1 Samuel 5:1-7

New King James Version

The Philistines and the Ark

5 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it ^(A)from Ebenezer to Ashdod. ²When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of ^(B)Dagon^[a] and set it by Dagon. ³And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, ^(C)fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and ^(D)set it in its place again. ⁴And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. ^(E)The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only ^[b]Dagon’s torso was left of it. ⁵Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house ^(F)tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

⁶But the ^(G)hand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He ^(H)ravaged them and struck them with ^(I)tumors,^[c] both Ashdod and its ^(J)territory. ⁷And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, “The ark of the ^(K)God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh toward us and Dagon our god.”

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 5:2 A Philistine idol
1 Samuel 5:4 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT Dagon
1 Samuel 5:6 Probably bubonic plague. LXX, Vg. add And in the midst of their land rats sprang up, and there was a great death panic in the city.

Lamentations 3:40-51

New King James Version

⁴⁰Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
⁴¹^(A)Let us lift our hearts and hands
To God in heaven.
⁴²^(B)We have transgressed and rebelled;
You have not pardoned.

⁴³You have covered Yourself with anger
And pursued us;
You have slain and not pitied.
⁴⁴You have covered Yourself with a cloud,
That prayer should not pass through.
⁴⁵You have made us an ^(C)offscouring and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.

⁴⁶^(D)All our enemies
Have opened their mouths against us.
⁴⁷^(E)Fear and a snare have come upon us,
^(F)Desolation and destruction.
⁴⁸^(G)My eyes overflow with rivers of water
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

⁴⁹^(H)My eyes flow and do not cease,
Without interruption,
⁵⁰Till the Lord from heaven
^(I)Looks down and sees.
⁵¹My eyes bring suffering to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.

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Romans 5:12-19

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Death in Adam, Life in Christ^(A)

¹²Therefore, just as ^(B)through one man sin entered the world, and ^(C)death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— ¹³(For until the law sin was in the world, but ^(D)sin is not imputed when there is no law. ¹⁴Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, ^(E)who is a type of Him who was to come. ¹⁵But the free gift is not like the ^[a]offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded ^(F)to many. ¹⁶And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many ^[b]offenses resulted in justification. ¹⁷For if by the one man’s ^[c]offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)

¹⁸Therefore, as through ^[d]one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through ^(G)one^[e] Man’s righteous act the free gift came ^(H)to all men, resulting in justification of life. ¹⁹For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by ^(I)one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.