaa..613482ca 100644 --- a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_07.md @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Warning Visions 9. the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, - and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."Amos Accused + and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword." +Amos Accused + 10. Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. 11. For thus Amos has said, @@ -52,3 +54,4 @@ you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.'" + diff --git a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_08.md index 817a826b..0e299ec9 100644 --- a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_08.md @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances, 6. that we may buy the poor for silver - and the needy for a pair of sandals + +and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat?" 7. The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: @@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?" -9. "And on that day," declares the Lord God, +9. "And on that day," +declares the Lord God, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. @@ -45,7 +47,8 @@ I will bring sackcloth on every waist I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day. -11. "Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord God, +11. "Behold, the days are coming," +declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land-- not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. @@ -64,3 +67,4 @@ and, 'As the Way of Beersheba lives,' they shall fall, and never rise again." + diff --git a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_09.md index 929f01bf..167762e4 100644 --- a/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/30_Amos/Chapter_09.md @@ -51,12 +51,16 @@ as one shakes with a sieve, but no pebble shall fall to the earth. 10. All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, - who say, 'Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.'The Restoration of Israel + who say, 'Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.' +The Restoration of Israel + 11. "In that day I will raise up - the booth of David that is fallen + +the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, - and raise up its ruins + +and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old, 12. that they may possess the remnant of Edom @@ -80,3 +84,4 @@ they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, says the LORD your God. + diff --git a/ESV/31_Obadiah/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/31_Obadiah/Chapter_01.md index ecdb610e..cbd517f2 100644 --- a/ESV/31_Obadiah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/31_Obadiah/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -1. The vision of Obadiah.Edom Will Be Humbled +1. The vision of Obadiah. +Edom Will Be Humbled Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the LORD, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: @@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ they have prevailed against you; and understanding out of Mount Esau? 9. And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, - so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.Edom's Violence Against Jacob + so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter. +Edom's Violence Against Jacob + 10. Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, @@ -68,7 +71,8 @@ do not loot his wealth 14. Do not stand at the crossroads to cut off his fugitives; do not hand over his survivors - in the day of distress.The Day of the LORD Is Near + +in the day of distress.The Day of the LORD Is Near 15. For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; @@ -105,3 +109,4 @@ and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad and the kingdom shall be the LORD's. + diff --git a/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_01.md index 0ca046e3..8142b8db 100644 --- a/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_01.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Jonah Flees the Presence of the LORD 4. But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. 5. Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. -6. So the captain came and said to him, "What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish."Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea +6. So the captain came and said to him, "What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish." +Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea + 7. And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. 8. Then they said to him, "Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?" @@ -19,8 +21,11 @@ Jonah Flees the Presence of the LORD 13. Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them. 14. Therefore they called out to the LORD, "O LORD, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you, O LORD, have done as it pleased you." 15. So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. -16. Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows.A Great Fish Swallows Jonah +16. Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows. +A Great Fish Swallows Jonah + 17. And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. + diff --git a/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_02.md index cdd8532b..5525016a 100644 --- a/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_02.md @@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ what I have vowed I will pay. 10. And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. + diff --git a/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_03.md index a2d48f1f..5750cb7e 100644 --- a/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_03.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Jonah Goes to Nineveh 2. "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you." 3. So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth. 4. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" -5. And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.The People of Nineveh Repent +5. And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. +The People of Nineveh Repent + 6. The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7. And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, @@ -15,3 +17,4 @@ Jonah Goes to Nineveh 10. When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. + diff --git a/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_04.md index 9298f9f8..5a54880e 100644 --- a/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/32_Jonah/Chapter_04.md @@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ Jonah's Anger and the LORD's Compassion 11. And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?" + diff --git a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_01.md index faa50855..0c00c284 100644 --- a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 1 -1. The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.The Coming Destruction +1. The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. +The Coming Destruction + 2. Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it, @@ -83,3 +85,4 @@ make yourselves as bald as the eagle, for they shall go from you into exile. + diff --git a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_02.md index 57378d91..48d300ec 100644 --- a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_02.md @@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ Their king passes on before them, the LORD at their head. + diff --git a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_03.md index 70c08994..ef9492f5 100644 --- a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_03.md @@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height. + diff --git a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_04.md index 5a924a9f..55b50e10 100644 --- a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_04.md @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ nation shall not lift up sword against nation, 5. For all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the LORD our God - forever and ever.The LORD Shall Rescue Zion + +forever and ever.The LORD Shall Rescue Zion 6. In that day, declares the LORD, I will assemble the lame @@ -80,3 +81,4 @@ you shall beat in pieces many peoples; their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth. + diff --git a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_05.md index a2a34fc4..fa98d52d 100644 --- a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_05.md @@ -33,17 +33,22 @@ then we will raise against him seven shepherds and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land - and treads within our border.A Remnant Shall Be Delivered + +and treads within our border. +A Remnant Shall Be Delivered + 7. Then the remnant of Jacob shall be - in the midst of many peoples + +in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man nor wait for the children of man. 8. And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, - in the midst of many peoples, + +in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, when it goes through, treads down @@ -74,3 +79,4 @@ and you shall bow down no more on the nations that did not obey. + diff --git a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_06.md index 914192e4..89e370f4 100644 --- a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_06.md @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, 8. He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, - and to walk humbly with your God?Destruction of the Wicked + and to walk humbly with your God? +Destruction of the Wicked + 9. The voice of the LORD cries to the city-- and it is sound wisdom to fear your name: @@ -71,3 +73,4 @@ that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of my people." + diff --git a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_07.md index 12fa2e72..1a9b00ba 100644 --- a/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/33_Micah/Chapter_07.md @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ He will bring me out to the light; and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look upon her; - now she will be trampled down + +now she will be trampled down like the mire of the streets. 11. A day for the building of your walls! @@ -85,10 +86,14 @@ they shall lay their hands on their mouths; like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds; they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God, - and they shall be in fear of you.God's Steadfast Love and Compassion + +and they shall be in fear of you. +God's Steadfast Love and Compassion + 18. Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity - and passing over transgression + +and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. @@ -104,3 +109,4 @@ as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. + diff --git a/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_01.md index 9348fa02..9f608dac 100644 --- a/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 1 -1. An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.God's Wrath Against Nineveh +1. An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh. +God's Wrath Against Nineveh + 2. The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and wrathful; @@ -70,3 +72,4 @@ for never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off. + diff --git a/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_02.md index 8d27e2fe..bf188a70 100644 --- a/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_02.md @@ -64,3 +64,4 @@ he filled his caves with prey 13. Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard. + diff --git a/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_03.md index 7d2d8f7f..d187aa8f 100644 --- a/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/34_Nahum/Chapter_03.md @@ -103,3 +103,4 @@ For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil? + diff --git a/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_01.md index 1e902811..0c53835a 100644 --- a/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 1 -1. The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.Habakkuk's Complaint +1. The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. +Habakkuk's Complaint + 2. O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? @@ -14,7 +16,8 @@ Destruction and violence are before me; 4. So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; - so justice goes forth perverted.The LORD's Answer + +so justice goes forth perverted.The LORD's Answer 5. "Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. @@ -45,7 +48,9 @@ They laugh at every fortress, for they pile up earth and take it. 11. Then they sweep by like the wind and go on, - guilty men, whose own might is their god!"Habakkuk's Second Complaint + guilty men, whose own might is their god!" +Habakkuk's Second Complaint + 12. Are you not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? @@ -76,3 +81,4 @@ for by them he lives in luxury, and mercilessly killing nations forever? + diff --git a/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_02.md index 66a141ef..ee053ed0 100644 --- a/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_02.md @@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ 1. I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, - and what I will answer concerning my complaint.The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith + +and what I will answer concerning my complaint. +The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith + 2. And the LORD answered me: "Write the vision; @@ -22,7 +25,10 @@ If it seems slow, wait for it; His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations - and collects as his own all peoples."Woe to the Chaldeans + +and collects as his own all peoples." +Woe to the Chaldeans + 6. Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say, "Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own-- @@ -91,3 +97,4 @@ Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, let all the earth keep silence before him." + diff --git a/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_03.md index 20971bfc..e59c0b34 100644 --- a/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/35_Habakkuk/Chapter_03.md @@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble - to come upon people who invade us.Habakkuk Rejoices in the LORD + +to come upon people who invade us.Habakkuk Rejoices in the LORD 17. Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, @@ -87,3 +88,4 @@ the flock be cut off from the fold To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. + diff --git a/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_01.md index 54a7849f..91a9c1a7 100644 --- a/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ # Chapter 1 -1. The word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.The Coming Judgment on Judah +1. The word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. +The Coming Judgment on Judah + 2. "I will utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth," declares the LORD. 3. "I will sweep away man and beast; - I will sweep away the birds of the heavens + +I will sweep away the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, and the rubble with the wicked. I will cut off mankind @@ -48,7 +51,8 @@ a wail from the Second Quarter, all who weigh out silver are cut off. 12. At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, - and I will punish the men + +and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, 'The LORD will not do good, @@ -83,7 +87,8 @@ their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung. 18. Neither their silver nor their gold - shall be able to deliver them + +shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; @@ -91,3 +96,4 @@ for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth. + diff --git a/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_02.md index 6acf4ff0..7b7974cc 100644 --- a/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_02.md @@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them." 10. This shall be their lot in return for their pride, - because they taunted and boasted + +because they taunted and boasted against the people of the LORD of hosts. 11. The LORD will be awesome against them; @@ -90,3 +91,4 @@ Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist. + diff --git a/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_03.md index 99c4441c..3921d7e7 100644 --- a/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/36_Zephaniah/Chapter_03.md @@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ For my decision is to gather nations, to pour out upon them my indignation, all my burning anger; for in the fire of my jealousy - all the earth shall be consumed.The Conversion of the Nations + all the earth shall be consumed. +The Conversion of the Nations + 9. "For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, @@ -73,7 +75,10 @@ they shall do no injustice nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall graze and lie down, - and none shall make them afraid."Israel's Joy and Restoration + +and none shall make them afraid." +Israel's Joy and Restoration + 14. Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! @@ -113,3 +118,4 @@ when I restore your fortunes before your eyes," says the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/37_Haggai/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/37_Haggai/Chapter_01.md index 0b889d3d..576f1e15 100644 --- a/ESV/37_Haggai/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/37_Haggai/Chapter_01.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ The Command to Rebuild the Temple 15. on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. + diff --git a/ESV/37_Haggai/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/37_Haggai/Chapter_02.md index 3f77e4da..87be5f2e 100644 --- a/ESV/37_Haggai/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/37_Haggai/Chapter_02.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The Coming Glory of the Temple 6. For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. 7. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. 8. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts. -9. The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.'"Blessings for a Defiled People +9. The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.'" +Blessings for a Defiled People + 10. On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, 11. "Thus says the LORD of hosts: Ask the priests about the law: @@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ The Coming Glory of the Temple 16. how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17. I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the LORD. 18. Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider: -19. Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you."Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet +19. Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you." +Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet + 20. The word of the LORD came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, 21. "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth, @@ -28,3 +32,4 @@ The Coming Glory of the Temple 23. On that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, the son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of hosts." + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_01.md index 46229ceb..0646c9a0 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_01.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ A Call to Return to the LORD 3. Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. 4. Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.' But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the LORD. 5. Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? -6. But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, 'As the LORD of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us.'"A Vision of a Horseman +6. But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, 'As the LORD of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us.'" +A Vision of a Horseman + 7. On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying, 8. "I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses. @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ A Call to Return to the LORD 14. So the angel who talked with me said to me, 'Cry out, Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion. 15. And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angry but a little, they furthered the disaster. 16. Therefore, thus says the LORD, I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it, declares the LORD of hosts, and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem. -17. Cry out again, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.'"A Vision of Horns and Craftsmen +17. Cry out again, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.'" +A Vision of Horns and Craftsmen + 18. And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns! 19. And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these?" And he said to me, "These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem." @@ -26,3 +30,4 @@ A Call to Return to the LORD 21. And I said, "What are these coming to do?" He said, "These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one raised his head. And these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it." + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_02.md index fdf73f18..ecc61bd3 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_02.md @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line 13. Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling. + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_03.md index b760dfc8..62196e2c 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_03.md @@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ A Vision of Joshua the High Priest 10. In that day, declares the LORD of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come under his vine and under his fig tree." + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_04.md index 4f411c92..1d42316c 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_04.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ A Vision of a Golden Lampstand 14. Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth." + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_05.md index 43890ac1..ccc1d19b 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_05.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ A Vision of a Flying Scroll 1. Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll! 2. And he said to me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits." 3. Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. -4. I will send it out, declares the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones."A Vision of a Woman in a Basket +4. I will send it out, declares the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones." +A Vision of a Woman in a Basket + 5. Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out." 6. And I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the basket that is going out." And he said, "This is their iniquity in all the land." @@ -16,3 +18,4 @@ A Vision of a Flying Scroll 11. He said to me, "To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base." + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_06.md index df15c094..84766f62 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_06.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ A Vision of Four Chariots 5. And the angel answered and said to me, "These are going out to the four winds of heaven, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. 6. The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward the south country." 7. When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go and patrol the earth. And he said, "Go, patrol the earth." So they patrolled the earth. -8. Then he cried to me, "Behold, those who go toward the north country have set my Spirit at rest in the north country."The Crown and the Temple +8. Then he cried to me, "Behold, those who go toward the north country have set my Spirit at rest in the north country." +The Crown and the Temple + 9. And the word of the LORD came to me: 10. "Take from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah. @@ -20,3 +22,4 @@ A Vision of Four Chariots 15. "And those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the LORD. And you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God." + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_07.md index 067b0e5f..ef6556a9 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_07.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ A Call for Justice and Mercy 14. "and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known. Thus the land they left was desolate, so that no one went to and fro, and the pleasant land was made desolate." + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_08.md index 59c931a7..42f11871 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_08.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ The Coming Peace and Prosperity of Zion 23. Thus says the LORD of hosts: In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, 'Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'" + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_09.md index 6503a616..7a2fc67b 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_09.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ it too shall be a remnant for our God; 8. Then I will encamp at my house as a guard, so that none shall march to and fro; no oppressor shall again march over them, - for now I see with my own eyes.The Coming King of Zion + for now I see with my own eyes. +The Coming King of Zion + 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! @@ -61,7 +63,8 @@ his rule shall be from sea to sea, I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, - and wield you like a warrior's sword.The LORD Will Save His People + +and wield you like a warrior's sword.The LORD Will Save His People 14. Then the LORD will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; @@ -84,3 +87,4 @@ for like the jewels of a crown and new wine the young women. + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_10.md index 43c67ab6..b2bf3b62 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_10.md @@ -64,3 +64,4 @@ The pride of Assyria shall be laid low, declares the LORD. + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_11.md index fd269e3c..a47723b2 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_11.md @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Let his arm be wholly withered, his right eye utterly blinded!" + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_12.md index c7bbccdb..f7df3aa5 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_12.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ The LORD Will Give Salvation 7. "And the LORD will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah. 8. On that day the LORD will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the LORD, going before them. -9. And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.Him Whom They Have Pierced +9. And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. +Him Whom They Have Pierced + 10. "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 11. On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. @@ -20,3 +22,4 @@ The LORD Will Give Salvation 14. and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves. + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_13.md index 47eec206..bbcce499 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_13.md @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ # Chapter 13 -1. "On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.Idolatry Cut Off +1. "On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness. +Idolatry Cut Off + 2. "And on that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness. 3. And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, 'You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the LORD.' And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies. 4. "On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive, 5. but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.' -6. And if one asks him, 'What are these wounds on your back?' he will say, 'The wounds I received in the house of my friends.'The Shepherd Struck +6. And if one asks him, 'What are these wounds on your back?' he will say, 'The wounds I received in the house of my friends.' +The Shepherd Struck + 7. "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me," @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'" + diff --git a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_14.md index cdf1ae01..8e1779ff 100644 --- a/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/38_Zechariah/Chapter_14.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ The Coming Day of the LORD 21. And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the LORD of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the LORD of hosts on that day. + diff --git a/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_01.md index 05514737..5bf6958a 100644 --- a/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ 2. "I have loved you," says the LORD. But you say, "How have you loved us?" "Is not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet I have loved Jacob 3. but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert." 4. If Edom says, "We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins," the LORD of hosts says, "They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called 'the wicked country,' and 'the people with whom the LORD is angry forever.'" -5. Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, "Great is the LORD beyond the border of Israel!"The Priests' Polluted Offerings +5. Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, "Great is the LORD beyond the border of Israel!" +The Priests' Polluted Offerings + 6. "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, 'How have we despised your name?' 7. By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, 'How have we polluted you?' By saying that the LORD's table may be despised. @@ -17,3 +19,4 @@ 14. Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations. + diff --git a/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_02.md index a8b58196..47a52eec 100644 --- a/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_02.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The LORD Rebukes the Priests 6. True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. 7. For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 8. But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts, -9. and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction."Judah Profaned the Covenant +9. and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but show partiality in your instruction." +Judah Profaned the Covenant + 10. Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11. Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. @@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ The LORD Rebukes the Priests 17. You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" By saying, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them." Or by asking, "Where is the God of justice?" + diff --git a/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_03.md index 431b6dc4..de1d22f6 100644 --- a/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_03.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ 3. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the LORD. 4. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years. -5. "Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.Robbing God +5. "Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts. +Robbing God + 6. "For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. 7. From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, 'How shall we return?' @@ -16,10 +18,13 @@ 13. "Your words have been hard against me, says the LORD. But you say, 'How have we spoken against you?' 14. You have said, 'It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts? -15. And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.'"The Book of Remembrance +15. And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.'" +The Book of Remembrance + 16. Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name. 17. "They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18. Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him. + diff --git a/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_04.md index 2a1c6220..d9ccd66e 100644 --- a/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/39_Malachi/Chapter_04.md @@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ The Great Day of the LORD 6. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction." + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_01.md index 7d7230bf..1915162e 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_01.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 15. and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16. and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. -17. So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.The Birth of Jesus Christ +17. So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations. +The Birth of Jesus Christ + 18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. @@ -36,3 +38,4 @@ And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 25. but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_02.md index e41ba1e7..06344ddc 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_02.md @@ -17,11 +17,15 @@ for from you shall come a ruler 9. After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. -12. And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.The Flight to Egypt +12. And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way. +The Flight to Egypt + 13. Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." 14. And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt -15. and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt I called my son."Herod Kills the Children +15. and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt I called my son." +Herod Kills the Children + 16. Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men. 17. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: @@ -29,7 +33,9 @@ for from you shall come a ruler 18. "A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; - she refused to be comforted, because they are no more."The Return to Nazareth + she refused to be comforted, because they are no more." +The Return to Nazareth + 19. But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20. saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead." @@ -38,3 +44,4 @@ Rachel weeping for her children; 23. And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_03.md index 674d0b6f..524eb9e9 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_03.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ John the Baptist Prepares the Way 10. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 11. "I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. -12. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."The Baptism of Jesus +12. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." +The Baptism of Jesus + 13. Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14. John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ John the Baptist Prepares the Way 17. and behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased." + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_04.md index d47f64eb..87cff906 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_04.md @@ -2,50 +2,89 @@ The Temptation of Jesus # Chapter 4 1. Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. -2. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. -3. And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." +2. And after fasting forty days +and forty nights, he was hungry. +3. And the tempter came +and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." 4. But he answered, *"It is written,* *"'Man shall not live by bread alone,* *but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"* -5. Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple -6. and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, +5. Then the devil took him to the holy city +and set him on the pinnacle of the temple +6. +and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, "'He will command his angels concerning you,' and "'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" 7. Jesus said to him, *"Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"* -8. Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. -9. And he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me." +8. Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain +and showed him all the kingdoms of the world +and their glory. +9. And he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down +and worship me." 10. Then Jesus said to him, *"Be gone, Satan! For it is written,* *"'You shall worship the Lord your God* - *and him only shall you serve.'"* + * +and him only shall you serve.'"* + +11. Then the devil left him, +and behold, angels came +and were ministering to him. +Jesus Begins His Ministry -11. Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.Jesus Begins His Ministry 12. Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. -13. And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, +13. And leaving Nazareth he went +and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun +and Naphtali, 14. so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: -15. "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, +15. "The land of Zebulun +and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-- 16. the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, -and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, +and for those dwelling in the region +and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned." -17. From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, *"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."*Jesus Calls the First Disciples - -18. While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. -19. And he said to them, *"Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."* -20. Immediately they left their nets and followed him. -21. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. -22. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds - -23. And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. -24. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them. -25. And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. +17. From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, *"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."* +Jesus Calls the First Disciples + + +18. While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) +and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. +19. And he said to them, *"Follow me, +and I will make you fishers of men."* +20. Immediately they left their nets +and followed him. +21. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee +and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, +and he called them. +22. Immediately they left the boat +and their father +and followed him. +Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds + + +23. And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues +and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom +and healing every disease +and every affliction among the people. +24. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, +and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases +and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, +and paralytics, +and he healed them. +25. And great crowds followed him from Galilee +and the Decapolis, +and from Jerusalem +and Judea, +and from beyond the Jordan. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_05.md index 0bf4a067..655fe0ae 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_05.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ The Sermon on the Mount # Chapter 5 -1. Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.The Beatitudes +1. Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. +The Beatitudes + 2. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: @@ -22,45 +24,61 @@ The Sermon on the Mount 10. "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11. "Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. -12. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.Salt and Light +12. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. +Salt and Light + 13. "You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. 14. "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. -16. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.Christ Came to Fulfill the Law +16. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. +Christ Came to Fulfill the Law + 17. "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. -20. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.Anger +20. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. +Anger + 21. "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.' 22. But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire. 23. So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24. leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25. Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. -26. Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.Lust +26. Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny. +Lust + 27. "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' 28. But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. -30. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.Divorce +30. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell. +Divorce + 31. "It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' -32. But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.Oaths +32. But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. +Oaths + 33. "Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' 34. But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35. or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. -37. Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.Retaliation +37. Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil. +Retaliation + 38. "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' 39. But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40. And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41. And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. -42. Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.Love Your Enemies +42. Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you. +Love Your Enemies + 43. "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44. But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, @@ -70,3 +88,4 @@ The Sermon on the Mount 48. You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_06.md index 8fa0d721..b84c60d3 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_06.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Giving to the Needy 2. "Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 3. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, -4. so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.The Lord's Prayer +4. so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. +The Lord's Prayer + 5. "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. @@ -29,11 +31,15 @@ Giving to the Needy *but deliver us from evil.* 14. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, -15. but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.Fasting +15. but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. +Fasting + 16. "And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, -18. that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.Lay Up Treasures in Heaven +18. that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. +Lay Up Treasures in Heaven + 19. "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20. but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. @@ -42,7 +48,9 @@ Giving to the Needy 22. "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23. but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! -24. "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.Do Not Be Anxious +24. "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. +Do Not Be Anxious + 25. "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26. Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? @@ -57,3 +65,4 @@ Giving to the Needy 34. "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_07.md index ad45fd3d..a5711e74 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_07.md @@ -7,36 +7,49 @@ Judging Others 4. Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? 5. You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. -6. "Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.Ask, and It Will Be Given +6. "Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. +Ask, and It Will Be Given + 7. "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10. Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? -11. If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!The Golden Rule +11. If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! +The Golden Rule + 12. "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. 13. "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. -14. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.A Tree and Its Fruit +14. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. +A Tree and Its Fruit + 15. "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17. So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. -20. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.I Never Knew You +20. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. +I Never Knew You + 21. "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' -23. And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'Build Your House on the Rock +23. And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' +Build Your House on the Rock + 24. "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. -27. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."The Authority of Jesus +27. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it." +The Authority of Jesus + 28. And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, 29. for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_08.md index 506f56c6..5bee3d28 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_08.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Jesus Cleanses a Leper 1. When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. 2. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean." 3. And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, *"I will; be clean."* And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. -4. And Jesus said to him, *"See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them."*The Faith of a Centurion +4. And Jesus said to him, *"See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them."* +The Faith of a Centurion + 5. When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, 6. "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly." @@ -14,24 +16,32 @@ Jesus Cleanses a Leper 10. When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, *"Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.* 11. I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 12. while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." -13. And to the centurion Jesus said, *"Go; let it be done for you as you have believed."* And the servant was healed at that very moment.Jesus Heals Many +13. And to the centurion Jesus said, *"Go; let it be done for you as you have believed."* And the servant was healed at that very moment. +Jesus Heals Many + 14. And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. 15. He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. 16. That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. -17. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took our illnesses and bore our diseases."The Cost of Following Jesus +17. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took our illnesses and bore our diseases." +The Cost of Following Jesus + 18. Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. 19. And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." 20. And Jesus said to him, *"Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."* 21. Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." -22. And Jesus said to him, *"Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."*Jesus Calms a Storm +22. And Jesus said to him, *"Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."* +Jesus Calms a Storm + 23. And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. 24. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. 25. And they went and woke him, saying, "Save us, Lord; we are perishing." 26. And he said to them, *"Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?"* Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. -27. And the men marveled, saying, "What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?"Jesus Heals Two Men with Demons +27. And the men marveled, saying, "What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?" +Jesus Heals Two Men with Demons + 28. And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. 29. And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" @@ -42,3 +52,4 @@ Jesus Cleanses a Leper 34. And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_09.md index 8fde9438..dad4dd59 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_09.md @@ -8,19 +8,26 @@ Jesus Heals a Paralytic 5. For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'? 6. But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--he then said to the paralytic--*"Rise, pick up your bed and go home."* 7. And he rose and went home. -8. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.Jesus Calls Matthew +8. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men. +Jesus Calls Matthew + 9. As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, *"Follow me."* And he rose and followed him. 10. And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 11. And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 12. But when he heard it, he said, *"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.* -13. Go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."A Question About Fasting +13. Go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." +A Question +About Fasting + 14. Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" 15. And Jesus said to them, *"Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.* 16. No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. -17. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed +17. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved." +A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed + 18. While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live." 19. And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples. @@ -30,17 +37,23 @@ Jesus Heals a Paralytic 23. And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, 24. he said, *"Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping."* And they laughed at him. 25. But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. -26. And the report of this went through all that district.Jesus Heals Two Blind Men +26. And the report of this went through all that district. +Jesus Heals Two Blind Men + 27. And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David." 28. When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, *"Do you believe that I am able to do this?"* They said to him, "Yes, Lord." 29. Then he touched their eyes, saying, *"According to your faith let it be done to you."* 30. And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, *"See that no one knows about it."* -31. But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.Jesus Heals a Man Unable to Speak +31. But they went away and spread his fame through all that district. +Jesus Heals a Man Unable to Speak + 32. As they were going away, behold, a demon-oppressed man who was mute was brought to him. 33. And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, "Never was anything like this seen in Israel." -34. But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."The Harvest Is Plentiful, the Laborers Few +34. But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons." +The Harvest Is Plentiful, the Laborers Few + 35. And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. @@ -48,3 +61,4 @@ Jesus Heals a Paralytic 38. therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_10.md index f0d61f0c..6f8c8f2f 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_10.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Twelve Apostles 1. And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. 2. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3. Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; -4. Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles +4. Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. +Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles + 5. These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, *"Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans,* 6. but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. @@ -16,7 +18,9 @@ The Twelve Apostles 12. As you enter the house, greet it. 13. And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14. And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. -15. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.Persecution Will Come +15. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. +Persecution Will Come + 16. "Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17. Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, @@ -28,7 +32,9 @@ The Twelve Apostles 23. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24. "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. -25. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.Have No Fear +25. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. +Have No Fear + 26. "So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27. What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. @@ -37,17 +43,22 @@ The Twelve Apostles 30. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 32. So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, -33. but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.Not Peace, but a Sword +33. but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. +Not Peace, but a Sword + 34. "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. 37. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38. And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. -39. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.Rewards +39. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. +Rewards + 40. "Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. 41. The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. 42. And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward." + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_11.md index e3e356c9..a7b8cd35 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_11.md @@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ Messengers from John the Baptist *we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'* 18. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' -19. The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."Woe to Unrepentant Cities +19. The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds." +Woe to Unrepentant Cities + 20. Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. 21. "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22. But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 23. And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. -24. But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you."Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest +24. But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you." +Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest + 25. At that time Jesus declared, *"I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;* 26. yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. @@ -44,3 +48,4 @@ Messengers from John the Baptist 30. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_12.md index a6e24598..fdeaf889 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_12.md @@ -8,14 +8,18 @@ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 5. Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6. I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. 7. And if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless. -8. For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."A Man with a Withered Hand +8. For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath." +A Man with a Withered Hand + 9. He went on from there and entered their synagogue. 10. And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"--so that they might accuse him. 11. He said to them, *"Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?* 12. Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." 13. Then he said to the man, *"Stretch out your hand."* And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other. -14. But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.God's Chosen Servant +14. But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him. +God's Chosen Servant + 15. Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all 16. and ordered them not to make him known. @@ -33,7 +37,9 @@ I will put my Spirit upon him, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory; -21. and in his name the Gentiles will hope."Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit +21. and in his name the Gentiles will hope." +Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit + 22. Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. 23. And all the people were amazed, and said, "Can this be the Son of David?" @@ -45,23 +51,31 @@ until he brings justice to victory; 29. Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. 30. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31. Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. -32. And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit +32. And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. +A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit + 33. "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. 34. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, -37. for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."The Sign of Jonah +37. for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." +The Sign of Jonah + 38. Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you." 39. But he answered them, *"An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.* 40. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41. The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. -42. The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.Return of an Unclean Spirit +42. The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. +Return of an Unclean Spirit + 43. "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. 44. Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. -45. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation."Jesus' Mother and Brothers +45. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation." +Jesus' Mother and Brothers + 46. While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. 48. But he replied to the man who told him, *"Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"* @@ -69,3 +83,4 @@ until he brings justice to victory; 50. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother." + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_13.md index ab17760a..84118bf8 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_13.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The Parable of the Sower 6. but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. 7. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8. Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. -9. He who has ears, let him hear."The Purpose of the Parables +9. He who has ears, let him hear." +The Purpose of the Parables + 10. Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" 11. And he answered them, *"To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.* @@ -22,20 +24,26 @@ The Parable of the Sower 15. For this people's heart has grown dull, *and with their ears they can barely hear,* *and their eyes they have closed,* -*lest they should see with their eyes* - *and hear with their ears* +* +lest they should see with their eyes* + * +and hear with their ears* *and understand with their heart* *and turn, and I would heal them.'* 16. But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. -17. For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.The Parable of the Sower Explained +17. For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. +The Parable of the Sower Explained + 18. "Hear then the parable of the sower: 19. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. 20. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21. yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. 22. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. -23. As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."The Parable of the Weeds +23. As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." +The Parable of the Weeds + 24. He put another parable before them, saying, *"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,* 25. but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. @@ -43,17 +51,23 @@ The Parable of the Sower 27. And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?' 28. He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?' 29. But he said, 'No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. -30. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn."'"The Mustard Seed and the Leaven +30. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn."'" +The Mustard Seed and the Leaven + 31. He put another parable before them, saying, *"The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.* 32. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." -33. He told them another parable. *"The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened."*Prophecy and Parables +33. He told them another parable. *"The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened."* +Prophecy and Parables + 34. All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables; - I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world."The Parable of the Weeds Explained + I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world." +The Parable of the Weeds Explained + 36. Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field." 37. He answered, *"The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.* @@ -62,20 +76,30 @@ The Parable of the Sower 40. Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. 41. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, 42. and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -43. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.The Parable of the Hidden Treasure +43. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. +The Parable of the Hidden Treasure + + +44. "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. +The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value -44. "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value 45. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, -46. who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.The Parable of the Net +46. who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. +The Parable of the Net + 47. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind. 48. When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad. 49. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous -50. and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.New and Old Treasures +50. and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. +New and Old Treasures + 51. "Have you understood all these things?" They said to him, "Yes." -52. And he said to them, *"Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."*Jesus Rejected at Nazareth +52. And he said to them, *"Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."* +Jesus Rejected at Nazareth + 53. And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there, 54. and coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? @@ -85,3 +109,4 @@ The Parable of the Sower 58. And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_14.md index 43c5abb0..a8f000cb 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_14.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Death of John the Baptist 9. And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given. 10. He sent and had John beheaded in the prison, 11. and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. -12. And his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and they went and told Jesus.Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand +12. And his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and they went and told Jesus. +Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand + 13. Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14. When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. @@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ The Death of John the Baptist 18. And he said, *"Bring them here to me."* 19. Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 20. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. -21. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.Jesus Walks on the Water +21. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. +Jesus Walks on the Water + 22. Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, @@ -36,10 +40,13 @@ The Death of John the Baptist 30. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." 31. Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, *"O you of little faith, why did you doubt?"* 32. And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. -33. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret +33. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." +Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret + 34. And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. 35. And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent around to all that region and brought to him all who were sick 36. and implored him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_15.md index 3d67e8b9..c0080034 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_15.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Traditions and Commandments *but their heart is far from me;* 9. in vain do they worship me, - *teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"*What Defiles a Person + *teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"* +What Defiles a Person + 10. And he called the people to him and said to them, *"Hear and understand:* 11. it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person." @@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ Traditions and Commandments 17. Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? 18. But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. -20. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone."The Faith of a Canaanite Woman +20. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone." +The Faith of a Canaanite Woman + 21. And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon." @@ -34,11 +38,15 @@ Traditions and Commandments 25. But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." 26. And he answered, *"It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."* 27. She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." -28. Then Jesus answered her, *"O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you desire."* And her daughter was healed instantly.Jesus Heals Many +28. Then Jesus answered her, *"O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you desire."* And her daughter was healed instantly. +Jesus Heals Many + 29. Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there. 30. And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, -31. so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand +31. so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel. +Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand + 32. Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, *"I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way."* 33. And the disciples said to him, "Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?" @@ -50,3 +58,4 @@ Traditions and Commandments 39. And after sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_16.md index 0056e4a5..35993bd5 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_16.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs 1. And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2. He answered them, *"When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'* 3. And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. -4. An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed.The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees +4. An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed. +The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees + 5. When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6. Jesus said to them, *"Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."* @@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs 9. Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 10. Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 11. How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." -12. Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ +12. Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. +Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ + 13. Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, *"Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"* 14. And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." @@ -22,11 +26,15 @@ The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs 17. And Jesus answered him, *"Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.* 18. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." -20. Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection +20. Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ. +Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection + 21. From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 22. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you." -23. But he turned and said to Peter, *"Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."*Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus +23. But he turned and said to Peter, *"Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."* +Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus + 24. Then Jesus told his disciples, *"If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.* 25. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. @@ -35,3 +43,4 @@ The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs 28. Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_17.md index bdea709a..bb208031 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_17.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ The Transfiguration 10. And the disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?" 11. He answered, *"Elijah does come, and he will restore all things.* 12. But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands." -13. Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon +13. Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist. +Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon + 14. And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15. said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. @@ -22,10 +24,14 @@ The Transfiguration 17. And Jesus answered, *"O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me."* 18. And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly. 19. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" -20. He said to them, *"Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."*Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection +20. He said to them, *"Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."* +Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection + 22. As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, *"The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men,* -23. and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were greatly distressed.The Temple Tax +23. and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were greatly distressed. +The Temple Tax + 24. When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?" 25. He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, *"What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?"* @@ -33,3 +39,4 @@ The Transfiguration 27. However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself." + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_18.md index 47021941..2b2ed7cb 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_18.md @@ -7,23 +7,31 @@ Who Is the Greatest? 4. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5. "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, -6. but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.Temptations to Sin +6. but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. +Temptations to Sin + 7. "Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes! 8. And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. -9. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.The Parable of the Lost Sheep +9. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire. +The Parable of the Lost Sheep + 10. "See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. 12. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13. And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. -14. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.If Your Brother Sins Against You +14. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. +If Your Brother Sins Against You + 15. "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. -20. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them."The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant +20. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." +The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant + 21. Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" 22. Jesus said to him, *"I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.* @@ -43,3 +51,4 @@ Who Is the Greatest? 35. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart." + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_19.md index bdbd1dbe..94124274 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_19.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Teaching About Divorce +Teaching +About Divorce # Chapter 19 1. Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. @@ -14,11 +15,15 @@ Teaching About Divorce 10. The disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry." 11. But he said to them, *"Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.* -12. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it."Let the Children Come to Me +12. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it." +Let the Children Come to Me + 13. Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, 14. but Jesus said, *"Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."* -15. And he laid his hands on them and went away.The Rich Young Man +15. And he laid his hands on them and went away. +The Rich Young Man + 16. And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?" 17. And he said to him, *"Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments."* @@ -38,3 +43,4 @@ Teaching About Divorce 30. But many who are first will be last, and the last first. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_20.md index 77a163e2..dc6383ec 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_20.md @@ -16,11 +16,15 @@ Laborers in the Vineyard 13. But he replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14. Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?' -16. So the last will be first, and the first last."Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time +16. So the last will be first, and the first last." +Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time + 17. And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, 18. "See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death -19. and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day."A Mother's Request +19. and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day." +A Mother's Request + 20. Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. 21. And he said to her, *"What do you want?"* She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom." @@ -30,7 +34,9 @@ Laborers in the Vineyard 25. But Jesus called them to him and said, *"You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.* 26. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 27. and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, -28. even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."Jesus Heals Two Blind Men +28. even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." +Jesus Heals Two Blind Men + 29. And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. 30. And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" @@ -40,3 +46,4 @@ Laborers in the Vineyard 34. And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_21.md index f0518531..3537920d 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_21.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The Triumphal Entry 8. Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" 10. And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?" -11. And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."Jesus Cleanses the Temple +11. And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee." +Jesus Cleanses the Temple + 12. And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 13. He said to them, *"It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."* @@ -27,26 +29,34 @@ The Triumphal Entry *"'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies* *you have prepared praise'?"* -17. And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.Jesus Curses the Fig Tree +17. And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there. +Jesus Curses the Fig Tree + 18. In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. 19. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, *"May no fruit ever come from you again!"* And the fig tree withered at once. 20. When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" 21. And Jesus answered them, *"Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen.* -22. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith."The Authority of Jesus Challenged +22. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith." +The Authority of Jesus Challenged + 23. And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?" 24. Jesus answered them, *"I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.* 25. The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?" And they discussed it among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 26. But if we say, 'From man,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet." -27. So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, *"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.*The Parable of the Two Sons +27. So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, *"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.* +The Parable of the Two Sons + 28. "What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.' 29. And he answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind and went. 30. And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but did not go. 31. Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, *"Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.* -32. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.The Parable of the Tenants +32. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him. +The Parable of the Tenants + 33. "Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. 34. When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. @@ -71,3 +81,4 @@ The Triumphal Entry 46. And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_22.md index 0f26beea..877d3a3f 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_22.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ The Parable of the Wedding Feast 11. "But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. 12. And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless. 13. Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' -14. For many are called, but few are chosen."Paying Taxes to Caesar +14. For many are called, but few are chosen." +Paying Taxes to Caesar + 15. Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. 16. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. @@ -24,7 +26,10 @@ The Parable of the Wedding Feast 19. Show me the coin for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. 20. And Jesus said to them, *"Whose likeness and inscription is this?"* 21. They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, *"Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."* -22. When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection +22. When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away. +Sadducees Ask +About the Resurrection + 23. The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, 24. saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.' @@ -37,7 +42,9 @@ The Parable of the Wedding Feast 30. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31. And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: 32. 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living." -33. And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.The Great Commandment +33. And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching. +The Great Commandment + 34. But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. @@ -45,7 +52,8 @@ The Parable of the Wedding Feast 37. And he said to him, *"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.* 38. This is the great and first commandment. 39. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. -40. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets."Whose Son Is the Christ? +40. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." +Whose Son Is the Christ? 41. Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 42. saying, *"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?"* They said to him, "The son of David." @@ -59,3 +67,4 @@ The Parable of the Wedding Feast 46. And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_23.md index d71497b6..9662dbd7 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_23.md @@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees 33. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? 34. Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35. so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. -36. Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.Lament over Jerusalem +36. Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. +Lament over Jerusalem + 37. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 38. See, your house is left to you desolate. 39. For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'" + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_24.md index feca77d6..da48d8b6 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_24.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple # Chapter 24 1. Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. -2. But he answered them, *"You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."*Signs of the End of the Age +2. But he answered them, *"You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."* +Signs of the End of the Age + 3. As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" 4. And Jesus answered them, *"See that no one leads you astray.* @@ -16,7 +18,9 @@ Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple 11. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 12. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. 13. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. -14. And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.The Abomination of Desolation +14. And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. +The Abomination of Desolation + 15. "So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16. then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. @@ -31,16 +35,22 @@ Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple 25. See, I have told you beforehand. 26. So, if they say to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out. If they say, 'Look, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. 27. For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. -28. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.The Coming of the Son of Man +28. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. +The Coming of the Son of Man + 29. "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30. Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. -31. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.The Lesson of the Fig Tree +31. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. +The Lesson of the Fig Tree + 32. "From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 33. So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. 34. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. -35. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.No One Knows That Day and Hour +35. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. +No One Knows That Day and Hour + 36. "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37. For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. @@ -61,3 +71,4 @@ Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple 51. and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_25.md index 3214ceee..cdef4188 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_25.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ The Parable of the Ten Virgins 10. And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 11. Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.' 12. But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.' -13. Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.The Parable of the Talents +13. Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. +The Parable of the Talents + 14. "For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ The Parable of the Ten Virgins 27. Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. -30. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'The Final Judgment +30. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' +The Final Judgment + 31. "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. @@ -52,3 +56,4 @@ The Parable of the Ten Virgins 46. And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_26.md index d7c07e39..25177f87 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_26.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 3. Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, 4. and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. -5. But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people."Jesus Anointed at Bethany +5. But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people." +Jesus Anointed at Bethany + 6. Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 7. a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. @@ -15,11 +17,15 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 10. But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, *"Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.* 11. For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. 12. In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. -13. Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."Judas to Betray Jesus +13. Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her." +Judas to Betray Jesus + 14. Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15. and said, "What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. -16. And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.The Passover with the Disciples +16. And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him. +The Passover with the Disciples + 17. Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?" 18. He said, *"Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, 'The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'"* @@ -30,19 +36,25 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 22. And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, "Is it I, Lord?" 23. He answered, *"He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me.* 24. The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born." -25. Judas, who would betray him, answered, "Is it I, Rabbi?" He said to him, *"You have said so."*Institution of the Lord's Supper +25. Judas, who would betray him, answered, "Is it I, Rabbi?" He said to him, *"You have said so."* +Institution of the Lord's Supper + 26. Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, *"Take, eat; this is my body."* 27. And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, *"Drink of it, all of you,* 28. for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. -29. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial +29. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom." +Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial + 30. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 31. Then Jesus said to them, *"You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'* 32. But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee." 33. Peter answered him, "Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away." 34. Jesus said to him, *"Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."* -35. Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!" And all the disciples said the same.Jesus Prays in Gethsemane +35. Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!" And all the disciples said the same. +Jesus Prays in Gethsemane + 36. Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, *"Sit here, while I go over there and pray."* 37. And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. @@ -54,7 +66,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 43. And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44. So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again. 45. Then he came to the disciples and said to them, *"Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.* -46. Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand."Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus +46. Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand." +Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus + 47. While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. 48. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man; seize him." @@ -65,7 +79,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 53. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? 54. But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?" 55. At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, *"Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.* -56. But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled.Jesus Before Caiaphas and the Council +56. But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled. +Jesus Before Caiaphas and the Council + 57. Then those who had seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered. 58. And Peter was following him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with the guards to see the end. @@ -78,7 +94,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 65. Then the high priest tore his robes and said, "He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy. 66. What is your judgment?" They answered, "He deserves death." 67. Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him, -68. saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?"Peter Denies Jesus +68. saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?" +Peter Denies Jesus + 69. Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean." 70. But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you mean." @@ -89,3 +107,4 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 75. And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, *"Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."* And he went out and wept bitterly. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_27.md index 62f86095..f063433a 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_27.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Jesus Delivered to Pilate # Chapter 27 1. When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. -2. And they bound him and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate the governor.Judas Hangs Himself +2. And they bound him and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate the governor. +Judas Hangs Himself + 3. Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, 4. saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself." @@ -11,12 +13,16 @@ Jesus Delivered to Pilate 7. So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers. 8. Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9. Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, -10. and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."Jesus Before Pilate +10. and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me." +Jesus Before Pilate + 11. Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said, *"You have said so."* 12. But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. 13. Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?" -14. But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.The Crowd Chooses Barabbas +14. But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed. +The Crowd Chooses Barabbas + 15. Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted. 16. And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. @@ -26,17 +32,23 @@ Jesus Delivered to Pilate 20. Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 21. The governor again said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas." 22. Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!" -23. And he said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!"Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified +23. And he said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!" +Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified + 24. So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves." 25. And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!" -26. Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.Jesus Is Mocked +26. Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified. +Jesus Is Mocked + 27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. 28. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29. and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 30. And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. -31. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.The Crucifixion +31. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him. +The Crucifixion + 32. As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. 33. And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), @@ -50,7 +62,9 @@ Jesus Delivered to Pilate 41. So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42. "He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43. He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" -44. And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.The Death of Jesus +44. And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way. +The Death of Jesus + 45. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, *"Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"* @@ -65,13 +79,17 @@ Jesus Delivered to Pilate 54. When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!" 55. There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, -56. among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.Jesus Is Buried +56. among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. +Jesus Is Buried + 57. When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. 58. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. 59. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud 60. and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. -61. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.The Guard at the Tomb +61. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb. +The Guard at the Tomb + 62. The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63. and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.' @@ -80,3 +98,4 @@ Jesus Delivered to Pilate 66. So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard. + diff --git a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_28.md index fd5843bc..a4cf33be 100644 --- a/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/40_Matthew/Chapter_28.md @@ -10,13 +10,17 @@ The Resurrection 7. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you." 8. So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9. And behold, Jesus met them and said, *"Greetings!"* And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. -10. Then Jesus said to them, *"Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."*The Report of the Guard +10. Then Jesus said to them, *"Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."* +The Report of the Guard + 11. While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. 12. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers 13. and said, "Tell people, 'His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.' 14. And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." -15. So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.The Great Commission +15. So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day. +The Great Commission + 16. Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. @@ -25,3 +29,4 @@ The Resurrection 20. teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_01.md index 55737544..284ef1c2 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_01.md @@ -15,23 +15,33 @@ John the Baptist Prepares the Way 5. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6. Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. 7. And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. -8. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."The Baptism of Jesus +8. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." +The Baptism of Jesus + 9. In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. -11. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."The Temptation of Jesus +11. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased." +The Temptation of Jesus + 12. The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. -13. And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.Jesus Begins His Ministry +13. And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him. +Jesus Begins His Ministry + 14. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, -15. and saying, *"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."*Jesus Calls the First Disciples +15. and saying, *"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."* +Jesus Calls the First Disciples + 16. Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17. And Jesus said to them, *"Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men."* 18. And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19. And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. -20. And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit +20. And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him. +Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit + 21. And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. 22. And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. @@ -40,7 +50,9 @@ John the Baptist Prepares the Way 25. But Jesus rebuked him, saying, *"Be silent, and come out of him!"* 26. And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. 27. And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him." -28. And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.Jesus Heals Many +28. And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee. +Jesus Heals Many + 29. And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30. Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. @@ -48,13 +60,17 @@ John the Baptist Prepares the Way 32. That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons. 33. And the whole city was gathered together at the door. -34. And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.Jesus Preaches in Galilee +34. And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. +Jesus Preaches in Galilee + 35. And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. 36. And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, 37. and they found him and said to him, "Everyone is looking for you." 38. And he said to them, *"Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out."* -39. And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.Jesus Cleanses a Leper +39. And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. +Jesus Cleanses a Leper + 40. And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean." 41. Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, *"I will; be clean."* @@ -64,3 +80,4 @@ John the Baptist Prepares the Way 45. But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter. + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_02.md index f360f833..77c9477c 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_02.md @@ -12,20 +12,27 @@ Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9. Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your bed and walk'? 10. But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--he said to the paralytic-- 11. "I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home." -12. And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"Jesus Calls Levi +12. And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!" +Jesus Calls Levi + 13. He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, *"Follow me."* And he rose and followed him. 15. And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16. And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?" -17. And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, *"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."*A Question About Fasting +17. And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, *"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."* +A Question +About Fasting + 18. Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" 19. And Jesus said to them, *"Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.* 20. The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. 21. No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. -22. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins--and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins."Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath +22. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins--and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins." +Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath + 23. One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. 24. And the Pharisees were saying to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" @@ -35,3 +42,4 @@ Jesus Heals a Paralytic 28. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath." + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_03.md index e424f603..500c0d69 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_03.md @@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ A Man with a Withered Hand 3. And he said to the man with the withered hand, *"Come here."* 4. And he said to them, *"Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?"* But they were silent. 5. And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, *"Stretch out your hand."* He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. -6. The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.A Great Crowd Follows Jesus +6. The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him. +A Great Crowd Follows Jesus + 7. Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8. and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. 9. And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, 10. for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. 11. And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." -12. And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.The Twelve Apostles +12. And he strictly ordered them not to make him known. +The Twelve Apostles + 13. And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. 14. And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach @@ -24,7 +28,9 @@ A Man with a Withered Hand 19. and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. 20. Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. -21. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind."Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit +21. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind." +Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit + 22. And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons." 23. And he called them to him and said to them in parables, *"How can Satan cast out Satan?* @@ -35,7 +41,9 @@ A Man with a Withered Hand 28. "Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, 29. but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"-- -30. for they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."Jesus' Mother and Brothers +30. for they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit." +Jesus' Mother and Brothers + 31. And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32. And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you." @@ -44,3 +52,4 @@ A Man with a Withered Hand 35. For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother." + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_04.md index e078b165..538dbd8e 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_04.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The Parable of the Sower 6. And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. 7. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8. And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold." -9. And he said, *"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."*The Purpose of the Parables +9. And he said, *"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."* +The Purpose of the Parables + 10. And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11. And he said to them, *"To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,* @@ -25,25 +27,33 @@ The Parable of the Sower 17. And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. 18. And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19. but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. -20. But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."A Lamp Under a Basket +20. But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold." +A Lamp Under a Basket + 21. And he said to them, *"Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?* 22. For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. 23. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." 24. And he said to them, *"Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.* -25. For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away."The Parable of the Seed Growing +25. For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away." +The Parable of the Seed Growing + 26. And he said, *"The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.* 27. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. 28. The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. -29. But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."The Parable of the Mustard Seed +29. But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come." +The Parable of the Mustard Seed + 30. And he said, *"With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?* 31. It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, 32. yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade." 33. With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. -34. He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.Jesus Calms a Storm +34. He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything. +Jesus Calms a Storm + 35. On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, *"Let us go across to the other side."* 36. And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. @@ -54,3 +64,4 @@ The Parable of the Sower 41. And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?" + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_05.md index 717c2ca1..e3b34f90 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_05.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon 17. And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region. 18. As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. 19. And he did not permit him but said to him, *"Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."* -20. And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus's Daughter +20. And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled. +Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus's Daughter + 21. And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. 22. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet @@ -50,3 +52,4 @@ And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. 43. And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat. + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_06.md index 1772eb67..d6b62712 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_06.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 4. And Jesus said to them, *"A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household."* 5. And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6. And he marveled because of their unbelief. -And he went about among the villages teaching.Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles +And he went about among the villages teaching. +Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles + 7. And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 8. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff--no bread, no bag, no money in their belts-- @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ And he went about among the villages teaching.Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostle 10. And he said to them, *"Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there.* 11. And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them." 12. So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. -13. And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.The Death of John the Baptist +13. And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them. +The Death of John the Baptist + 14. King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him." 15. But others said, "He is Elijah." And others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old." @@ -33,7 +37,9 @@ And he went about among the villages teaching.Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostle 26. And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her. 27. And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. He went and beheaded him in the prison 28. and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. -29. When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand +29. When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb. +Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand + 30. The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. 31. And he said to them, *"Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while."* For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. @@ -49,7 +55,9 @@ And he went about among the villages teaching.Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostle 41. And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. 42. And they all ate and were satisfied. 43. And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. -44. And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.Jesus Walks on the Water +44. And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men. +Jesus Walks on the Water + 45. Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46. And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray. @@ -58,7 +66,9 @@ And he went about among the villages teaching.Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostle 49. but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out, 50. for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, *"Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid."* 51. And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, -52. for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret +52. for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened. +Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret + 53. When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. 54. And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him @@ -66,3 +76,4 @@ And he went about among the villages teaching.Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostle 56. And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well. + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_07.md index 972f0d58..ba77b991 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_07.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Traditions and Commandments 10. For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.' 11. But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban"' (that is, given to God)-- 12. then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, -13. thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do."What Defiles a Person +13. thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do." +What Defiles a Person + 14. And he called the people to him again and said to them, *"Hear me, all of you, and understand:* 15. There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him." @@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ Traditions and Commandments 20. And he said, *"What comes out of a person is what defiles him.* 21. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22. coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. -23. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith +23. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person." +The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith + 24. And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. 25. But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. @@ -37,7 +41,9 @@ Traditions and Commandments 27. And he said to her, *"Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."* 28. But she answered him, "Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." 29. And he said to her, *"For this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter."* -30. And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.Jesus Heals a Deaf Man +30. And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone. +Jesus Heals a Deaf Man + 31. Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. @@ -48,3 +54,4 @@ Traditions and Commandments 37. And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak." + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_08.md index 80332e38..a268e312 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_08.md @@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand 7. And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them. 8. And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. 9. And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. -10. And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.The Pharisees Demand a Sign +10. And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha. +The Pharisees Demand a Sign + 11. The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. 12. And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, *"Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation."* -13. And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side.The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod +13. And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side. +The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod + 14. Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15. And he cautioned them, saying, *"Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."* @@ -23,18 +27,24 @@ Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand 18. Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? 19. When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They said to him, "Twelve." 20. "And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" And they said to him, "Seven." -21. And he said to them, *"Do you not yet understand?"*Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida +21. And he said to them, *"Do you not yet understand?"* +Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida + 22. And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, *"Do you see anything?"* 24. And he looked up and said, "I see people, but they look like trees, walking." 25. Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. -26. And he sent him to his home, saying, *"Do not even enter the village."*Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ +26. And he sent him to his home, saying, *"Do not even enter the village."* +Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ + 27. And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, *"Who do people say that I am?"* 28. And they told him, "John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets." 29. And he asked them, *"But who do you say that I am?"* Peter answered him, "You are the Christ." -30. And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection +30. And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him. +Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection + 31. And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. @@ -47,3 +57,4 @@ Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand 38. For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_09.md index 4bf6b011..6f5e19dc 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_09.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 9 -1. And he said to them, *"Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power."*The Transfiguration +1. And he said to them, *"Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power."* +The Transfiguration + 2. And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3. and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. @@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ 10. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean. 11. And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?" 12. And he said to them, *"Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?* -13. But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him."Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit +13. But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him." +Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit + 14. And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15. And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. @@ -30,22 +34,29 @@ 26. And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, "He is dead." 27. But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" -29. And he said to them, *"This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer."*Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection +29. And he said to them, *"This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer."* +Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection + 30. They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31. for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, *"The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise."* -32. But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.Who Is the Greatest? +32. But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. +Who Is the Greatest? 33. And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, *"What were you discussing on the way?"* 34. But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 35. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, *"If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."* 36. And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, -37. "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us +37. "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me." +Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us + 38. John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us." 39. But Jesus said, *"Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.* 40. For the one who is not against us is for us. -41. For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.Temptations to Sin +41. For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward. +Temptations to Sin + 42. "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 43. And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. @@ -56,3 +67,4 @@ 50. Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another." + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_10.md index ac01a6ab..8dd75057 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_10.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Teaching About Divorce +Teaching +About Divorce # Chapter 10 1. And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them. @@ -14,12 +15,16 @@ Teaching About Divorce 10. And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. 11. And he said to them, *"Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her,* -12. and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."Let the Children Come to Me +12. and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery." +Let the Children Come to Me + 13. And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. 14. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, *"Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.* 15. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it." -16. And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.The Rich Young Man +16. And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them. +The Rich Young Man + 17. And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 18. And Jesus said to him, *"Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.* @@ -36,11 +41,15 @@ Teaching About Divorce 28. Peter began to say to him, "See, we have left everything and followed you." 29. Jesus said, *"Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,* 30. who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. -31. But many who are first will be last, and the last first."Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time +31. But many who are first will be last, and the last first." +Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time + 32. And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, 33. saying, *"See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles.* -34. And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise."The Request of James and John +34. And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise." +The Request of James and John + 35. And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." 36. And he said to them, *"What do you want me to do for you?"* @@ -52,7 +61,9 @@ Teaching About Divorce 42. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, *"You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.* 43. But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 44. and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. -45. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus +45. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." +Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus + 46. And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. 47. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" @@ -63,3 +74,4 @@ Teaching About Divorce 52. And Jesus said to him, *"Go your way; your faith has made you well."* And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way. + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_11.md index 4345cd2e..b8b65533 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_11.md @@ -12,24 +12,32 @@ The Triumphal Entry 9. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! 10. Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!" -11. And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.Jesus Curses the Fig Tree +11. And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. +Jesus Curses the Fig Tree + 12. On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. -14. And he said to it, *"May no one ever eat fruit from you again."* And his disciples heard it.Jesus Cleanses the Temple +14. And he said to it, *"May no one ever eat fruit from you again."* And his disciples heard it. +Jesus Cleanses the Temple + 15. And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 16. And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. 17. And he was teaching them and saying to them, *"Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."* 18. And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching. -19. And when evening came they went out of the city.The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree +19. And when evening came they went out of the city. +The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree + 20. As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. 21. And Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered." 22. And Jesus answered them, *"Have faith in God.* 23. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. 24. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. -25. And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."The Authority of Jesus Challenged +25. And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses." +The Authority of Jesus Challenged + 27. And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, 28. and they said to him, "By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?" @@ -40,3 +48,4 @@ The Triumphal Entry 33. So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them, *"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."* + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_12.md index fc3df847..7e270d25 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_12.md @@ -17,13 +17,18 @@ The Parable of the Tenants 11. this was the Lord's doing, *and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"* -12. And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.Paying Taxes to Caesar +12. And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away. +Paying Taxes to Caesar + 13. And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk. 14. And they came and said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?" 15. But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, *"Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."* 16. And they brought one. And he said to them, *"Whose likeness and inscription is this?"* They said to him, "Caesar's." -17. Jesus said to them, *"Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."* And they marveled at him.The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection +17. Jesus said to them, *"Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."* And they marveled at him. +The Sadducees Ask +About the Resurrection + 18. And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, 19. "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. @@ -35,7 +40,9 @@ The Parable of the Tenants 24. Jesus said to them, *"Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?* 25. For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26. And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? -27. He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong."The Great Commandment +27. He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong." +The Great Commandment + 28. And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?" 29. Jesus answered, *"The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.* @@ -43,7 +50,8 @@ The Parable of the Tenants 31. The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." 32. And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. 33. And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." -34. And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, *"You are not far from the kingdom of God."* And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.Whose Son Is the Christ? +34. And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, *"You are not far from the kingdom of God."* And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions. +Whose Son Is the Christ? 35. And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, *"How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?* 36. David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, @@ -51,11 +59,15 @@ The Parable of the Tenants *"Sit at my right hand,* *until I put your enemies under your feet."'* -37. David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?" And the great throng heard him gladly.Beware of the Scribes +37. David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?" And the great throng heard him gladly. +Beware of the Scribes + 38. And in his teaching he said, *"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces* 39. and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, -40. who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."The Widow's Offering +40. who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation." +The Widow's Offering + 41. And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. 42. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. @@ -63,3 +75,4 @@ The Parable of the Tenants 44. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on." + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_13.md index 3ea64599..bfc9f567 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_13.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple # Chapter 13 1. And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!" -2. And Jesus said to him, *"Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."*Signs of the End of the Age +2. And Jesus said to him, *"Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."* +Signs of the End of the Age + 3. And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 4. "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?" @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple 10. And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations. 11. And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. 12. And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death. -13. And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.The Abomination of Desolation +13. And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. +The Abomination of Desolation + 14. "But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15. Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out, @@ -26,17 +30,23 @@ Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple 20. And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days. 21. And then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, there he is!' do not believe it. 22. For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect. -23. But be on guard; I have told you all things beforehand.The Coming of the Son of Man +23. But be on guard; I have told you all things beforehand. +The Coming of the Son of Man + 24. "But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25. and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. -27. And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.The Lesson of the Fig Tree +27. And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. +The Lesson of the Fig Tree + 28. "From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 29. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. 30. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. -31. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.No One Knows That Day or Hour +31. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. +No One Knows That Day or Hour + 32. "But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. @@ -46,3 +56,4 @@ Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple 37. And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake." + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_14.md index e2252bcc..f4d75f8c 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_14.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus # Chapter 14 1. It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, -2. for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people."Jesus Anointed at Bethany +2. for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people." +Jesus Anointed at Bethany + 3. And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4. There were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was the ointment wasted like that? @@ -10,10 +12,14 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 6. But Jesus said, *"Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.* 7. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. 8. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. -9. And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her."Judas to Betray Jesus +9. And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her." +Judas to Betray Jesus + 10. Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. -11. And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.The Passover with the Disciples +11. And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him. +The Passover with the Disciples + 12. And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?" 13. And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, *"Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him,* @@ -25,19 +31,25 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 18. And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, *"Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me."* 19. They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, "Is it I?" 20. He said to them, *"It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.* -21. For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."Institution of the Lord's Supper +21. For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born." +Institution of the Lord's Supper + 22. And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, *"Take; this is my body."* 23. And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. 24. And he said to them, *"This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.* -25. Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial +25. Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." +Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial + 26. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 27. And Jesus said to them, *"You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'* 28. But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee." 29. Peter said to him, "Even though they all fall away, I will not." 30. And Jesus said to him, *"Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."* -31. But he said emphatically, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." And they all said the same.Jesus Prays in Gethsemane +31. But he said emphatically, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." And they all said the same. +Jesus Prays in Gethsemane + 32. And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, *"Sit here while I pray."* 33. And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. @@ -49,7 +61,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 39. And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. 40. And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him. 41. And he came the third time and said to them, *"Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.* -42. Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand."Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus +42. Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand." +Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus + 43. And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 44. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard." @@ -58,10 +72,14 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 47. But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. 48. And Jesus said to them, *"Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?* 49. Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled." -50. And they all left him and fled.A Young Man Flees +50. And they all left him and fled. +A Young Man Flees + 51. And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, -52. but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.Jesus Before the Council +52. but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked. +Jesus Before the Council + 53. And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. 54. And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire. @@ -75,7 +93,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 62. And Jesus said, *"I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."* 63. And the high priest tore his garments and said, "What further witnesses do we need? 64. You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving death. -65. And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him with blows.Peter Denies Jesus +65. And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him with blows. +Peter Denies Jesus + 66. And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came, 67. and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus." @@ -86,3 +106,4 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 72. And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, *"Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."* And he broke down and wept. + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_15.md index 2d1d9bd0..64e812f2 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_15.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Jesus Delivered to Pilate 2. And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, *"You have said so."* 3. And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4. And Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you." -5. But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified +5. But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed. +Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified + 6. Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. 7. And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. @@ -16,13 +18,17 @@ Jesus Delivered to Pilate 12. And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?" 13. And they cried out again, "Crucify him." 14. And Pilate said to them, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him." -15. So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.Jesus Is Mocked +15. So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. +Jesus Is Mocked + 16. And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. 17. And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18. And they began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 19. And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. -20. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.The Crucifixion +20. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him. +The Crucifixion + 21. And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22. And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). @@ -34,7 +40,9 @@ Jesus Delivered to Pilate 29. And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30. save yourself, and come down from the cross!" 31. So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself. -32. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.The Death of Jesus +32. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him. +The Death of Jesus + 33. And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, *"Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"* @@ -45,7 +53,9 @@ Jesus Delivered to Pilate 39. And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!" 40. There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. -41. When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.Jesus Is Buried +41. When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. +Jesus Is Buried + 42. And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43. Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. @@ -55,3 +65,4 @@ Jesus Delivered to Pilate 47. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid. + diff --git a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_16.md index c94a3b1b..252dd3e0 100644 --- a/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/41_Mark/Chapter_16.md @@ -9,14 +9,19 @@ The Resurrection 6. And he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you." 8. And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. -[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.]Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene +[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9�20.] +Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene [[ 9. Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 10. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. -11. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.Jesus Appears to Two Disciples +11. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. +Jesus Appears to Two Disciples + 12. After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. -13. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.The Great Commission +13. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. +The Great Commission + 14. Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. 15. And he said to them, *"Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.* @@ -28,3 +33,4 @@ The Resurrection 20. And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]] + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_01.md index d00f5bdb..0674b60a 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Dedication to Theophilus 1. Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, 2. just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, 3. it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, -4. that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.Birth of John the Baptist Foretold +4. that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught. +Birth of John the Baptist Foretold + 5. In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6. And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. @@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ Dedication to Theophilus 23. And when his time of service was ended, he went to his home. 24. After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she kept herself hidden, saying, -25. "Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people."Birth of Jesus Foretold +25. "Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people." +Birth of Jesus Foretold + 26. In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27. to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary. @@ -45,7 +49,9 @@ Dedication to Theophilus 35. And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy--the Son of God. 36. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37. For nothing will be impossible with God." -38. And Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.Mary Visits Elizabeth +38. And Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. +Mary Visits Elizabeth + 39. In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40. and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. @@ -53,7 +59,9 @@ Dedication to Theophilus 42. and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43. And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44. For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. -45. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."Mary's Song of Praise: The Magnificat +45. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord." +Mary's Song of Praise: The Magnificat + 46. And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, @@ -84,7 +92,9 @@ Dedication to Theophilus 55. as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever." -56. And Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home.The Birth of John the Baptist +56. And Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home. +The Birth of John the Baptist + 57. Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. 58. And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. @@ -95,7 +105,9 @@ Dedication to Theophilus 63. And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they all wondered. 64. And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. 65. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea, -66. and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him.Zechariah's Prophecy +66. and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him. +Zechariah's Prophecy + 67. And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, @@ -135,3 +147,4 @@ might serve him without fear, 80. And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel. + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_02.md index 0217e5f0..c9d57430 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_02.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Birth of Jesus Christ 4. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5. to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. -7. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.The Shepherds and the Angels +7. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. +The Shepherds and the Angels + 8. And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ The Birth of Jesus Christ 19. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. -21. And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.Jesus Presented at the Temple +21. And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. +Jesus Presented at the Temple + 22. And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23. (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord") @@ -52,10 +56,14 @@ The Birth of Jesus Christ 36. And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, 37. and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. -38. And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.The Return to Nazareth +38. And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. +The Return to Nazareth + 39. And when they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. -40. And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.The Boy Jesus in the Temple +40. And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him. +The Boy Jesus in the Temple + 41. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. @@ -72,3 +80,4 @@ The Birth of Jesus Christ 52. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man. + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_03.md index 1de20116..b955effe 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_03.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ and the crooked shall become straight, 20. added this to them all, that he locked up John in prison. 21. Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, -22. and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."The Genealogy of Jesus Christ +22. and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased." +The Genealogy of Jesus Christ + 23. Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, 24. the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, @@ -55,3 +57,4 @@ and the crooked shall become straight, 38. the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_04.md index dc9fedcc..4c74e46d 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_04.md @@ -22,16 +22,21 @@ The Temptation of Jesus lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" 12. And Jesus answered him, *"It is said, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"* -13. And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.Jesus Begins His Ministry +13. And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. +Jesus Begins His Ministry + 14. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. -15. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.Jesus Rejected at Nazareth +15. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. +Jesus Rejected at Nazareth + 16. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 18. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, - *because he has anointed me* + * +because he has anointed me* *to proclaim good news to the poor.* *He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives* *and recovering of sight to the blind,* @@ -49,7 +54,9 @@ The Temptation of Jesus 27. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian." 28. When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29. And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. -30. But passing through their midst, he went away.Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon +30. But passing through their midst, he went away. +Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon + 31. And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath, 32. and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority. @@ -57,16 +64,21 @@ The Temptation of Jesus 34. "Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God." 35. But Jesus rebuked him, saying, *"Be silent and come out of him!"* And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. 36. And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!" -37. And reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.Jesus Heals Many +37. And reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region. +Jesus Heals Many + 38. And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf. 39. And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them. 40. Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. -41. And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.Jesus Preaches in Synagogues +41. And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. +Jesus Preaches in Synagogues + 42. And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, 43. but he said to them, *"I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose."* 44. And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea. + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_05.md index 54a9df2f..b64a5cf7 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_05.md @@ -11,13 +11,17 @@ Jesus Calls the First Disciples 8. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." 9. For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, 10. and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, *"Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men."* -11. And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.Jesus Cleanses a Leper +11. And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him. +Jesus Cleanses a Leper + 12. While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean." 13. And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, *"I will; be clean."* And immediately the leprosy left him. 14. And he charged him to tell no one, but *"go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a proof to them."* 15. But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. -16. But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.Jesus Heals a Paralytic +16. But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray. +Jesus Heals a Paralytic + 17. On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal. 18. And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, @@ -28,7 +32,9 @@ Jesus Calls the First Disciples 23. Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'? 24. But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--he said to the man who was paralyzed--*"I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home."* 25. And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God. -26. And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen extraordinary things today."Jesus Calls Levi +26. And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen extraordinary things today." +Jesus Calls Levi + 27. After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, *"Follow me."* 28. And leaving everything, he rose and followed him. @@ -36,7 +42,10 @@ Jesus Calls the First Disciples 29. And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. 30. And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" 31. And Jesus answered them, *"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.* -32. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."A Question About Fasting +32. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance." +A Question +About Fasting + 33. And they said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink." 34. And Jesus said to them, *"Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?* @@ -47,3 +56,4 @@ Jesus Calls the First Disciples 39. And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, 'The old is good.'" + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_06.md index e6db6093..b0079afd 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_06.md @@ -5,24 +5,32 @@ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 2. But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?" 3. And Jesus answered them, *"Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:* 4. how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?" -5. And he said to them, *"The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."*A Man with a Withered Hand +5. And he said to them, *"The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."* +A Man with a Withered Hand + 6. On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him. 8. But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, *"Come and stand here."* And he rose and stood there. 9. And Jesus said to them, *"I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?"* 10. And after looking around at them all he said to him, *"Stretch out your hand."* And he did so, and his hand was restored. -11. But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.The Twelve Apostles +11. But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus. +The Twelve Apostles + 12. In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: 14. Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 15. and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, -16. and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude +16. and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. +Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude + 17. And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, 18. who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. -19. And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.The Beatitudes +19. And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all. +The Beatitudes + 20. And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: *"Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.* @@ -31,14 +39,18 @@ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath *"Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.* 22. "Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! -23. Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.Jesus Pronounces Woes +23. Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets. +Jesus Pronounces Woes + 24. "But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. 25. "Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. *"Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.* -26. "Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.Love Your Enemies +26. "Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets. +Love Your Enemies + 27. "But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28. bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. @@ -50,7 +62,9 @@ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 33. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34. And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 35. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. -36. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.Judging Others +36. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. +Judging Others + 37. "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38. give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you." @@ -58,11 +72,15 @@ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 39. He also told them a parable: *"Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?* 40. A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. 41. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? -42. How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.A Tree and Its Fruit +42. How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye. +A Tree and Its Fruit + 43. "For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, 44. for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. -45. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.Build Your House on the Rock +45. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. +Build Your House on the Rock + 46. "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you? 47. Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: @@ -70,3 +88,4 @@ Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 49. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great." + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_07.md index 45d4a725..1793f204 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_07.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant 7. Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed. 8. For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." 9. When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, *"I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."* -10. And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.Jesus Raises a Widow's Son +10. And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well. +Jesus Raises a Widow's Son + 11. Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12. As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant 14. Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, *"Young man, I say to you, arise."* 15. And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. 16. Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!" -17. And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.Messengers from John the Baptist +17. And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. +Messengers from John the Baptist + 18. The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, 19. calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?" @@ -45,7 +49,9 @@ Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant 33. For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' 34. The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' -35. Yet wisdom is justified by all her children."A Sinful Woman Forgiven +35. Yet wisdom is justified by all her children." +A Sinful Woman Forgiven + 36. One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. 37. And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, @@ -65,3 +71,4 @@ Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant 50. And he said to the woman, *"Your faith has saved you; go in peace."* + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_08.md index 5572e9bd..0781634b 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_08.md @@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ Women Accompanying Jesus # Chapter 8 1. Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, 2. and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, -3. and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.The Parable of the Sower +3. and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means. +The Parable of the Sower + 4. And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, 5. "A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6. And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. -8. And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, *"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."*The Purpose of the Parables +8. And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, *"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."* +The Purpose of the Parables + 9. And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10. he said, *"To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'* @@ -17,20 +21,28 @@ Women Accompanying Jesus 12. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away. 14. And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. -15. As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.A Lamp Under a Jar +15. As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience. +A Lamp Under a Jar + 16. "No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 17. For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. -18. Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away."Jesus' Mother and Brothers +18. Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away." +Jesus' Mother and Brothers + 19. Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20. And he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you." -21. But he answered them, *"My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."*Jesus Calms a Storm +21. But he answered them, *"My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."* +Jesus Calms a Storm + 22. One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, *"Let us go across to the other side of the lake."* So they set out, 23. and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. 24. And they went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. -25. He said to them, *"Where is your faith?"* And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?"Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon +25. He said to them, *"Where is your faith?"* And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?" +Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon + 26. Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27. When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs. @@ -46,7 +58,9 @@ Women Accompanying Jesus 36. And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed. 37. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 38. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, -39. "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus's Daughter +39. "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. +Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus's Daughter + 40. Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. 41. And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house, @@ -69,3 +83,4 @@ As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. 56. And her parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one what had happened. + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_09.md index dcf514e9..a3fdbdfb 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_09.md @@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles 3. And he said to them, *"Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.* 4. And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. 5. And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them." -6. And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.Herod Is Perplexed by Jesus +6. And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. +Herod Is Perplexed by Jesus + 7. Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead, 8. by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had risen. -9. Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to see him.Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand +9. Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to see him. +Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand + 10. On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida. 11. When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing. @@ -19,20 +23,28 @@ Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles 14. For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, *"Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."* 15. And they did so, and had them all sit down. 16. And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. -17. And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ +17. And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces. +Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ + 18. Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, *"Who do the crowds say that I am?"* 19. And they answered, "John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen." -20. Then he said to them, *"But who do you say that I am?"* And Peter answered, "The Christ of God."Jesus Foretells His Death +20. Then he said to them, *"But who do you say that I am?"* And Peter answered, "The Christ of God." +Jesus Foretells His Death + 21. And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one, -22. saying, *"The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."*Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus +22. saying, *"The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."* +Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus + 23. And he said to all, *"If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.* 24. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? 26. For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. -27. But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God."The Transfiguration +27. But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God." +The Transfiguration + 28. Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 29. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. @@ -42,7 +54,9 @@ Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles 33. And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah"--not knowing what he said. 34. As he was saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 35. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!" -36. And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit +36. And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen. +Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit + 37. On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. 38. And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. @@ -50,24 +64,32 @@ Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles 40. And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." 41. Jesus answered, *"O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."* 42. While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. -43. And all were astonished at the majesty of God.Jesus Again Foretells His Death +43. And all were astonished at the majesty of God. +Jesus Again Foretells His Death But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples, 44. "Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men." -45. But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.Who Is the Greatest? +45. But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying. +Who Is the Greatest? 46. An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. 47. But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side -48. and said to them, *"Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great."*Anyone Not Against Us Is For Us +48. and said to them, *"Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great."* +Anyone Not Against Us Is For Us + 49. John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us." -50. But Jesus said to him, *"Do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you."*A Samaritan Village Rejects Jesus +50. But Jesus said to him, *"Do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you."* +A Samaritan Village Rejects Jesus + 51. When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52. And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. 53. But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54. And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" 55. But he turned and rebuked them. -56. And they went on to another village.The Cost of Following Jesus +56. And they went on to another village. +The Cost of Following Jesus + 57. As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58. And Jesus said to him, *"Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."* @@ -77,3 +99,4 @@ But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his 62. Jesus said to him, *"No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."* + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_10.md index 01a9a961..e903ec9e 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_10.md @@ -12,24 +12,32 @@ Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two 9. Heal the sick in it and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' 10. But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 11. 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.' -12. I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.Woe to Unrepentant Cities +12. I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. +Woe to Unrepentant Cities + 13. "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14. But it will be more bearable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 15. And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. -16. "The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me."The Return of the Seventy-Two +16. "The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me." +The Return of the Seventy-Two + 17. The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" 18. And he said to them, *"I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.* 19. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. -20. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."Jesus Rejoices in the Father's Will +20. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." +Jesus Rejoices in the Father's Will + 21. In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, *"I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.* 22. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." 23. Then turning to the disciples he said privately, *"Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!* -24. For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it."The Parable of the Good Samaritan +24. For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it." +The Parable of the Good Samaritan + 25. And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26. He said to him, *"What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"* @@ -44,7 +52,9 @@ Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two 34. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' 36. Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" -37. He said, "The one who showed him mercy." And Jesus said to him, *"You go, and do likewise."*Martha and Mary +37. He said, "The one who showed him mercy." And Jesus said to him, *"You go, and do likewise."* +Martha and Mary + 38. Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. @@ -53,3 +63,4 @@ Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two 42. but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her." + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_11.md index b98e149f..f4a43412 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_11.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ The Lord's Prayer 10. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12. or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? -13. If you then, 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!"Jesus and Beelzebul +13. If you then, 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!" +Jesus and Beelzebul + 14. Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled. 15. But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons," @@ -31,24 +33,34 @@ The Lord's Prayer 20. But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21. When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe; 22. but when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoil. -23. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.Return of an Unclean Spirit +23. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. +Return of an Unclean Spirit + 24. "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' 25. And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order. -26. Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And the last state of that person is worse than the first."True Blessedness +26. Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And the last state of that person is worse than the first." +True Blessedness + 27. As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!" -28. But he said, *"Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"*The Sign of Jonah +28. But he said, *"Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"* +The Sign of Jonah + 29. When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, *"This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.* 30. For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31. The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. -32. The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.The Light in You +32. The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. +The Light in You + 33. "No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. 35. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. -36. If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light."Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers +36. If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light." +Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers + 37. While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table. 38. The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner. @@ -73,3 +85,4 @@ The Lord's Prayer 54. lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say. + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_12.md index b4abf221..3e894d45 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_12.md @@ -3,18 +3,24 @@ Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees # Chapter 12 1. In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, *"Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.* 2. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. -3. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.Have No Fear +3. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops. +Have No Fear + 4. "I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! 6. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. -7. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.Acknowledge Christ Before Men +7. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. +Acknowledge Christ Before Men + 8. "And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God, 9. but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. 10. And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 11. And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, -12. for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."The Parable of the Rich Fool +12. for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say." +The Parable of the Rich Fool + 13. Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." 14. But he said to him, *"Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?"* @@ -24,7 +30,9 @@ Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees 18. And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19. And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry."' 20. But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' -21. So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."Do Not Be Anxious +21. So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God." +Do Not Be Anxious + 22. And he said to his disciples, *"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.* 23. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. @@ -39,7 +47,9 @@ Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees 32. "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33. Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. -34. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.You Must Be Ready +34. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. +You Must Be Ready + 35. "Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, 36. and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. @@ -55,20 +65,27 @@ Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees 45. But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46. the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful. 47. And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating. -48. But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.Not Peace, but Division +48. But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more. +Not Peace, but Division + 49. "I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! 50. I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! 51. Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52. For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. -53. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."Interpreting the Time +53. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." +Interpreting the Time + 54. He also said to the crowds, *"When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming.' And so it happens.* 55. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat,' and it happens. -56. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?Settle with Your Accuser +56. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time? +Settle with Your Accuser + 57. "And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? 58. As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison. 59. I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny." + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_13.md index db419d90..a272d180 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_13.md @@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ Repent or Perish 2. And he answered them, *"Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?* 3. No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. 4. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? -5. No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree +5. No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish." +The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree + 6. And he told this parable: *"A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.* 7. And he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?' 8. And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. -9. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"A Woman with a Disabling Spirit +9. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'" +A Woman with a Disabling Spirit + 10. Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11. And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. @@ -19,13 +23,17 @@ Repent or Perish 14. But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day." 15. Then the Lord answered him, *"You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?* 16. And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" -17. As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.The Mustard Seed and the Leaven +17. As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him. +The Mustard Seed and the Leaven + 18. He said therefore, *"What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?* 19. It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches." 20. And again he said, *"To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?* -21. It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened."The Narrow Door +21. It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened." +The Narrow Door + 22. He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23. And someone said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them, @@ -35,7 +43,9 @@ Repent or Perish 27. But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!' 28. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves cast out. 29. And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God. -30. And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."Lament over Jerusalem +30. And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last." +Lament over Jerusalem + 31. At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you." 32. And he said to them, *"Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.* @@ -44,3 +54,4 @@ Repent or Perish 35. Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'" + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_14.md index cd3b10d7..f1afd7e7 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_14.md @@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ Healing of a Man on the Sabbath 3. And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, *"Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"* 4. But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. 5. And he said to them, *"Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?"* -6. And they could not reply to these things.The Parable of the Wedding Feast +6. And they could not reply to these things. +The Parable of the Wedding Feast + 7. Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8. "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9. and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10. But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. -11. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."The Parable of the Great Banquet +11. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." +The Parable of the Great Banquet + 12. He said also to the man who had invited him, *"When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.* 13. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, @@ -27,7 +31,9 @@ Healing of a Man on the Sabbath 21. So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.' 22. And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.' 23. And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. -24. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"The Cost of Discipleship +24. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'" +The Cost of Discipleship + 25. Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26. "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. @@ -37,9 +43,12 @@ Healing of a Man on the Sabbath 30. saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.' 31. Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32. And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. -33. So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.Salt Without Taste Is Worthless +33. So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. +Salt Without Taste Is Worthless + 34. "Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? 35. It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear." + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_15.md index e5b0a317..8beb1e9d 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_15.md @@ -8,11 +8,15 @@ The Parable of the Lost Sheep 4. "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5. And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' -7. Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.The Parable of the Lost Coin +7. Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. +The Parable of the Lost Coin + 8. "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9. And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.' -10. Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."The Parable of the Prodigal Son +10. Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents." +The Parable of the Prodigal Son + 11. And he said, *"There was a man who had two sons.* 12. And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.' And he divided his property between them. @@ -40,3 +44,4 @@ The Parable of the Lost Sheep 32. It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'" + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_16.md index e76eaed4..afd5b896 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_16.md @@ -14,15 +14,21 @@ The Parable of the Dishonest Manager 10. "One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 11. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 12. And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? -13. No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."The Law and the Kingdom of God +13. No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money." +The Law and the Kingdom of God + 14. The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him. 15. And he said to them, *"You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.* 16. "The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it. -17. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.Divorce and Remarriage +17. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void. +Divorce and Remarriage + + +18. "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. +The Rich Man and Lazarus -18. "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.The Rich Man and Lazarus 19. "There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, @@ -39,3 +45,4 @@ The Parable of the Dishonest Manager 31. He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'" + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_17.md index b684f6c7..676e1edf 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_17.md @@ -4,15 +4,21 @@ Temptations to Sin 1. And he said to his disciples, *"Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!* 2. It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. 3. Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, -4. and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."Increase Our Faith +4. and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him." +Increase Our Faith + 5. The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" -6. And the Lord said, *"If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.*Unworthy Servants +6. And the Lord said, *"If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.* +Unworthy Servants + 7. "Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and recline at table'? 8. Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'? 9. Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? -10. So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers +10. So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'" +Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers + 11. On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance @@ -22,7 +28,9 @@ Temptations to Sin 16. and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. 17. Then Jesus answered, *"Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?* 18. Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" -19. And he said to him, *"Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."*The Coming of the Kingdom +19. And he said to him, *"Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."* +The Coming of the Kingdom + 20. Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, *"The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed,* 21. nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." @@ -44,3 +52,4 @@ Temptations to Sin 37. And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, *"Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather."* + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_18.md index d85f5fc4..ff660b79 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_18.md @@ -8,18 +8,24 @@ The Parable of the Persistent Widow 5. yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'" 6. And the Lord said, *"Hear what the unrighteous judge says.* 7. And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? -8. I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"The Pharisee and the Tax Collector +8. I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" +The Pharisee and the Tax Collector + 9. He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10. "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.' 13. But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' -14. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."Let the Children Come to Me +14. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted." +Let the Children Come to Me + 15. Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16. But Jesus called them to him, saying, *"Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.* -17. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."The Rich Ruler +17. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it." +The Rich Ruler + 18. And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 19. And Jesus said to him, *"Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.* @@ -33,12 +39,16 @@ The Parable of the Persistent Widow 27. But he said, *"What is impossible with man is possible with God."* 28. And Peter said, "See, we have left our homes and followed you." 29. And he said to them, *"Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,* -30. who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time +30. who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life." +Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time + 31. And taking the twelve, he said to them, *"See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.* 32. For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon. 33. And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise." -34. But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar +34. But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said. +Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar + 35. As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 36. And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant. @@ -51,3 +61,4 @@ The Parable of the Persistent Widow 43. And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God. + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_19.md index d88f8cfe..5554e6a2 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_19.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Jesus and Zacchaeus 7. And when they saw it, they all grumbled, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." 8. And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold." 9. And Jesus said to him, *"Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.* -10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."The Parable of the Ten Minas +10. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." +The Parable of the Ten Minas + 11. As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. 12. He said therefore, *"A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.* @@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ Jesus and Zacchaeus 24. And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.' 25. And they said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!' 26. 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. -27. But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.'"The Triumphal Entry +27. But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.'" +The Triumphal Entry + 28. And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29. When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, @@ -42,12 +46,16 @@ Jesus and Zacchaeus 37. As he was drawing near--already on the way down the Mount of Olives--the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38. saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" 39. And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples." -40. He answered, *"I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out."*Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem +40. He answered, *"I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out."* +Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem + 41. And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42. saying, *"Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.* 43. For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side -44. and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation."Jesus Cleanses the Temple +44. and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation." +Jesus Cleanses the Temple + 45. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, 46. saying to them, *"It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."* @@ -56,3 +64,4 @@ Jesus and Zacchaeus 48. but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words. + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_20.md index 0f4b24c6..57970bb8 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_20.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The Authority of Jesus Challenged 5. And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' 6. But if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet." 7. So they answered that they did not know where it came from. -8. And Jesus said to them, *"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."*The Parable of the Wicked Tenants +8. And Jesus said to them, *"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."* +The Parable of the Wicked Tenants + 9. And he began to tell the people this parable: *"A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.* 10. When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. @@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ The Authority of Jesus Challenged *"'The stone that the builders rejected* *has become the cornerstone'?* -18. Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."Paying Taxes to Caesar +18. Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him." +Paying Taxes to Caesar + 19. The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. 20. So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. @@ -31,7 +35,10 @@ The Authority of Jesus Challenged 23. But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, 24. "Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's." 25. He said to them, *"Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."* -26. And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection +26. And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent. +Sadducees Ask +About the Resurrection + 27. There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, 28. and they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. @@ -47,7 +54,8 @@ The Authority of Jesus Challenged 37. But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. 38. Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him." 39. Then some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well." -40. For they no longer dared to ask him any question.Whose Son Is the Christ? +40. For they no longer dared to ask him any question. +Whose Son Is the Christ? 41. But he said to them, *"How can they say that the Christ is David's son?* 42. For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, @@ -56,10 +64,13 @@ The Authority of Jesus Challenged 43. until I make your enemies your footstool."' -44. David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"Beware of the Scribes +44. David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?" +Beware of the Scribes + 45. And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, 46. "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, 47. who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation." + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_21.md index 25509a26..ac923369 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_21.md @@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ The Widow's Offering 1. Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, 2. and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 3. And he said, *"Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.* -4. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple +4. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." +Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple + 5. And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, 6. "As for these things that you see, the days will come when there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down." 7. And they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?" 8. And he said, *"See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and, 'The time is at hand!' Do not go after them.* -9. And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once."Jesus Foretells Wars and Persecution +9. And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once." +Jesus Foretells Wars and Persecution + 10. Then he said to them, *"Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.* 11. There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. @@ -21,24 +25,32 @@ The Widow's Offering 16. You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. 17. You will be hated by all for my name's sake. 18. But not a hair of your head will perish. -19. By your endurance you will gain your lives.Jesus Foretells Destruction of Jerusalem +19. By your endurance you will gain your lives. +Jesus Foretells Destruction of Jerusalem + 20. "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. 21. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it, 22. for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. 23. Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and wrath against this people. -24. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.The Coming of the Son of Man +24. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. +The Coming of the Son of Man + 25. "And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26. people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. -28. Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."The Lesson of the Fig Tree +28. Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." +The Lesson of the Fig Tree + 29. And he told them a parable: *"Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.* 30. As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. 31. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. 32. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place. -33. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.Watch Yourselves +33. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. +Watch Yourselves + 34. "But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. 35. For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. @@ -48,3 +60,4 @@ The Widow's Offering 38. And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him. + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_22.md index b7a419bb..c516949e 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_22.md @@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus # Chapter 22 1. Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover. -2. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.Judas to Betray Jesus +2. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people. +Judas to Betray Jesus + 3. Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve. 4. He went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them. 5. And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. -6. So he consented and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of a crowd.The Passover with the Disciples +6. So he consented and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of a crowd. +The Passover with the Disciples + 7. Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, *"Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it."* @@ -15,7 +19,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 10. He said to them, *"Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters* 11. and tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 12. And he will show you a large upper room furnished; prepare it there." -13. And they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.Institution of the Lord's Supper +13. And they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover. +Institution of the Lord's Supper + 14. And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. 15. And he said to them, *"I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.* @@ -26,7 +32,8 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 20. And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, *"This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.* 21. But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. 22. For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!" -23. And they began to question one another, which of them it could be who was going to do this.Who Is the Greatest? +23. And they began to question one another, which of them it could be who was going to do this. +Who Is the Greatest? 24. A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. 25. And he said to them, *"The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors.* @@ -35,17 +42,23 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 28. "You are those who have stayed with me in my trials, 29. and I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, -30. that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial +30. that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. +Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial + 31. "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, 32. but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers." 33. Peter said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death." -34. Jesus said, *"I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me."*Scripture Must Be Fulfilled in Jesus +34. Jesus said, *"I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me."* +Scripture Must Be Fulfilled in Jesus + 35. And he said to them, *"When I sent you out with no moneybag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?"* They said, "Nothing." 36. He said to them, *"But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.* 37. For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors.' For what is written about me has its fulfillment." -38. And they said, "Look, Lord, here are two swords." And he said to them, *"It is enough."*Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives +38. And they said, "Look, Lord, here are two swords." And he said to them, *"It is enough."* +Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives + 39. And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40. And when he came to the place, he said to them, *"Pray that you may not enter into temptation."* @@ -54,7 +67,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 43. And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 44. And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 45. And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow, -46. and he said to them, *"Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."*Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus +46. and he said to them, *"Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."* +Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus + 47. While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him, 48. but Jesus said to him, *"Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?"* @@ -62,7 +77,9 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 50. And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. 51. But Jesus said, *"No more of this!"* And he touched his ear and healed him. 52. Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, who had come out against him, *"Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?* -53. When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."Peter Denies Jesus +53. When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness." +Peter Denies Jesus + 54. Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house, and Peter was following at a distance. 55. And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. @@ -72,11 +89,15 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 59. And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, "Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean." 60. But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are talking about." And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. 61. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, *"Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."* -62. And he went out and wept bitterly.Jesus Is Mocked +62. And he went out and wept bitterly. +Jesus Is Mocked + 63. Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking him as they beat him. 64. They also blindfolded him and kept asking him, "Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?" -65. And they said many other things against him, blaspheming him.Jesus Before the Council +65. And they said many other things against him, blaspheming him. +Jesus Before the Council + 66. When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes. And they led him away to their council, and they said, 67. "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, *"If I tell you, you will not believe,* @@ -86,3 +107,4 @@ The Plot to Kill Jesus 71. Then they said, "What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips." + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_23.md index c269453e..8ecc2180 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_23.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Jesus Before Pilate 2. And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king." 3. And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, *"You have said so."* 4. Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this man." -5. But they were urgent, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place."Jesus Before Herod +5. But they were urgent, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place." +Jesus Before Herod + 6. When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. 7. And when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time. @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ Jesus Before Pilate 13. Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14. and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. And after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him. 15. Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him. -16. I will therefore punish and release him."Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified +16. I will therefore punish and release him." +Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified + 18. But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas"-- 19. a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and for murder. @@ -27,7 +31,9 @@ Jesus Before Pilate 22. A third time he said to them, "Why? What evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him." 23. But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed. 24. So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. -25. He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will.The Crucifixion +25. He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will. +The Crucifixion + 26. And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. 27. And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him. @@ -48,14 +54,18 @@ Jesus Before Pilate 40. But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41. And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong." 42. And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." -43. And he said to him, *"Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."*The Death of Jesus +43. And he said to him, *"Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."* +The Death of Jesus + 44. It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45. while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, *"Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!"* And having said this he breathed his last. 47. Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, "Certainly this man was innocent!" 48. And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts. -49. And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things.Jesus Is Buried +49. And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things. +Jesus Is Buried + 50. Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51. who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God. @@ -67,3 +77,4 @@ Jesus Before Pilate On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. + diff --git a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_24.md index db64ea83..f87e8f02 100644 --- a/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/42_Luke/Chapter_24.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Resurrection 9. and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, 11. but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. -12. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.On the Road to Emmaus +12. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened. +On the Road to Emmaus + 13. That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14. and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. @@ -37,7 +39,9 @@ The Resurrection 32. They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?" 33. And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 34. saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" -35. Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.Jesus Appears to His Disciples +35. Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. +Jesus Appears to His Disciples + 36. As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, *"Peace to you!"* 37. But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. @@ -53,7 +57,9 @@ The Resurrection 46. and said to them, *"Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,* 47. and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48. You are witnesses of these things. -49. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."The Ascension +49. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." +The Ascension + 50. And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. @@ -61,3 +67,4 @@ The Resurrection 53. and were continually in the temple blessing God. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_01.md index 1d4b4d4b..778d6785 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_01.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ The Word Became Flesh 15. (John bore witness about him, and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.'") 16. For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. -18. No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.The Testimony of John the Baptist +18. No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known. +The Testimony of John the Baptist + 19. And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" 20. He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." @@ -33,23 +35,31 @@ The Word Became Flesh 25. They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" 26. John answered them, "I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, 27. even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." -28. These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.Behold, the Lamb of God +28. These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. +Behold, the Lamb of God -29. The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! + +29. The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, " +Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30. This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.' 31. I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel." 32. And John bore witness: "I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33. I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' -34. And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."Jesus Calls the First Disciples +34. And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God." +Jesus Calls the First Disciples + 35. The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, -36. and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" +36. and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, " +Behold, the Lamb of God!" 37. The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38. Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, *"What are you seeking?"* And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?" 39. He said to them, *"Come and you will see."* So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40. One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41. He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). -42. He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, *"You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas"* (which means Peter).Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael +42. He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, *"You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas"* (which means Peter). +Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael + 43. The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, *"Follow me."* 44. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. @@ -62,3 +72,4 @@ The Word Became Flesh 51. And he said to him, *"Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."* + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_02.md index 05bcdf37..ec4b5581 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_02.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ The Wedding at Cana 10. and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now." 11. This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him. -12. After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.Jesus Cleanses the Temple +12. After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days. +Jesus Cleanses the Temple + 13. The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. @@ -26,10 +28,13 @@ The Wedding at Cana 19. Jesus answered them, *"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."* 20. The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?" 21. But he was speaking about the temple of his body. -22. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.Jesus Knows What Is in Man +22. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. +Jesus Knows What Is in Man + 23. Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24. But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25. and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_03.md index b3a20f1c..fe63bb9c 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_03.md @@ -16,14 +16,18 @@ You Must Be Born Again 12. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13. No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, -15. that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.For God So Loved the World +15. that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. +For God So Loved the World + 16. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. -21. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."John the Baptist Exalts Christ +21. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God." +John the Baptist Exalts Christ + 22. After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. 23. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized @@ -44,3 +48,4 @@ You Must Be Born Again 36. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_04.md index 0d018745..ff0cfe4f 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_04.md @@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ Jesus and the Woman of Samaria 43. After the two days he departed for Galilee. 44. (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.) -45. So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast.Jesus Heals an Official's Son +45. So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast. +Jesus Heals an Official's Son + 46. So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47. When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. @@ -64,3 +66,4 @@ Jesus and the Woman of Samaria 54. This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_05.md index 4f591a00..f31ad59e 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_05.md @@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ Now that day was the Sabbath. 14. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, *"See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you."* 15. The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16. And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. -17. But Jesus answered them, *"My Father is working until now, and I am working."*Jesus Is Equal with God +17. But Jesus answered them, *"My Father is working until now, and I am working."* +Jesus Is Equal with God + + +18. This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. +The Authority of the Son -18. This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.The Authority of the Son 19. So Jesus said to them, *"Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.* 20. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. @@ -33,7 +37,9 @@ Now that day was the Sabbath. 26. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27. And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice -29. and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.Witnesses to Jesus +29. and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. +Witnesses to Jesus + 30. "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 31. If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. @@ -55,3 +61,4 @@ Now that day was the Sabbath. 47. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?" + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_06.md index 9fb847ee..ca449ba1 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_06.md @@ -16,14 +16,18 @@ Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand 13. So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. 14. When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!" -15. Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.Jesus Walks on Water +15. Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself. +Jesus Walks on Water + 16. When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17. got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18. The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. 19. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. 20. But he said to them, *"It is I; do not be afraid."* -21. Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.I Am the Bread of Life +21. Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going. +I Am the Bread of Life + 22. On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23. Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. @@ -66,7 +70,9 @@ Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand 56. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever." -59. Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.The Words of Eternal Life +59. Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum. +The Words of Eternal Life + 60. When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" 61. But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, *"Do you take offense at this?* @@ -83,3 +89,4 @@ Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand 71. He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_07.md index 186ec19f..5ef064bd 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_07.md @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Jesus at the Feast of Booths 12. And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he is leading the people astray." 13. Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him. -14. About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. +14. +About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. 15. The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?" 16. So Jesus answered them, *"My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.* 17. If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. @@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ Jesus at the Feast of Booths 21. Jesus answered them, *"I did one work, and you all marvel at it.* 22. Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23. If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? -24. Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."Can This Be the Christ? +24. Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment." +Can This Be the Christ? 25. Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? 26. And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? @@ -34,17 +36,23 @@ Jesus at the Feast of Booths 28. So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, *"You know me, and you know where I come from. But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.* 29. I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me." 30. So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. -31. Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?"Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus +31. Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?" +Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus + 32. The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. 33. Jesus then said, *"I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.* 34. You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come." 35. The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? -36. What does he mean by saying, *'You will seek me and you will not find me,' and, 'Where I am you cannot come'*?"Rivers of Living Water +36. What does he mean by saying, *'You will seek me and you will not find me,' and, 'Where I am you cannot come'*?" +Rivers of Living Water + 37. On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, *"If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.* 38. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'" -39. Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.Division Among the People +39. Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. +Division Among the People + 40. When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This really is the Prophet." 41. Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? @@ -60,8 +68,10 @@ Jesus at the Feast of Booths 50. Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51. "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?" 52. They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee." -[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.]The Woman Caught in Adultery +[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53�8:11.] +The Woman Caught in Adultery [[ 53. They went each to his own house, + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_08.md index 1cd0672b..57ab33a7 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_08.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ 8. And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10. Jesus stood up and said to her, *"Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"* -11. She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, *"Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more."*]]I Am the Light of the World +11. She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, *"Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more."*]] +I Am the Light of the World + 12. Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, *"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."* 13. So the Pharisees said to him, "You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true." @@ -31,7 +33,9 @@ 27. They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father. 28. So Jesus said to them, *"When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.* 29. And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him." -30. As he was saying these things, many believed in him.The Truth Will Set You Free +30. As he was saying these things, many believed in him. +The Truth Will Set You Free + 31. So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, *"If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,* 32. and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." @@ -41,7 +45,9 @@ 35. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. 36. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37. I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. -38. I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father."You Are of Your Father the Devil +38. I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father." +You Are of Your Father the Devil + 39. They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, *"If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,* 40. but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. @@ -51,7 +57,9 @@ 44. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46. Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? -47. Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God."Before Abraham Was, I Am +47. Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God." +Before Abraham Was, I Am + 48. The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" 49. Jesus answered, *"I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.* @@ -67,3 +75,4 @@ 59. So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_09.md index c8aada38..538f7522 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_09.md @@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind 41. Jesus said to them, *"If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.* + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_10.md index 6a19c6df..f06aa238 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_10.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ I Am the Good Shepherd 19. There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20. Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?" -21. Others said, "These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"I and the Father Are One +21. Others said, "These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?" +I and the Father Are One + 22. At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23. and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. @@ -50,3 +52,4 @@ I Am the Good Shepherd 42. And many believed in him there. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_11.md index 653b8eea..6729f4d6 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_11.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ The Death of Lazarus 13. Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14. Then Jesus told them plainly, *"Lazarus has died,* 15. and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." -16. So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."I Am the Resurrection and the Life +16. So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him." +I Am the Resurrection and the Life + 17. Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, @@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ The Death of Lazarus 24. Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." 25. Jesus said to her, *"I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,* 26. and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" -27. She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."Jesus Weeps +27. She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world." +Jesus Weeps + 28. When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." 29. And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. @@ -40,7 +44,9 @@ The Death of Lazarus 34. And he said, *"Where have you laid him?"* They said to him, "Lord, come and see." 35. Jesus wept. 36. So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" -37. But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?"Jesus Raises Lazarus +37. But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?" +Jesus Raises Lazarus + 38. Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39. Jesus said, *"Take away the stone."* Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days." @@ -48,7 +54,9 @@ The Death of Lazarus 41. So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, *"Father, I thank you that you have heard me.* 42. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me." 43. When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, *"Lazarus, come out."* -44. The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, *"Unbind him, and let him go."*The Plot to Kill Jesus +44. The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, *"Unbind him, and let him go."* +The Plot to Kill Jesus + 45. Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, 46. but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. @@ -67,3 +75,4 @@ The Death of Lazarus 57. Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_12.md index b06ecef4..7f3069b4 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_12.md @@ -8,11 +8,15 @@ Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany 5. "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" 6. He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. 7. Jesus said, *"Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.* -8. For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me."The Plot to Kill Lazarus +8. For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me." +The Plot to Kill Lazarus + 9. When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10. So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, -11. because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.The Triumphal Entry +11. because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus. +The Triumphal Entry + 12. The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!" @@ -25,7 +29,9 @@ behold, your king is coming, 16. His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. 17. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. -19. So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him."Some Greeks Seek Jesus +19. So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him." +Some Greeks Seek Jesus + 20. Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." @@ -33,7 +39,9 @@ behold, your king is coming, 23. And Jesus answered them, *"The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.* 24. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. -26. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up +26. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. +The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up + 27. "Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28. Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven: "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again." @@ -44,7 +52,8 @@ behold, your king is coming, 33. He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. 34. So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?" 35. So Jesus said to them, *"The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.* -36. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light."The Unbelief of the People +36. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." +The Unbelief of the People When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. 37. Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38. so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: @@ -61,7 +70,9 @@ lest they see with their eyes, 41. Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him. 42. Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue; -43. for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.Jesus Came to Save the World +43. for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God. +Jesus Came to Save the World + 44. And Jesus cried out and said, *"Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.* 45. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. @@ -72,3 +83,4 @@ lest they see with their eyes, 50. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me." + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_13.md index 2760fd3b..0b61f454 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_13.md @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 17. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. 18. I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.' 19. I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. -20. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."One of You Will Betray Me +20. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me." +One of You Will Betray Me + 21. After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, *"Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."* 22. The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. @@ -32,16 +34,21 @@ Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 27. Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, *"What you are going to do, do quickly."* 28. Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. 29. Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor. -30. So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.A New Commandment +30. So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night. +A New Commandment + 31. When he had gone out, Jesus said, *"Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.* 32. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. 33. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, 'Where I am going you cannot come.' 34. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. -35. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial +35. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." +Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial + 36. Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, *"Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward."* 37. Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you." 38. Jesus answered, *"Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.* + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_14.md index 6344b59d..bb2d69ba 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_14.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life 12. "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. -14. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit +14. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. +Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit + 15. "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life 31. but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_15.md index aa4c2347..205de69a 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_15.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ I Am the True Vine 14. You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. -17. These things I command you, so that you will love one another.The Hatred of the World +17. These things I command you, so that you will love one another. +The Hatred of the World + 18. "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ I Am the True Vine 27. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_16.md index ece159c0..2a882f5f 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_16.md @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ 1. "I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. -4. But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.The Work of the Holy Spirit +4. But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. +The Work of the Holy Spirit *"I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.* 5. But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' 6. But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. @@ -15,7 +16,9 @@ 12. "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. -15. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy +15. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you. +Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy + 16. "A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me." 17. So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, *'A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and, 'because I am going to the Father'*?" @@ -25,7 +28,9 @@ 21. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22. So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. 23. In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. -24. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.I Have Overcome the World +24. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. +I Have Overcome the World + 25. "I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26. In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; @@ -39,3 +44,4 @@ 33. I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_17.md index cac77019..8983bcec 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_17.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ The High Priestly Prayer 26. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them." + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_18.md index 98a7ac71..d24eab16 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_18.md @@ -11,33 +11,45 @@ Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus 8. Jesus answered, *"I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go."* 9. This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: *"Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one."* 10. Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.) -11. So Jesus said to Peter, *"Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?"*Jesus Faces Annas and Caiaphas +11. So Jesus said to Peter, *"Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?"* +Jesus Faces Annas and Caiaphas + 12. So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. 13. First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. -14. It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.Peter Denies Jesus +14. It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people. +Peter Denies Jesus + 15. Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, 16. but Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in. 17. The servant girl at the door said to Peter, "You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not." -18. Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.The High Priest Questions Jesus +18. Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself. +The High Priest Questions Jesus + 19. The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. 20. Jesus answered him, *"I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.* 21. Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said." 22. When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?" 23. Jesus answered him, *"If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?"* -24. Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.Peter Denies Jesus Again +24. Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. +Peter Denies Jesus Again + 25. Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "You also are not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not." 26. One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?" -27. Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.Jesus Before Pilate +27. Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed. +Jesus Before Pilate + 28. Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover. 29. So Pilate went outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?" 30. They answered him, "If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you." 31. Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death." -32. This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die.My Kingdom Is Not of This World +32. This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die. +My Kingdom Is Not of This World + 33. So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" 34. Jesus answered, *"Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?"* @@ -50,3 +62,4 @@ After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, "I find 40. They cried out again, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_19.md index 3ed062b8..4e555e2d 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_19.md @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Jesus Delivered to Be Crucified 13. So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic Gabbatha. 14. Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold your King!" 15. They cried out, "Away with him, away with him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar." -16. So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.The Crucifixion +16. So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. +The Crucifixion So they took Jesus, 17. and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. @@ -33,11 +34,15 @@ So they took Jesus, So the soldiers did these things, 25. but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, *"Woman, behold, your son!"* -27. Then he said to the disciple, *"Behold, your mother!"* And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.The Death of Jesus +27. Then he said to the disciple, *"Behold, your mother!"* And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. +The Death of Jesus + 28. After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), *"I thirst."* 29. A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. -30. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, *"It is finished,"* and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.Jesus' Side Is Pierced +30. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, *"It is finished,"* and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. +Jesus' Side Is Pierced + 31. Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. @@ -45,7 +50,9 @@ So the soldiers did these things, 34. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. 35. He who saw it has borne witness--his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth--that you also may believe. 36. For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken." -37. And again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they have pierced."Jesus Is Buried +37. And again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they have pierced." +Jesus Is Buried + 38. After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. 39. Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. @@ -54,3 +61,4 @@ So the soldiers did these things, 42. So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_20.md index b2694ee0..bfd3835f 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_20.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Resurrection 7. and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. 8. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; 9. for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. -10. Then the disciples went back to their homes.Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene +10. Then the disciples went back to their homes. +Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene + 11. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. @@ -19,13 +21,17 @@ The Resurrection 15. Jesus said to her, *"Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?"* Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." 16. Jesus said to her, *"Mary."* She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher). 17. Jesus said to her, *"Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"* -18. Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"--and that he had said these things to her.Jesus Appears to the Disciples +18. Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"--and that he had said these things to her. +Jesus Appears to the Disciples + 19. On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, *"Peace be with you."* 20. When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21. Jesus said to them again, *"Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you."* 22. And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, *"Receive the Holy Spirit.* -23. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld."Jesus and Thomas +23. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld." +Jesus and Thomas + 24. Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe." @@ -33,9 +39,12 @@ The Resurrection 26. Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, *"Peace be with you."* 27. Then he said to Thomas, *"Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe."* 28. Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" -29. Jesus said to him, *"Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."*The Purpose of This Book +29. Jesus said to him, *"Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."* +The Purpose of This Book + 30. Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31. but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. + diff --git a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_21.md index 57a5d771..06360588 100644 --- a/ESV/43_John/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/43_John/Chapter_21.md @@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples 11. So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. 12. Jesus said to them, *"Come and have breakfast."* Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. 13. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. -14. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.Jesus and Peter +14. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. +Jesus and Peter + 15. When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, *"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."* 16. He said to him a second time, *"Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."* 17. He said to him the third time, *"Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.* 18. Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go." -19. (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, *"Follow me."*Jesus and the Beloved Apostle +19. (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, *"Follow me."* +Jesus and the Beloved Apostle + 20. Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, "Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?" 21. When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?" @@ -34,3 +38,4 @@ Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples 25. Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_01.md index bbc6539b..d6523fd2 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,40 +1,73 @@ The Promise of the Holy Spirit # Chapter 1 -1. In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, +1. In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do +and teach, 2. until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. -3. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. +3. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days +and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4. And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, *"you heard from me;* -5. for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."The Ascension +5. for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." +The Ascension + 6. So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7. He said to them, *"It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.* -8. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." -9. And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. +8. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, +and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem +and in all Judea +and Samaria, +and to the end of the earth." +9. And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, +and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, -11. and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas +11. +and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven." +Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas + 12. Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. -13. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. -14. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. +13. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter +and John +and James +and Andrew, Philip +and Thomas, Bartholomew +and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus +and Simon the Zealot +and Judas the son of James. +14. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women +and Mary the mother of Jesus, +and his brothers. -15. In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said, +15. In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) +and said, 16. "Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. -17. For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry." -18. (Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. +17. For he was numbered among us +and was allotted his share in this ministry." +18. (Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, +and falling headlong he burst open in the middle +and all his bowels gushed out. 19. And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) 20. "For it is written in the Book of Psalms, "'May his camp become desolate, - and let there be no one to dwell in it'; + +and let there be no one to dwell in it'; and "'Let another take his office.' -21. So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, +21. So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in +and out among us, 22. beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us--one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection." -23. And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias. -24. And they prayed and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen -25. to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place." -26. And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. +23. And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, +and Matthias. +24. And they prayed +and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen +25. to take the place in this ministry +and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place." +26. And they cast lots for them, +and the lot fell on Matthias, +and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_02.md index b44dfc81..ece96e94 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_02.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ The Coming of the Holy Spirit 10. Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11. both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians--we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God." 12. And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" -13. But others mocking said, "They are filled with new wine."Peter's Sermon at Pentecost +13. But others mocking said, "They are filled with new wine." +Peter's Sermon at Pentecost + 14. But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. 15. For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. @@ -72,7 +74,9 @@ and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, 38. And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself." 40. And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation." -41. So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.The Fellowship of the Believers +41. So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. +The Fellowship of the Believers + 42. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. @@ -82,3 +86,4 @@ and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, 47. praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_03.md index 853f65d9..8faf85c5 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_03.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The Lame Beggar Healed 7. And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8. And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9. And all the people saw him walking and praising God, -10. and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.Peter Speaks in Solomon's Portico +10. and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. +Peter Speaks in Solomon's Portico + 11. While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's. 12. And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? @@ -31,3 +33,4 @@ The Lame Beggar Healed 26. God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness." + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_04.md index a3f45dd6..56bceecc 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_04.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Peter and John Before the Council 19. But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, 20. for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard." 21. And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, for all were praising God for what had happened. -22. For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.The Believers Pray for Boldness +22. For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old. +The Believers Pray for Boldness + 23. When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24. And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, @@ -40,7 +42,9 @@ Peter and John Before the Council 28. to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. 29. And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, 30. while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus." -31. And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.They Had Everything in Common +31. And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness. +They Had Everything in Common + 32. Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. 33. And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. @@ -50,3 +54,4 @@ Peter and John Before the Council 37. sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_05.md index 0967033f..272339b0 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_05.md @@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ Ananias and Sapphira 8. And Peter said to her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much." And she said, "Yes, for so much." 9. But Peter said to her, "How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out." 10. Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. -11. And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.Many Signs and Wonders Done +11. And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things. +Many Signs and Wonders Done + 12. Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico. 13. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem. 14. And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, 15. so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. -16. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.The Apostles Arrested and Freed +16. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed. +The Apostles Arrested and Freed + 17. But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy 18. they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. @@ -51,3 +55,4 @@ Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together 42. And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_06.md index 791702bf..527a1af4 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_06.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Seven Chosen to Serve 5. And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. 6. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them. -7. And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.Stephen Is Seized +7. And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith. +Stephen Is Seized + 8. And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. 9. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen. @@ -20,3 +22,4 @@ Seven Chosen to Serve 15. And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_07.md index 8e791cde..37b830ba 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_07.md @@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, 51. "You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. 52. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, -53. you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."The Stoning of Stephen +53. you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it." +The Stoning of Stephen + 54. Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. 55. But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. @@ -83,3 +85,4 @@ What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, 60. And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_08.md index dcbe5b14..262d342f 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_08.md @@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ Saul Ravages the Church 1. And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2. Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. -3. But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria +3. But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. +Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria + 4. Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. 5. Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. 6. And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. 7. For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. -8. So there was much joy in that city.Simon the Magician Believes +8. So there was much joy in that city. +Simon the Magician Believes + 9. But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. 10. They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called Great." @@ -30,7 +34,9 @@ And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, 23. For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity." 24. And Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me." -25. Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch +25. Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans. +Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch + 26. Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert place. 27. And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship @@ -44,10 +50,11 @@ And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, so he opens not his mouth. 33. In his humiliation justice was denied him. - Who can describe his generation? +Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth." -34. And the eunuch said to Philip, "About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?" +34. And the eunuch said to Philip, " +About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?" 35. Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. 36. And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?" 38. And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. @@ -55,3 +62,4 @@ For his life is taken away from the earth." 40. But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_09.md index 3c3b5fbc..85557743 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_09.md @@ -20,15 +20,20 @@ The Conversion of Saul 16. For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." 17. So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." 18. And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized; -19. and taking food, he was strengthened.Saul Proclaims Jesus in Synagogues +19. and taking food, he was strengthened. +Saul Proclaims Jesus in Synagogues For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus. 20. And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God." 21. And all who heard him were amazed and said, "Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?" -22. But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.Saul Escapes from Damascus +22. But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ. +Saul Escapes from Damascus + 23. When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him, 24. but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, -25. but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.Saul in Jerusalem +25. but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket. +Saul in Jerusalem + 26. And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. 27. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. @@ -36,12 +41,16 @@ For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus. 29. And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists. But they were seeking to kill him. 30. And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus. -31. So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.The Healing of Aeneas +31. So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied. +The Healing of Aeneas + 32. Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. 33. There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed. 34. And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed." And immediately he rose. -35. And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.Dorcas Restored to Life +35. And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. +Dorcas Restored to Life + 36. Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity. 37. In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. @@ -53,3 +62,4 @@ For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus. 43. And he stayed in Joppa for many days with one Simon, a tanner. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_10.md index abc3ce51..237ec659 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_10.md @@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ Peter and Cornelius # Chapter 10 1. At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2. a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. -3. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, "Cornelius." +3. +About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, "Cornelius." 4. And he stared at him in terror and said, "What is it, Lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. 5. And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter. 6. He is lodging with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea." 7. When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who attended him, -8. and having related everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.Peter's Vision +8. and having related everything to them, he sent them to Joppa. +Peter's Vision + 9. The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. 10. And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance @@ -37,7 +40,9 @@ The next day he rose and went away with them, and some of the brothers from Jopp 30. And Cornelius said, "Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing 31. and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God. 32. Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.' -33. So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."Gentiles Hear the Good News +33. So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord." +Gentiles Hear the Good News + 34. So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, 35. but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. @@ -48,7 +53,9 @@ The next day he rose and went away with them, and some of the brothers from Jopp 40. but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear, 41. not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42. And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. -43. To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles +43. To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name." +The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles + 44. While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. 45. And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. @@ -57,3 +64,4 @@ The next day he rose and went away with them, and some of the brothers from Jopp 48. And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_11.md index f85f5dca..4a7191ef 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_11.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Peter Reports to the Church 15. As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning. 16. And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, *'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'* 17. If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?" -18. When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life."The Church in Antioch +18. When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life." +The Church in Antioch + 19. Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. 20. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus. @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ Peter Reports to the Church 30. And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_12.md index 42e49454..9319f764 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_12.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ James Killed and Peter Imprisoned # Chapter 12 -1. About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. +1. +About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. 2. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, 3. and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4. And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. -5. So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.Peter Is Rescued +5. So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. +Peter Is Rescued + 6. Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. 7. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. @@ -22,7 +25,9 @@ James Killed and Peter Imprisoned 17. But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place. 18. Now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. -19. And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.The Death of Herod +19. And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there. +The Death of Herod + 20. Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food. 21. On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. @@ -34,3 +39,4 @@ James Killed and Peter Imprisoned 25. And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had completed their service, bringing with them John, whose other name was Mark. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_13.md index 76d1d794..31dc6b37 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_13.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Barnabas and Saul Sent Off # Chapter 13 1. Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." -3. Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.Barnabas and Saul on Cyprus +3. Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. +Barnabas and Saul on Cyprus + 4. So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5. When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them. @@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ Barnabas and Saul Sent Off 9. But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10. and said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? 11. And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand. -12. Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.Paul and Barnabas at Antioch in Pisidia +12. Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord. +Paul and Barnabas at Antioch in Pisidia + 13. Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem, 14. but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. @@ -75,3 +79,4 @@ for I am doing a work in your days, 52. And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_14.md index b2f9a63c..de7d99ed 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_14.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Paul and Barnabas at Iconium 4. But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles. 5. When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them, 6. they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country, -7. and there they continued to preach the gospel.Paul and Barnabas at Lystra +7. and there they continued to preach the gospel. +Paul and Barnabas at Lystra + 8. Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. 9. He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well, @@ -19,13 +21,17 @@ Paul and Barnabas at Iconium 15. "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. 16. In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways. 17. Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness." -18. Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.Paul Stoned at Lystra +18. Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them. +Paul Stoned at Lystra + 19. But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20. But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. 21. When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, 22. strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. -23. And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria +23. And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. +Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria + 24. Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. 25. And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia, @@ -34,3 +40,4 @@ Paul and Barnabas at Iconium 28. And they remained no little time with the disciples. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_15.md index dbd55335..dce85484 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_15.md @@ -26,12 +26,16 @@ I will rebuild its ruins, 17. that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, - says the Lord, who makes these things + +says the Lord, who makes these things + 18. known from of old.' 19. Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, 20. but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood. -21. For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues."The Council's Letter to Gentile Believers +21. For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues." +The Council's Letter to Gentile Believers + 22. Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers, 23. with the following letter: "The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings. @@ -46,7 +50,9 @@ I will rebuild its ruins, 31. And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement. 32. And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words. 33. And after they had spent some time, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them. -35. But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.Paul and Barnabas Separate +35. But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. +Paul and Barnabas Separate + 36. And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are." 37. Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. @@ -56,3 +62,4 @@ I will rebuild its ruins, 41. And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_16.md index 5d3f009b..e1b1a7d1 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_16.md @@ -5,19 +5,25 @@ Timothy Joins Paul and Silas 2. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. 3. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4. As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. -5. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.The Macedonian Call +5. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily. +The Macedonian Call + 6. And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. 7. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. 8. So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. 9. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." -10. And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.The Conversion of Lydia +10. And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. +The Conversion of Lydia + 11. So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, 12. and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days. 13. And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together. 14. One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. -15. And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.Paul and Silas in Prison +15. And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us. +Paul and Silas in Prison + 16. As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. 17. She followed Paul and us, crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation." @@ -28,9 +34,12 @@ Timothy Joins Paul and Silas 21. They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice." 22. The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. 23. And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. -24. Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.The Philippian Jailer Converted +24. Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. +The Philippian Jailer Converted -25. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, + +25. +About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26. and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened. 27. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28. But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here." @@ -49,3 +58,4 @@ Timothy Joins Paul and Silas 40. So they went out of the prison and visited Lydia. And when they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them and departed. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_17.md index c41395f5..56a0c808 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_17.md @@ -9,21 +9,27 @@ Paul and Silas in Thessalonica 6. And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, 7. and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus." 8. And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things. -9. And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.Paul and Silas in Berea +9. And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. +Paul and Silas in Berea + 10. The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. 11. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. 12. Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men. 13. But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds. 14. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there. -15. Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.Paul in Athens +15. Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed. +Paul in Athens + 16. Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. 17. So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. 18. Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities"--because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. 19. And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20. For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean." -21. Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.Paul Addresses the Areopagus +21. Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. +Paul Addresses the Areopagus + 22. So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: 'To the unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. @@ -45,3 +51,4 @@ as even some of your own poets have said, 34. But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_18.md index 3e7ec0e2..57466fc4 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_18.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Paul in Corinth 14. But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint. 15. But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things." 16. And he drove them from the tribunal. -17. And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.Paul Returns to Antioch +17. And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this. +Paul Returns to Antioch + 18. After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow. 19. And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. @@ -27,7 +29,9 @@ Paul in Corinth 21. But on taking leave of them he said, "I will return to you if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus. 22. When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch. -23. After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus +23. After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. +Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus + 24. Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. 25. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. @@ -36,3 +40,4 @@ Paul in Corinth 28. for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_19.md index 90d6387d..1afa2038 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_19.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Paul in Ephesus 8. And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God. 9. But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus. -10. This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.The Sons of Sceva +10. This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. +The Sons of Sceva + 11. And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, 12. so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them. @@ -22,12 +24,15 @@ Paul in Ephesus 17. And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. 18. Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. 19. And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. -20. So the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily.A Riot at Ephesus +20. So the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily. +A Riot at Ephesus + 21. Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome." 22. And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while. -23. About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way. +23. +About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way. 24. For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen. 25. These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth. 26. And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods. @@ -50,3 +55,4 @@ Paul in Ephesus 41. And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_20.md index 0f3ffd8c..2721414f 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_20.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Paul in Macedonia and Greece 3. There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. 4. Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5. These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas, -6. but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.Eutychus Raised from the Dead +6. but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days. +Eutychus Raised from the Dead + 7. On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. 8. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered. @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ Paul in Macedonia and Greece 13. But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land. 14. And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene. 15. And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we went to Miletus. -16. For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders +16. For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost. +Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders + 17. Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. 18. And when they came to him, he said to them: @@ -46,3 +50,4 @@ Paul in Macedonia and Greece 38. being sorrowful most of all because of the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_21.md index 6d31e619..f60e276e 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_21.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Paul Goes to Jerusalem 14. And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, "Let the will of the Lord be done." 15. After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem. -16. And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.Paul Visits James +16. And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge. +Paul Visits James + 17. When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. 18. On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. @@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ Paul Goes to Jerusalem 23. Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow; 24. take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also live in observance of the law. 25. But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality." -26. Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself along with them and went into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for each one of them.Paul Arrested in the Temple +26. Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself along with them and went into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for each one of them. +Paul Arrested in the Temple + 27. When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him, 28. crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place." @@ -40,7 +44,9 @@ Paul Goes to Jerusalem 33. Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done. 34. Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks. 35. And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd, -36. for the mob of the people followed, crying out, "Away with him!"Paul Speaks to the People +36. for the mob of the people followed, crying out, "Away with him!" +Paul Speaks to the People + 37. As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, "May I say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek? 38. Are you not the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?" @@ -48,3 +54,4 @@ Paul Goes to Jerusalem 40. And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying: + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_22.md index 9f840821..4a093d11 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_22.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ 18. and saw him saying to me, *'Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'* 19. And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you. 20. And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.' -21. And he said to me, *'Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'*"Paul and the Roman Tribune +21. And he said to me, *'Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'*" +Paul and the Roman Tribune + 22. Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live." 23. And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, @@ -33,8 +35,11 @@ 26. When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen." 27. So the tribune came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" And he said, "Yes." 28. The tribune answered, "I bought this citizenship for a large sum." Paul said, "But I am a citizen by birth." -29. So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him.Paul Before the Council +29. So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also was afraid, for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him. +Paul Before the Council + 30. But on the next day, desiring to know the real reason why he was being accused by the Jews, he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_23.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_23.md index a60a40fb..03bc0443 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_23.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_23.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ 9. Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?" 10. And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into the barracks. -11. The following night the Lord stood by him and said, *"Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome."*A Plot to Kill Paul +11. The following night the Lord stood by him and said, *"Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome."* +A Plot to Kill Paul + 12. When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13. There were more than forty who made this conspiracy. @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ 19. The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?" 20. And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him. 21. But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent." -22. So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, "Tell no one that you have informed me of these things."Paul Sent to Felix the Governor +22. So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, "Tell no one that you have informed me of these things." +Paul Sent to Felix the Governor + 23. Then he called two of the centurions and said, "Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night. 24. Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to Felix the governor." @@ -43,3 +47,4 @@ 35. he said, "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive." And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod's praetorium. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_24.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_24.md index a8f428ba..7a1777ff 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_24.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_24.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Paul Before Felix at Caesarea 18. While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia-- 19. they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me. 20. Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council, -21. other than this one thing that I cried out while standing among them: 'It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.'"Paul Kept in Custody +21. other than this one thing that I cried out while standing among them: 'It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.'" +Paul Kept in Custody + 22. But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will decide your case." 23. Then he gave orders to the centurion that he should be kept in custody but have some liberty, and that none of his friends should be prevented from attending to his needs. @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ Paul Before Felix at Caesarea 27. When two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_25.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_25.md index 647b62d8..1b524e3b 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_25.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_25.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Paul Appeals to Caesar 9. But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, "Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?" 10. But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well. 11. If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar." -12. Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, "To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go."Paul Before Agrippa and Bernice +12. Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, "To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go." +Paul Before Agrippa and Bernice + 13. Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and greeted Festus. 14. And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a man left prisoner by Felix, @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ Paul Appeals to Caesar 27. For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him." + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_26.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_26.md index b4f43c18..87cc59bd 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_26.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_26.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Paul's Defense Before Agrippa 9. "I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10. And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them. -11. And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.Paul Tells of His Conversion +11. And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities. +Paul Tells of His Conversion + 12. "In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13. At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. @@ -42,3 +44,4 @@ Paul's Defense Before Agrippa 32. And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar." + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_27.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_27.md index 49195648..4f90d3b8 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_27.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_27.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Paul Sails for Rome 9. Since much time had passed, and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast was already over, Paul advised them, 10. saying, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives." 11. But the centurion paid more attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said. -12. And because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing both southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.The Storm at Sea +12. And because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing both southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there. +The Storm at Sea + 13. Now when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore. 14. But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, struck down from the land. @@ -43,7 +45,9 @@ Paul Sails for Rome 35. And when he had said these things, he took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat. 36. Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves. 37. (We were in all 276 persons in the ship.) -38. And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.The Shipwreck +38. And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea. +The Shipwreck + 39. Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to run the ship ashore. 40. So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach. @@ -53,3 +57,4 @@ Paul Sails for Rome 44. and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all were brought safely to land. + diff --git a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_28.md b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_28.md index 18009a2d..d52b97fd 100644 --- a/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_28.md +++ b/ESV/44_Acts/Chapter_28.md @@ -11,14 +11,18 @@ Paul on Malta 7. Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us hospitably for three days. 8. It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him, healed him. 9. And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured. -10. They also honored us greatly, and when we were about to sail, they put on board whatever we needed.Paul Arrives at Rome +10. They also honored us greatly, and when we were about to sail, they put on board whatever we needed. +Paul Arrives at Rome + 11. After three months we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the twin gods as a figurehead. 12. Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days. 13. And from there we made a circuit and arrived at Rhegium. And after one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli. 14. There we found brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome. 15. And the brothers there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. On seeing them, Paul thanked God and took courage. -16. And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who guarded him.Paul in Rome +16. And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who guarded him. +Paul in Rome + 17. After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, "Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. 18. When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case. @@ -39,7 +43,8 @@ Paul on Malta and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes - and hear with their ears + +and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.' @@ -49,3 +54,4 @@ and understand with their heart 31. proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_01.md index 670a6b2a..ac155c6e 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_01.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Greeting 6. including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, 7. To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: -Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Longing to Go to Rome +Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Longing to Go to Rome + 8. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. 9. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you @@ -18,10 +20,14 @@ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Longing to 12. that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine. 13. I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. -15. So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.The Righteous Shall Live by Faith +15. So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. +The Righteous Shall Live by Faith + 16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. -17. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."God's Wrath on Unrighteousness +17. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith." +God's Wrath on Unrighteousness + 18. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. @@ -43,3 +49,4 @@ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Longing to 32. Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_02.md index fd00b018..e119b4f2 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_02.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ God's Righteous Judgment 8. but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. 9. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, 10. but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. -11. For God shows no partiality.God's Judgment and the Law +11. For God shows no partiality. +God's Judgment and the Law + 12. For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. @@ -36,3 +38,4 @@ God's Righteous Judgment 29. But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_03.md index f0454bc3..0e1aec88 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_03.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ God's Righteousness Upheld 5. But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) 6. By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7. But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? -8. And why not do evil that good may come?--as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.No One Is Righteous +8. And why not do evil that good may come?--as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just. +No One Is Righteous + 9. What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10. as it is written: @@ -39,7 +41,9 @@ God's Righteousness Upheld 18. "There is no fear of God before their eyes." 19. Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. -20. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.The Righteousness of God Through Faith +20. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. +The Righteousness of God Through Faith + 21. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it-- 22. the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: @@ -55,3 +59,4 @@ God's Righteousness Upheld 31. Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_04.md index 7fe469e5..5d4d158d 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_04.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Abraham Justified by Faith 9. Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. 10. How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11. He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, -12. and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.The Promise Realized Through Faith +12. and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. +The Promise Realized Through Faith + 13. For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14. For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ Abraham Justified by Faith 25. who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_05.md index 0f30382b..1301f740 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_05.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Peace with God Through Faith 8. but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. -11. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.Death in Adam, Life in Christ +11. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. +Death in Adam, Life in Christ + 12. Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned-- 13. for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ Peace with God Through Faith 21. so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_06.md index 842695fe..f455f737 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_06.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Dead to Sin, Alive to God 12. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. -14. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.Slaves to Righteousness +14. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. +Slaves to Righteousness + 15. What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16. Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? @@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ Dead to Sin, Alive to God 23. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_07.md index 16c44919..27abf639 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_07.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Released from the Law 4. Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. -6. But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.The Law and Sin +6. But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code. +The Law and Sin + 7. What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet." 8. But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead. @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ Released from the Law 25. Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_08.md index 40e5519e..235eaf67 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_08.md @@ -12,14 +12,18 @@ Life in the Spirit 9. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. -11. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.Heirs with Christ +11. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. +Heirs with Christ + 12. So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" 16. The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, -17. and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.Future Glory +17. and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. +Future Glory + 18. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. @@ -34,7 +38,9 @@ Life in the Spirit 27. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 28. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. -30. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.God's Everlasting Love +30. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. +God's Everlasting Love + 31. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32. He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? @@ -50,3 +56,4 @@ Life in the Spirit 39. nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_09.md index 5da74e91..c3adc8d1 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_09.md @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ God's Sovereign Choice 6. But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, 7. and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named." 8. This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. -9. For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son." +9. For this is what the promise said: " +About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son." 10. And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, 11. though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad--in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls-- 12. she was told, "The older will serve the younger." @@ -40,7 +41,10 @@ God's Sovereign Choice 29. And as Isaiah predicted, "If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have been like Sodom - and become like Gomorrah."Israel's Unbelief + +and become like Gomorrah." +Israel's Unbelief + 30. What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31. but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. @@ -50,3 +54,4 @@ God's Sovereign Choice and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_10.md index ce26b32a..2bfc9728 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_10.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ 1. Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. -4. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.The Message of Salvation to All +4. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. +The Message of Salvation to All + 5. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. 6. But the righteousness based on faith says, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ 21. But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people." + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_11.md index 261275d1..6d67a001 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_11.md @@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ down to this very day." a stumbling block and a retribution for them; 10. let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, - and bend their backs forever."Gentiles Grafted In + +and bend their backs forever." +Gentiles Grafted In + 11. So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12. Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean! @@ -37,7 +40,9 @@ down to this very day." 21. For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 22. Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. 23. And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. -24. For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.The Mystery of Israel's Salvation +24. For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree. +The Mystery of Israel's Salvation + 25. Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26. And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, @@ -64,3 +69,4 @@ down to this very day." 36. For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_12.md index dc8b303b..762181f8 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_12.md @@ -2,14 +2,18 @@ A Living Sacrifice # Chapter 12 1. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. -2. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.Gifts of Grace +2. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. +Gifts of Grace + 3. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5. so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7. if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; -8. the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.Marks of the True Christian +8. the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. +Marks of the True Christian + 9. Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ A Living Sacrifice 21. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_13.md index aef9795a..5772b4ef 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_13.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Submission to the Authorities 4. for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. -7. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.Fulfilling the Law Through Love +7. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. +Fulfilling the Law Through Love + 8. Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9. For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." @@ -19,3 +21,4 @@ Submission to the Authorities 14. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_14.md index 492584b1..aebe2745 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_14.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." -12. So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.Do Not Cause Another to Stumble +12. So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. +Do Not Cause Another to Stumble + 13. Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. 14. I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. @@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another 23. But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_15.md index 9e82e503..90e0a7e7 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_15.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ The Example of Christ 4. For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 5. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, 6. that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. -7. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles +7. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. +Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles + 8. For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 9. and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, @@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ The Example of Christ even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope." -13. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.Paul the Minister to the Gentiles +13. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. +Paul the Minister to the Gentiles + 14. I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15. But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God @@ -37,7 +41,10 @@ in him will the Gentiles hope." 20. and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, 21. but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, - and those who have never heard will understand."Paul's Plan to Visit Rome + +and those who have never heard will understand." +Paul's Plan to Visit Rome + 22. This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you. 23. But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you, @@ -54,3 +61,4 @@ in him will the Gentiles hope." 33. May the God of peace be with you all. Amen. + diff --git a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_16.md index 4ed6b4df..2ecaf50c 100644 --- a/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/45_Romans/Chapter_16.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Personal Greetings 13. Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well. 14. Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them. 15. Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. -16. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.Final Instructions and Greetings +16. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. +Final Instructions and Greetings + 17. I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. 18. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. @@ -28,10 +30,13 @@ Personal Greetings 22. I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord. -23. Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.Doxology +23. Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you. +Doxology + 25. Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages 26. but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith-- 27. to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md index 01de442c..c5e3ed6d 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md @@ -5,14 +5,18 @@ Greeting 2. To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: -3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Thanksgiving +3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Thanksgiving + 4. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, 5. that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge-- 6. even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you-- 7. so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8. who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. -9. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.Divisions in the Church +9. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. +Divisions in the Church + 10. I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. 11. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. @@ -21,7 +25,9 @@ Greeting 14. I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15. so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. 16. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) -17. For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.Christ the Wisdom and Power of God +17. For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. +Christ the Wisdom and Power of God + 18. For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19. For it is written, @@ -43,3 +49,4 @@ Greeting 31. so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord." + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md index ca7a27e9..a5678192 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Proclaiming Christ Crucified 2. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4. and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, -5. so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.Wisdom from the Spirit +5. so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. +Wisdom from the Spirit + 6. Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. @@ -25,3 +27,4 @@ what God has prepared for those who love him"-- 16. "For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md index 2ab5fabf..9706b63a 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md @@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ Divisions in the Church 23. and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md index 03ec5f23..f0497ceb 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ The Ministry of Apostles 21. What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness? + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md index 4c1f5458..f8b0bd46 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church 13. God judges those outside. "Purge the evil person from among you." + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md index fa11c214..7378419f 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Lawsuits Against Believers 9. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10. nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. -11. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.Flee Sexual Immorality +11. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. +Flee Sexual Immorality + 12. "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything. 13. "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food"--and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. @@ -25,3 +27,4 @@ Lawsuits Against Believers 20. for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md index fcd70975..4b7e6120 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Principles for Marriage 13. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. 14. For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. 15. But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. -16. For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?Live as You Are Called +16. For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? +Live as You Are Called + 17. Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. 18. Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. @@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ Principles for Marriage 21. Were you a bondservant when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) 22. For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ. 23. You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men. -24. So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.The Unmarried and the Widowed +24. So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God. +The Unmarried and the Widowed + 25. Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. 26. I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is. @@ -52,3 +56,4 @@ Principles for Marriage 40. Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md index 52d988c0..b2d849a5 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ Food Offered to Idols 13. Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md index 8e195985..47a84512 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md @@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Paul Surrenders His Rights 27. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md index 54d6a4da..40959068 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Warning Against Idolatry 19. What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20. No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. -22. Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?Do All to the Glory of God +22. Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? +Do All to the Glory of God + 23. "All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up. 24. Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ Warning Against Idolatry 33. just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md index c561994f..34fe0499 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 11 -1. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.Head Coverings +1. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. +Head Coverings + 2. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. 3. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ 13. Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14. Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him, 15. but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering. -16. If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.The Lord's Supper +16. If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God. +The Lord's Supper + 17. But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. 18. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, @@ -37,6 +41,8 @@ 32. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world. 33. So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another-- -34. if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home--so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come. +34. if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home--so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. +About the other things I will give directions when I come. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md index 1553afa6..d5377c82 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Spiritual Gifts 8. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9. to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10. to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. -11. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.One Body with Many Members +11. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. +One Body with Many Members + 12. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and all were made to drink of one Spirit. @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ Spiritual Gifts And I will show you a still more excellent way. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md index bcd832ee..48028506 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ The Way of Love 13. So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_14.md index af638c8b..bc4f183f 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_14.md @@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ Prophecy and Tongues 22. Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers. 23. If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds? 24. But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, -25. the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.Orderly Worship +25. the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you. +Orderly Worship + 26. What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. 27. If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. @@ -49,3 +51,4 @@ As in all the churches of the saints, 40. But all things should be done decently and in order. + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_15.md index 514ab9a8..fdc0726f 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_15.md @@ -1 +1,2 @@ -‘ +� + diff --git a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_16.md index 807c4228..7a57fef5 100644 --- a/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/46_1 Corinthians/Chapter_16.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Collection for the Saints 1. Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. 2. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. 3. And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem. -4. If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me.Plans for Travel +4. If it seems advisable that I should go also, they will accompany me. +Plans for Travel + 5. I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia, 6. and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me on my journey, wherever I go. @@ -13,7 +15,10 @@ The Collection for the Saints 9. for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. 10. When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am. -11. So let no one despise him. Help him on his way in peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.Final Instructions +11. So let no one despise him. +Help him on his way in peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers. +Final Instructions + 12. Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity. @@ -23,7 +28,9 @@ The Collection for the Saints 15. Now I urge you, brothers--you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints-- 16. be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer. 17. I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for your absence, -18. for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such people.Greetings +18. for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such people. +Greetings + 19. The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. 20. All the brothers send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. @@ -34,3 +41,4 @@ The Collection for the Saints 24. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md index 13fa958e..88283f07 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: -2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.God of All Comfort +2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +God of All Comfort + 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4. who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whol 8. For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. 10. He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. -11. You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.Paul's Change of Plans +11. You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many. +Paul's Change of Plans + 12. For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. 13. For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand-- @@ -34,3 +38,4 @@ To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whol 24. Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith. + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md index bdc7c862..83d70ce0 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_02.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ 1. For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. 2. For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3. And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. -4. For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.Forgive the Sinner +4. For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you. +Forgive the Sinner + 5. Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure--not to put it too severely--to all of you. 6. For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, @@ -10,7 +12,9 @@ 8. So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. 9. For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. 10. Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, -11. so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.Triumph in Christ +11. so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs. +Triumph in Christ + 12. When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord, 13. my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia. @@ -21,3 +25,4 @@ 17. For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ. + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md index 99725d3b..f560814b 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_03.md @@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ Ministers of the New Covenant 18. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md index 0231d271..ed0220f1 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_04.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ The Light of the Gospel 3. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. -6. For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.Treasure in Jars of Clay +6. For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. +Treasure in Jars of Clay + 7. But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; @@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ The Light of the Gospel 18. as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md index 214481cc..2d18a6ce 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_05.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Our Heavenly Dwelling 7. for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. -10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.The Ministry of Reconciliation +10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. +The Ministry of Reconciliation + 11. Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. 12. We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ Our Heavenly Dwelling 21. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md index 6fc098ed..f9cca63d 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_06.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 11. We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. 12. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. -13. In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.The Temple of the Living God +13. In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also. +The Temple of the Living God + 14. Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15. What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ and touch no unclean thing; says the Lord Almighty." + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md index 5c4f87ea..8b747693 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_07.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 7 -1. Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.Paul's Joy +1. Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. +Paul's Joy + 2. Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. 3. I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. @@ -21,3 +23,4 @@ And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because 16. I rejoice, because I have complete confidence in you. + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md index 523c3490..72ed93c2 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_08.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Encouragement to Give Generously 12. For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. 13. For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness 14. your abundance at the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. -15. As it is written, "Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack."Commendation of Titus +15. As it is written, "Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack." +Commendation of Titus + 16. But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you. 17. For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own accord. @@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ Encouragement to Give Generously 24. So give proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you to these men. + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md index 4aa48f85..475b32b0 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_09.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ The Collection for Christians in Jerusalem 2. for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them. 3. But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this matter, so that you may be ready, as I said you would be. 4. Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated--to say nothing of you--for being so confident. -5. So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.The Cheerful Giver +5. So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction. +The Cheerful Giver + 6. The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ The Collection for Christians in Jerusalem 15. Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md index 7abd3431..13cdad6b 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_10.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Paul Defends His Ministry 18. For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md index 6e06ba28..abf532e8 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_11.md @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Paul and the False Apostles 12. And what I am doing I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do. 13. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. -15. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.Paul's Sufferings as an Apostle +15. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. +Paul's Sufferings as an Apostle + 16. I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17. What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would but as a fool. @@ -41,3 +43,4 @@ But whatever anyone else dares to boast of--I am speaking as a fool--I also dare 33. but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands. + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md index 04942a76..c5fbb7d4 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_12.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ Paul's Visions and His Thorn 7. So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9. But he said to me, *"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."* Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. -10. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.Concern for the Corinthian Church +10. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. +Concern for the Corinthian Church + 11. I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing. 12. The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works. @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ Paul's Visions and His Thorn 21. I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced. + diff --git a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md index 1815f296..c216f277 100644 --- a/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/47_2 Corinthians/Chapter_13.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Final Warnings 7. But we pray to God that you may not do wrong--not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed. 8. For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. 9. For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. Your restoration is what we pray for. -10. For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.Final Greetings +10. For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down. +Final Greetings + 11. Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. 12. Greet one another with a holy kiss. @@ -20,3 +22,4 @@ Final Warnings 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. + diff --git a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_01.md index 4ad027cc..9841eff0 100644 --- a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_01.md @@ -7,14 +7,18 @@ To the churches of Galatia: 3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4. who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, -5. to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.No Other Gospel +5. to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. +No Other Gospel + 6. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel-- 7. not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. -10. For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.Paul Called by God +10. For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. +Paul Called by God + 11. For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel. 12. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ To the churches of Galatia: 24. And they glorified God because of me. + diff --git a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_02.md index 3c78efb9..8d7bcfb4 100644 --- a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_02.md @@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ Paul Accepted by the Apostles 7. On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised 8. (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), 9. and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. -10. Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.Paul Opposes Peter +10. Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. +Paul Opposes Peter + 11. But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12. For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. 13. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. -14. But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, "If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?"Justified by Faith +14. But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, "If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?" +Justified by Faith + 15. We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16. yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ Paul Accepted by the Apostles 21. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose. + diff --git a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_03.md index 322ca494..35a433da 100644 --- a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_03.md @@ -10,13 +10,17 @@ By Faith, or by Works of the Law? 7. Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. 8. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed." -9. So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.The Righteous Shall Live by Faith +9. So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. +The Righteous Shall Live by Faith + 10. For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them." 11. Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith." 12. But the law is not of faith, rather "The one who does them shall live by them." 13. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us--for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"-- -14. so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.The Law and the Promise +14. so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith. +The Law and the Promise + 15. To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16. Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many, but referring to one, "And to your offspring," who is Christ. @@ -38,3 +42,4 @@ By Faith, or by Works of the Law? 29. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise. + diff --git a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_04.md index 5485749c..91430eb6 100644 --- a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_04.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Sons and Heirs 4. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5. to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" -7. So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.Paul's Concern for the Galatians +7. So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. +Paul's Concern for the Galatians + 8. Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. 9. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? @@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ Sons and Heirs 17. They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them. 18. It is always good to be made much of for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you, 19. my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you! -20. I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.Example of Hagar and Sarah +20. I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, for I am perplexed about you. +Example of Hagar and Sarah + 21. Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? 22. For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. @@ -42,3 +46,4 @@ For the children of the desolate one will be more 31. So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman. + diff --git a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_05.md index fde9593d..35753c3d 100644 --- a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_05.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Christ Has Set Us Free 13. For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." -15. But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.Keep in Step with the Spirit +15. But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. +Keep in Step with the Spirit + 16. But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ Christ Has Set Us Free 26. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. + diff --git a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_06.md index ee696465..2aa2722a 100644 --- a/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/48_Galatians/Chapter_06.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Bear One Another's Burdens 7. Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 8. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. -10. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.Final Warning and Benediction +10. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. +Final Warning and Benediction + 11. See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. 12. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. @@ -25,3 +27,4 @@ Bear One Another's Burdens 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen. + diff --git a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_01.md index b795a363..b959c63e 100644 --- a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: -2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Spiritual Blessings in Christ +2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Spiritual Blessings in Christ + 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4. even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: 11. In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12. so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, -14. who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.Thanksgiving and Prayer +14. who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. +Thanksgiving and Prayer + 15. For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16. I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, @@ -31,3 +35,4 @@ To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: 23. which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. + diff --git a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_02.md index c779b24c..f6eecb77 100644 --- a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_02.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ By Grace Through Faith 7. so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9. not a result of works, so that no one may boast. -10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.One in Christ +10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. +One in Christ + 11. Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands-- 12. remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ By Grace Through Faith 22. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. + diff --git a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_03.md index d7574271..488e3df2 100644 --- a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_03.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed 10. so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. 11. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12. in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. -13. So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.Prayer for Spiritual Strength +13. So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. +Prayer for Spiritual Strength + 14. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15. from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed 21. to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. + diff --git a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_04.md index 07ae6919..b3c8602b 100644 --- a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_04.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Unity in the Body of Christ 13. until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14. so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, -16. from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.The New Life +16. from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. +The New Life + 17. Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. 18. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. @@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ Unity in the Body of Christ 32. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. + diff --git a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_05.md index fe9db8e6..74ffb05d 100644 --- a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_05.md @@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ and Christ will shine on you." 18. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, 19. addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20. giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, -21. submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.Wives and Husbands +21. submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. +Wives and Husbands + 22. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ and Christ will shine on you." 33. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. + diff --git a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_06.md index d9812cb9..5343100c 100644 --- a/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/49_Ephesians/Chapter_06.md @@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ Children and Parents 1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2. "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3. "that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land." -4. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.Bondservants and Masters +4. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. +Bondservants and Masters + 5. Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6. not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7. rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8. knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. -9. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.The Whole Armor of God +9. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him. +The Whole Armor of God + 10. Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. @@ -22,7 +26,9 @@ Children and Parents 17. and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18. praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, 19. and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, -20. for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.Final Greetings +20. for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak. +Final Greetings + 21. So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. 22. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts. @@ -31,3 +37,4 @@ Children and Parents 24. Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible. + diff --git a/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_01.md index 02866c0f..ef492896 100644 --- a/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: -2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Thanksgiving and Prayer +2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Thanksgiving and Prayer + 3. I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4. always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, @@ -14,7 +16,9 @@ To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and de 8. For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9. And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10. so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, -11. filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.The Advance of the Gospel +11. filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. +The Advance of the Gospel + 12. I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, 13. so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. @@ -23,7 +27,8 @@ To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and de 15. Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. 16. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. 17. The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. -18. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice.To Live Is Christ +18. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. +To Live Is Christ Yes, and I will rejoice, 19. for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, 20. as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. @@ -40,3 +45,4 @@ Yes, and I will rejoice, 30. engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have. + diff --git a/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_02.md index 76e19f6e..cb81f595 100644 --- a/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_02.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Christ's Example of Humility 8. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10. so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, -11. and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Lights in the World +11. and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. +Lights in the World + 12. Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13. for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. @@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ Christ's Example of Humility 15. that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, 16. holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. 17. Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. -18. Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.Timothy and Epaphroditus +18. Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me. +Timothy and Epaphroditus + 19. I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20. For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. @@ -37,3 +41,4 @@ Christ's Example of Humility 30. for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me. + diff --git a/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_03.md index 5e02b647..e1502ece 100644 --- a/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_03.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Righteousness Through Faith in Christ 8. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9. and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith-- 10. that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, -11. that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.Straining Toward the Goal +11. that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. +Straining Toward the Goal + 12. Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ Righteousness Through Faith in Christ 21. who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. + diff --git a/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_04.md index 3533fe00..4564ee36 100644 --- a/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/50_Philippians/Chapter_04.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 4 -1. Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.Exhortation, Encouragement, and Prayer +1. Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. +Exhortation, Encouragement, and Prayer + 2. I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. 3. Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. @@ -10,7 +12,9 @@ 7. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. -9. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me--practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.God's Provision +9. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me--practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. +God's Provision + 10. I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. 11. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned, in whatever situation I am, to be content. @@ -23,7 +27,9 @@ 17. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. 18. I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. 19. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. -20. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.Final Greetings +20. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. +Final Greetings + 21. Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you. 22. All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar's household. @@ -31,3 +37,4 @@ 23. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. + diff --git a/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_01.md index 29965e69..a73e1a8f 100644 --- a/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2. To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: -Grace to you and peace from God our Father.Thanksgiving and Prayer +Grace to you and peace from God our Father. +Thanksgiving and Prayer + 3. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4. since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ Grace to you and peace from God our Father.Thanksgiving and Prayer 11. being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; 12. giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, -14. in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.The Preeminence of Christ +14. in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. +The Preeminence of Christ + 15. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through him and for him. @@ -29,7 +33,9 @@ Grace to you and peace from God our Father.Thanksgiving and Prayer 21. And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22. he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, -23. if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.Paul's Ministry to the Church +23. if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. +Paul's Ministry to the Church + 24. Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, 25. of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, @@ -39,3 +45,4 @@ Grace to you and peace from God our Father.Thanksgiving and Prayer 29. For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me. + diff --git a/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_02.md index 9c81d0e7..4a9e6dff 100644 --- a/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_02.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ 2. that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, 3. in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. -5. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.Alive in Christ +5. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. +Alive in Christ + 6. Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7. rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ 12. having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14. by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. -15. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.Let No One Disqualify You +15. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. +Let No One Disqualify You + 16. Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. @@ -28,3 +32,4 @@ 23. These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh. + diff --git a/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_03.md index 61f98eb9..50b5dd0f 100644 --- a/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_03.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ Put On the New Self 14. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. -17. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.Rules for Christian Households +17. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. +Rules for Christian Households + 18. Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. @@ -31,3 +33,4 @@ Put On the New Self 25. For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. + diff --git a/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_04.md index fda8e044..1d488673 100644 --- a/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/51_Colossians/Chapter_04.md @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ # Chapter 4 -1. Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.Further Instructions +1. Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. +Further Instructions + 2. Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. 3. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison-- 4. that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. 5. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. -6. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.Final Greetings +6. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. +Final Greetings + 7. Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. 8. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, @@ -24,3 +28,4 @@ 18. I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. + diff --git a/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md index 249c9526..16931405 100644 --- a/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Greeting # Chapter 1 1. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: -Grace to you and peace.The Thessalonians' Faith and Example +Grace to you and peace. +The Thessalonians' Faith and Example + 2. We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3. remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. @@ -16,3 +18,4 @@ Grace to you and peace.The Thessalonians' Faith and Example 10. and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. + diff --git a/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md index f68e57f8..9abadc91 100644 --- a/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md @@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Paul's Ministry to the Thessalonians 13. And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. 14. For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews, 15. who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind -16. by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved--so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!Paul's Longing to See Them Again +16. by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved--so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last! +Paul's Longing to See Them Again + 17. But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face, 18. because we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, again and again--but Satan hindered us. @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ Paul's Ministry to the Thessalonians 20. For you are our glory and joy. + diff --git a/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md index 0e72b4a7..bf4c86f8 100644 --- a/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ 2. and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, 3. that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 4. For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know. -5. For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.Timothy's Encouraging Report +5. For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain. +Timothy's Encouraging Report + 6. But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you-- 7. for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith. @@ -16,3 +18,4 @@ 13. so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. + diff --git a/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_04.md index 005d29dd..3b78f3e1 100644 --- a/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_04.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ A Life Pleasing to God 9. Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, 10. for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, 11. and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, -12. so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.The Coming of the Lord +12. so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one. +The Coming of the Lord + 13. But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. @@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ A Life Pleasing to God 18. Therefore encourage one another with these words. + diff --git a/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_05.md index 721878d5..73d273a2 100644 --- a/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/52_1 Thessalonians/Chapter_05.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ The Day of the Lord 8. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9. For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10. who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. -11. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.Final Instructions and Benediction +11. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. +Final Instructions and Benediction + 12. We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13. and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ The Day of the Lord 28. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. + diff --git a/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md index 854b3560..155a955c 100644 --- a/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: -2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Thanksgiving +2. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Thanksgiving + 3. We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. -4. Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.The Judgment at Christ's Coming +4. Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. +The Judgment at Christ's Coming + 5. This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering-- 6. since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, @@ -19,3 +23,4 @@ To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 12. so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. + diff --git a/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md index fbdeaa40..5ac68c88 100644 --- a/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_02.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ The Man of Lawlessness 9. The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10. and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, -12. in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.Stand Firm +12. in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. +Stand Firm + 13. But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ The Man of Lawlessness 17. comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. + diff --git a/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md index a5283c84..4b4462cc 100644 --- a/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/53_2 Thessalonians/Chapter_03.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Pray for Us 2. and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith. 3. But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. 4. And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command. -5. May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.Warning Against Idleness +5. May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. +Warning Against Idleness + 6. Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us. 7. For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, @@ -17,7 +19,9 @@ Pray for Us 13. As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good. 14. If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed. -15. Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.Benediction +15. Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother. +Benediction + 16. Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all. @@ -25,3 +29,4 @@ Pray for Us 18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. + diff --git a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_01.md index 3590a5d8..6a4001c0 100644 --- a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2. To Timothy, my true child in the faith: -Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.Warning Against False Teachers +Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. +Warning Against False Teachers + 3. As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, 4. nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. @@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.Warning Ag 8. Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, 9. understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, 10. the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, -11. in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners +11. in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. +Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners + 12. I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, 13. though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.Warning Ag 20. among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. + diff --git a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_02.md index b5d556fc..5e9c56de 100644 --- a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_02.md @@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Pray for All People 15. Yet she will be saved through childbearing--if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control. + diff --git a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_03.md index 7534823b..848cb299 100644 --- a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_03.md @@ -7,14 +7,18 @@ Qualifications for Overseers 4. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5. for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? 6. He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. -7. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.Qualifications for Deacons +7. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil. +Qualifications for Deacons + 8. Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. 9. They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10. And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. 11. Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. 12. Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. -13. For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.The Mystery of Godliness +13. For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. +The Mystery of Godliness + 14. I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15. if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ proclaimed among the nations, taken up in glory. + diff --git a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_04.md index 9fd4dcdb..54f9960d 100644 --- a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_04.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Some Will Depart from the Faith 2. through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, 3. who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, -5. for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.A Good Servant of Christ Jesus +5. for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. +A Good Servant of Christ Jesus + 6. If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed. 7. Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; @@ -21,3 +23,4 @@ Some Will Depart from the Faith 16. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers. + diff --git a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_05.md index e2565d66..7b50d0cf 100644 --- a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_05.md @@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Instructions for the Church 25. So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden. + diff --git a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_06.md index fdec2994..6c687128 100644 --- a/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/54_1 Timothy/Chapter_06.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ # Chapter 6 1. Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. -2. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.False Teachers and True Contentment +2. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. +False Teachers and True Contentment Teach and urge these things. 3. If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, 4. he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, @@ -9,7 +10,9 @@ Teach and urge these things. 7. for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. 8. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. 9. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. -10. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.Fight the Good Fight of Faith +10. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. +Fight the Good Fight of Faith + 11. But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 12. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. @@ -27,3 +30,4 @@ Teach and urge these things. Grace be with you. + diff --git a/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_01.md index dd65292c..440d1fcf 100644 --- a/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus, 2. To Timothy, my beloved child: -Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You +Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. +Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You + 3. I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 4. As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.Guard the 18. may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day!--and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus. + diff --git a/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_02.md index 00ac2be5..04b83121 100644 --- a/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_02.md @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; 13. if we are faithless, he remains faithful-- -for he cannot deny himself.A Worker Approved by God +for he cannot deny himself. +A Worker Approved by God + 14. Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. 15. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ for he cannot deny himself.A Worker Approved by God 26. and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. + diff --git a/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_03.md index 9866396b..d3fca8ae 100644 --- a/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_03.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Godlessness in the Last Days 6. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7. always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. -9. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God +9. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men. +All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God + 10. You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11. my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra--which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. @@ -21,3 +23,4 @@ Godlessness in the Last Days 17. that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. + diff --git a/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_04.md index 5e6e55e0..c5f2af42 100644 --- a/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/55_2 Timothy/Chapter_04.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Preach the Word 6. For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 7. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. -8. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.Personal Instructions +8. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing. +Personal Instructions + 9. Do your best to come to me soon. 10. For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. @@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ Preach the Word 15. Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message. 16. At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them! 17. But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth. -18. The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.Final Greetings +18. The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. +Final Greetings + 19. Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. 20. Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus. @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ Preach the Word 22. The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. + diff --git a/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_01.md index e9458992..6f9530a0 100644 --- a/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_01.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Greeting 3. and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; 4. To Titus, my true child in a common faith: -Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.Qualifications for Elders +Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. +Qualifications for Elders + 5. This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you-- 6. if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. @@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.Qualifications f 16. They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. + diff --git a/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_02.md index d8049951..ad2a8c13 100644 --- a/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_02.md @@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ Teach Sound Doctrine 15. Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you. + diff --git a/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_03.md index f61741d2..52d32d6d 100644 --- a/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/56_Titus/Chapter_03.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Be Ready for Every Good Work 8. The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. 9. But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. 10. As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, -11. knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.Final Instructions and Greetings +11. knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. +Final Instructions and Greetings + 12. When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. @@ -21,3 +23,4 @@ Be Ready for Every Good Work Grace be with you all. + diff --git a/ESV/57_Philemon/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/57_Philemon/Chapter_01.md index ebf9e426..2f3e214e 100644 --- a/ESV/57_Philemon/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/57_Philemon/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,15 +1,21 @@ Greeting + 1. Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker + 2. and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: -3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Philemon's Love and Faith +3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. +Philemon's Love and Faith + 4. I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, 5. because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, 6. and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ. -7. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.Paul's Plea for Onesimus +7. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. +Paul's Plea for Onesimus + 8. Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, 9. yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you--I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus-- @@ -27,7 +33,9 @@ To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 20. Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. 21. Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. -22. At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.Final Greetings +22. At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you. +Final Greetings + 23. Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you, 24. and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. @@ -35,3 +43,4 @@ To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 25. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_01.md index 074213f1..67a96505 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_01.md @@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ But you are the same, 14. Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation? + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_02.md index a8e1d563..697428a7 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_02.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Warning Against Neglecting Salvation 1. Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, 3. how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, -4. while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.The Founder of Salvation +4. while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will. +The Founder of Salvation + 5. For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. 6. It has been testified somewhere, @@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his cont "I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise." -13. And again, +13. +And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Behold, I and the children God has given me." @@ -36,3 +39,4 @@ And again, 18. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_03.md index 1830a4d2..0ceddda9 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_03.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Jesus Greater Than Moses 3. For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses--as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. 4. (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) 5. Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, -6. but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.A Rest for the People of God +6. but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope. +A Rest for the People of God + 7. Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice, @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." 19. So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_04.md index 4fdf5fc5..84e5dad4 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_04.md @@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ do not harden your hearts." 11. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. 12. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. -13. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.Jesus the Great High Priest +13. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. +Jesus the Great High Priest + 14. Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_05.md index 90dcbedc..e34e9267 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_05.md @@ -15,11 +15,15 @@ 7. In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. 9. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, -10. being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.Warning Against Apostasy +10. being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. +Warning Against Apostasy -11. About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. + +11. +About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13. for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_06.md index f9e4176d..c843dee8 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_06.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ 9. Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things--things that belong to salvation. 10. For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do. 11. And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, -12. so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.The Certainty of God's Promise +12. so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. +The Certainty of God's Promise + 13. For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14. saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." @@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ 20. where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_07.md index 0e9cfafb..47c7a264 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_07.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ The Priestly Order of Melchizedek 7. It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. 8. In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one of whom it is testified that he lives. 9. One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, -10. for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.Jesus Compared to Melchizedek +10. for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him. +Jesus Compared to Melchizedek + 11. Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? 12. For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. @@ -44,3 +46,4 @@ The Priestly Order of Melchizedek 28. For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_08.md index 818e2f60..2740d83f 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_08.md @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant 8. For he finds fault with them when he says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, - when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel + +when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 9. not like the covenant that I made with their fathers @@ -37,3 +38,4 @@ for they shall all know me, 13. In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_09.md index 8c25b363..6ea2b793 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_09.md @@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ The Earthly Holy Place 7. but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. 8. By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing 9. (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, -10. but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.Redemption Through the Blood of Christ +10. but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation. +Redemption Through the Blood of Christ + 11. But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12. he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ The Earthly Holy Place 28. so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_10.md index 19db551a..61d5b955 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_10.md @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ I will put my laws on their hearts, 17. then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more." -18. Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.The Full Assurance of Faith +18. Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. +The Full Assurance of Faith + 19. Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20. by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, @@ -68,3 +70,4 @@ my soul has no pleasure in him." 39. But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_11.md index 539c0b55..3a869963 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_11.md @@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ By Faith 40. since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_12.md index a1d1a16d..b5789a07 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_12.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith # Chapter 12 1. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, -2. looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.Do Not Grow Weary +2. looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. +Do Not Grow Weary + 3. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. 4. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. @@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith 14. Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16. that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. -17. For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken +17. For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears. +A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken + 18. For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest 19. and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. @@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith 29. for our God is a consuming fire. + diff --git a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_13.md index 34021b6f..4d657385 100644 --- a/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/58_Hebrews/Chapter_13.md @@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ what can man do to me?" 17. Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you. 18. Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things. -19. I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.Benediction +19. I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner. +Benediction + 20. Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, -21. equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.Final Greetings +21. equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. +Final Greetings + 22. I appeal to you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly. 23. You should know that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon. @@ -36,3 +40,4 @@ what can man do to me?" 25. Grace be with all of you. + diff --git a/ESV/59_James/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/59_James/Chapter_01.md index 1644fe88..44abec91 100644 --- a/ESV/59_James/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/59_James/Chapter_01.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Greeting # Chapter 1 1. James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: -Greetings.Testing of Your Faith +Greetings. +Testing of Your Faith + 2. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3. for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. @@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ Greetings.Testing of Your Faith 16. Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. -18. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.Hearing and Doing the Word +18. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. +Hearing and Doing the Word + 19. Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20. for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. @@ -40,3 +44,4 @@ Greetings.Testing of Your Faith 27. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. + diff --git a/ESV/59_James/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/59_James/Chapter_02.md index 2087b7f5..0fd6b5c9 100644 --- a/ESV/59_James/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/59_James/Chapter_02.md @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ The Sin of Partiality 10. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. 11. For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. -13. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.Faith Without Works Is Dead +13. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. +Faith Without Works Is Dead + 14. What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15. If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, @@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ The Sin of Partiality 26. For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead. + diff --git a/ESV/59_James/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/59_James/Chapter_03.md index ecbb2ad6..c699e58f 100644 --- a/ESV/59_James/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/59_James/Chapter_03.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 9. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? -12. Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.Wisdom from Above +12. Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water. +Wisdom from Above + 13. Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. @@ -23,3 +25,4 @@ How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 18. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. + diff --git a/ESV/59_James/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/59_James/Chapter_04.md index 5ee13319..74dd6be8 100644 --- a/ESV/59_James/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/59_James/Chapter_04.md @@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ Warning Against Worldliness 10. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. 11. Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. -12. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?Boasting About Tomorrow +12. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? +Boasting +About Tomorrow + 13. Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"-- 14. yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. @@ -22,3 +25,4 @@ Warning Against Worldliness 17. So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. + diff --git a/ESV/59_James/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/59_James/Chapter_05.md index 2762cf6c..891f1c4a 100644 --- a/ESV/59_James/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/59_James/Chapter_05.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Warning to the Rich 3. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. 4. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. -6. You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.Patience in Suffering +6. You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you. +Patience in Suffering + 7. Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. 8. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. @@ -14,7 +16,9 @@ Warning to the Rich 10. As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11. Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful. -12. But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.The Prayer of Faith +12. But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation. +The Prayer of Faith + 13. Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. @@ -27,3 +31,4 @@ Warning to the Rich 20. let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. + diff --git a/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_01.md index 9ab8ceab..369d6ed8 100644 --- a/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2. according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: -May grace and peace be multiplied to you.Born Again to a Living Hope +May grace and peace be multiplied to you. +Born Again to a Living Hope + 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4. to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, @@ -16,7 +18,9 @@ May grace and peace be multiplied to you.Born Again to a Living Hope 10. Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11. inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. -12. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.Called to Be Holy +12. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look. +Called to Be Holy + 13. Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, @@ -40,3 +44,4 @@ The grass withers, And this word is the good news that was preached to you. + diff --git a/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_02.md index 9c9d600b..0b85fd98 100644 --- a/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_02.md @@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. 10. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11. Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. -12. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.Submission to Authority +12. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. +Submission to Authority + 13. Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 14. or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. 25. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. + diff --git a/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_03.md index 48008604..0566b2fc 100644 --- a/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_03.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Wives and Husbands 5. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, 6. as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. -7. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.Suffering for Righteousness' Sake +7. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. +Suffering for Righteousness' Sake + 8. Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 9. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. @@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." 22. who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. + diff --git a/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_04.md index 0901b014..3e9e4a65 100644 --- a/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_04.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Stewards of God's Grace 8. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. 9. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: -11. whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies--in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.Suffering as a Christian +11. whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies--in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. +Suffering as a Christian + 12. Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. @@ -27,3 +29,4 @@ Stewards of God's Grace 19. Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good. + diff --git a/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_05.md index 6a48bbec..75e3605a 100644 --- a/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/60_1 Peter/Chapter_05.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Shepherd the Flock of God 8. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. 10. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. -11. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.Final Greetings +11. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen. +Final Greetings + 12. By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it. 13. She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings, and so does Mark, my son. @@ -20,3 +22,4 @@ Shepherd the Flock of God Peace to all of you who are in Christ. + diff --git a/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_01.md index 1d415716..2f0ff873 100644 --- a/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Greeting 1. Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: -2. May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.Confirm Your Calling and Election +2. May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. +Confirm Your Calling and Election + 3. His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4. by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. @@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousn 12. Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. 13. I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, 14. since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. -15. And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.Christ's Glory and the Prophetic Word +15. And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things. +Christ's Glory and the Prophetic Word + 16. For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased," @@ -29,3 +33,4 @@ To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousn 21. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. + diff --git a/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_02.md index 95fd93cd..056f2c7e 100644 --- a/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_02.md @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones, 22. What the true proverb says has happened to them: "The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire." + diff --git a/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_03.md index 6bcc0207..cb9f6fc5 100644 --- a/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/61_2 Peter/Chapter_03.md @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ The Day of the Lord Will Come 11. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12. waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! -13. But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.Final Words +13. But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. +Final Words + 14. Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. 15. And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, @@ -24,3 +26,4 @@ The Day of the Lord Will Come 18. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. + diff --git a/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_01.md index a91fca53..1be17413 100644 --- a/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_01.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ The Word of Life 1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life-- 2. the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us-- 3. that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. -4. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.Walking in the Light +4. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. +Walking in the Light + 5. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. @@ -14,3 +16,4 @@ The Word of Life 10. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. + diff --git a/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_02.md index 6e5823d3..1be1e477 100644 --- a/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_02.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Christ Our Advocate 3. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4. Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5. but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: -6. whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.The New Commandment +6. whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. +The New Commandment + 7. Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. @@ -29,11 +31,16 @@ I write to you, children, I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, - and you have overcome the evil one.Do Not Love the World + +and you have overcome the evil one. +Do Not Love the World + 15. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16. For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life--is not from the Father but is from the world. -17. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.Warning Concerning Antichrists +17. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. +Warning Concerning Antichrists + 18. Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. @@ -45,9 +52,12 @@ I write to you, young men, 25. And this is the promise that he made to us--eternal life. 26. I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. -27. But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie--just as it has taught you, abide in him.Children of God +27. But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie--just as it has taught you, abide in him. +Children of God + 28. And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 29. If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him. + diff --git a/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_03.md index d633c013..15d039dd 100644 --- a/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_03.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ 7. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. -10. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.Love One Another +10. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. +Love One Another + 11. For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12. We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. @@ -29,3 +31,4 @@ 24. Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. + diff --git a/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_04.md index 0af403aa..9c853132 100644 --- a/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_04.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Test the Spirits 3. and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 4. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. -6. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.God Is Love +6. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. +God Is Love + 7. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ Test the Spirits 21. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. + diff --git a/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_05.md index 8d5ee159..6be2c7f0 100644 --- a/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/62_1 John/Chapter_05.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Overcoming the World 2. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. -5. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?Testimony Concerning the Son of God +5. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? +Testimony Concerning the Son of God + 6. This is he who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7. For there are three that testify: @@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ Overcoming the World 9. If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. 10. Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11. And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. -12. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.That You May Know +12. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. +That You May Know + 13. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 14. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ Overcoming the World 21. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. + diff --git a/ESV/63_2 John/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/63_2 John/Chapter_01.md index 3e61f27f..c8a51f3d 100644 --- a/ESV/63_2 John/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/63_2 John/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ Greeting + 1. The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, 2. because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: -3. Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love.Walking in Truth and Love +3. Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love. +Walking in Truth and Love + 4. I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. 5. And now I ask you, dear lady--not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning--that we love one another. @@ -12,10 +15,13 @@ Greeting 8. Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. 9. Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, -11. for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.Final Greetings +11. for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works. +Final Greetings + 12. Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete. 13. The children of your elect sister greet you. + diff --git a/ESV/64_3 John/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/64_3 John/Chapter_01.md index 6b546703..13cf6960 100644 --- a/ESV/64_3 John/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/64_3 John/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,10 +1,13 @@ Greeting + 1. The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. 2. Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 3. For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. -4. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.Support and Opposition +4. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. +Support and Opposition + 5. Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6. who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. @@ -15,7 +18,9 @@ Greeting 10. So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church. 11. Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. -12. Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.Final Greetings +12. Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true. +Final Greetings + 13. I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. 14. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. @@ -23,3 +28,4 @@ Greeting 15. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, each by name. + diff --git a/ESV/65_Jude/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/65_Jude/Chapter_01.md index ca8f071c..e719c5ff 100644 --- a/ESV/65_Jude/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/65_Jude/Chapter_01.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ Greeting + 1. Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: -2. May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.Judgment on False Teachers +2. May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. +Judgment on False Teachers + 3. Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. @@ -21,7 +24,9 @@ To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: 14. It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15. to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him." -16. These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.A Call to Persevere +16. These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. +A Call to Persevere + 17. But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18. They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions." @@ -29,9 +34,12 @@ To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: 20. But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21. keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. 22. And have mercy on those who doubt; -23. save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.Doxology +23. save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. +Doxology + 24. Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, 25. to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_01.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_01.md index 34b911ae..e42b1bde 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_01.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_01.md @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Prologue # Chapter 1 1. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2. who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. -3. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.Greeting to the Seven Churches +3. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. +Greeting to the Seven Churches + 4. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, @@ -12,7 +14,9 @@ To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood 6. and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7. Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. -8. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."Vision of the Son of Man +8. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." +Vision of the Son of Man + 9. I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood 20. As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_02.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_02.md index f1ae4760..88295542 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_02.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_02.md @@ -8,13 +8,17 @@ To the Church in Ephesus 4. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. 5. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. 6. Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. -7. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.'To the Church in Smyrna +7. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.' +To the Church in Smyrna + 8. "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life. 9. "'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10. Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. -11. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.'To the Church in Pergamum +11. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.' +To the Church in Pergamum + 12. "And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: 'The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. @@ -22,7 +26,9 @@ To the Church in Ephesus 14. But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality. 15. So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16. Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth. -17. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.'To the Church in Thyatira +17. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.' +To the Church in Thyatira + 18. "And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. @@ -39,3 +45,4 @@ To the Church in Ephesus 29. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_03.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_03.md index dea0ba3e..c7262f98 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_03.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_03.md @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ To the Church in Sardis 3. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. 4. Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 5. The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. -6. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'To the Church in Philadelphia +6. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' +To the Church in Philadelphia + 7. "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. @@ -16,7 +18,9 @@ To the Church in Sardis 10. Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. 11. I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. 12. The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. -13. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'To the Church in Laodicea +13. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' +To the Church in Laodicea + 14. "And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ To the Church in Sardis 22. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'" + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_04.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_04.md index 0444b521..2a32c5bf 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_04.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_04.md @@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_05.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_05.md index 0bdf434f..106c6ebc 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_05.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_05.md @@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ 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. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_06.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_06.md index 32cdfff4..9dbc060c 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_06.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_06.md @@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ The Seven Seals 17. for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?" + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_07.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_07.md index 12544715..cbb57232 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_07.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_07.md @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ The 144,000 of Israel Sealed 8. 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, -12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.A Great Multitude from Every Nation +12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed. +A Great Multitude from Every Nation + 9. After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10. and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" @@ -43,3 +45,4 @@ The 144,000 of Israel Sealed and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_08.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_08.md index 3f213502..feb91037 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_08.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_08.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer 2. Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3. And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, 4. and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. -5. Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.The Seven Trumpets +5. Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. +The Seven Trumpets + 6. Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer 13. Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!" + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_09.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_09.md index f6cc937e..6c0d5d26 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_09.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_09.md @@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ 21. nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_10.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_10.md index 462e47a0..44546f7a 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_10.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_10.md @@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ The Angel and the Little Scroll 11. And I was told, "You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings." + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_11.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_11.md index 4e17df75..310f9a0c 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_11.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_11.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The Two Witnesses 12. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13. And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. -14. The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.The Seventh Trumpet +14. The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come. +The Seventh Trumpet + 15. Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever." 16. And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, @@ -37,3 +39,4 @@ and for destroying the destroyers of the earth." 19. Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_12.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_12.md index 18ace602..b6627482 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_12.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_12.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ The Woman and the Dragon 3. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. 4. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. 5. She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, -6. and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.Satan Thrown Down to Earth +6. and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days. +Satan Thrown Down to Earth + 7. Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8. but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. @@ -22,3 +24,4 @@ The Woman and the Dragon 17. Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_13.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_13.md index f7c187e7..66ab1a15 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_13.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_13.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The First Beast to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. -Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.The Second Beast +Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints. +The Second Beast + 11. Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. @@ -28,3 +30,4 @@ Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.The Second Beast 18. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_14.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_14.md index 0d719a43..1bd27736 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_14.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_14.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ The Lamb and the 144,000 2. And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, 3. and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4. It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb, -5. and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.The Messages of the Three Angels +5. and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless. +The Messages of the Three Angels + 6. Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. 7. And he said with a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water." @@ -18,7 +20,9 @@ The Lamb and the 144,000 12. Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. -13. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!"The Harvest of the Earth +13. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!" +The Harvest of the Earth + 14. Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15. And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe." @@ -30,3 +34,4 @@ The Lamb and the 144,000 20. And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_15.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_15.md index cdbb0534..a9bbc3de 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_15.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_15.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ for your righteous acts have been revealed." 8. and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_16.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_16.md index 4b4d960d..8b543fb6 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_16.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_16.md @@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ It is what they deserve!" 13. And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. 14. For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. 15. ("Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!") -16. And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.The Seventh Bowl +16. And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. +The Seventh Bowl + 17. The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, "It is done!" 18. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. @@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ It is what they deserve!" 21. And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_17.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_17.md index f887f5a7..fc8f75c6 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_17.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_17.md @@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ When I saw her, I marveled greatly. 18. And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth." + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_18.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_18.md index b1e96733..1099c567 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_18.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_18.md @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ and all your delicacies and your splendors 15. The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud, -16. "Alas, alas, for the great city +16. +"Alas, alas, for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, @@ -99,3 +100,4 @@ for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and of all who have been slain on earth." + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_19.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_19.md index 3339e595..ba9db6ad 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_19.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_19.md @@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ The smoke from her goes up forever and ever." "Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, - small and great."The Marriage Supper of the Lamb + +small and great." +The Marriage Supper of the Lamb + 6. Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, "Hallelujah! @@ -36,7 +39,9 @@ for the marriage of the Lamb has come, for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 9. And the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are the true words of God." -10. Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God." For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.The Rider on a White Horse +10. Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God." For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. +The Rider on a White Horse + 11. Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. @@ -52,3 +57,4 @@ for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 21. And the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_20.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_20.md index 9320b033..8f004125 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_20.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_20.md @@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ The Thousand Years 4. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. -6. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.The Defeat of Satan +6. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. +The Defeat of Satan + 7. And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison 8. and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. 9. And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, -10. and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.Judgment Before the Great White Throne +10. and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. +Judgment Before the Great White Throne + 11. Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. @@ -21,3 +25,4 @@ The Thousand Years 15. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_21.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_21.md index 5fda580b..ae8be43a 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_21.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_21.md @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The New Heaven and the New Earth 5. And he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." 6. And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. -8. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."The New Jerusalem +8. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death." +The New Jerusalem + 9. Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, "Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, @@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ The New Heaven and the New Earth 27. But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life. + diff --git a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_22.md b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_22.md index e5f8e690..db72745e 100644 --- a/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_22.md +++ b/ESV/66_Revelation/Chapter_22.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ The River of Life 2. through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. -5. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.Jesus Is Coming +5. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. +Jesus Is Coming + 6. And he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place." @@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ The River of Life 21. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. +