19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, (A)blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

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15 “See, (A)I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.

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26 (A)“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

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30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
    I (A)set your rules before me.

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15 (A)And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, (B)choose this day whom you will serve, whether (C)the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or (D)the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. (E)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods, 17 for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight and preserved us in all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed. 18 And the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”

19 But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord, for he is (F)a holy God. He is (G)a jealous God; (H)he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. 20 (I)If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then (J)he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.” 21 And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord.” 22 Then Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that (K)you have chosen the Lord, to serve him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.”

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36 but he who fails to find me (A)injures himself;
    all who (B)hate me (C)love death.”

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Repentance and Forgiveness

30 (A)“And (B)when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and (C)you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you,

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21 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels (A)I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, (B)doing nothing from partiality.

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42 but one thing is necessary.[a] Mary has chosen (A)the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:42 Some manuscripts few things are necessary, or only one

39 (A)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, (B)for their own good and the good of their children after them.

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26 I (A)call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.

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The Indictment of the Lord

(A)Hear what the Lord says:
Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
    and let the hills hear your voice.
(B)Hear, you mountains, (C)the indictment of the Lord,
    and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
    and he will contend with Israel.

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173 Let your hand be ready to help me,
    for I have (A)chosen your precepts.

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39 For (A)the promise is for you and (B)for your children and for all (C)who are far off, everyone (D)whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

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28 Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak (A)these words in their ears and (B)call heaven and earth to witness against them.

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111 Your testimonies are (A)my heritage forever,
    for they are (B)the joy of my heart.

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29 Because they (A)hated knowledge
    and (B)did not choose the fear of the Lord,

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29 (A)O land, land, land,
    hear the word of the Lord!
30 Thus says the Lord:
“Write this man down as (B)childless,
    a man who shall not succeed in his days,
(C)for none of his offspring shall succeed
    (D)in sitting on the throne of David
    and ruling again in Judah.”

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32 “Give ear, (A)O heavens, and I will speak,
    and let (B)the earth hear the words of my mouth.

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12 Be appalled, (A)O heavens, at this;
    be shocked, be utterly desolate,
declares the Lord,
13 for my people have committed two evils:
(B)they have forsaken (C)me,
    the fountain of (D)living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
    broken cisterns that can hold no water.

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The Wickedness of Judah

(A)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O (B)earth;
    for the Lord has spoken:
“Children[a] (C)have I reared and brought up,
    but they have rebelled against me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4

For thus says the Lord:
“To the eunuchs (A)who keep my Sabbaths,
    who choose the things that please me
    and hold fast my covenant,

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