And (A)the revolters (B)have gone deep into slaughter,
    but (C)I will discipline all of them.

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15 Every evil of theirs is in (A)Gilgal;
    there I began to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
    I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
    all (B)their princes are (C)rebels.

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15 Ah, (A)you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
    whose deeds are (B)in the dark,
    and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

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As robbers (A)lie in wait for a man,
    so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to (B)Shechem;
    they commit villainy.

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19 (A)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

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A Plot to Kill Paul

12 When it was day, (A)the Jews made a plot and (B)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. 14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul. 15 Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

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And the chief priests and the scribes (A)were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.

Judas to Betray Jesus

(B)Then (C)Satan entered into (D)Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve. He went away and conferred with the chief priests and (E)officers how he might betray him to them. And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.

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Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations

Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
    (A)the oppressing city!
She listens to no voice;
    (B)she accepts no correction.
(C)She does not trust in the Lord;
    she does not draw near to her God.

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Israel Has Not Returned to the Lord

“I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
    and (A)lack of bread in all your places,
(B)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

“I also (C)withheld the rain from you
    when there were yet three months to the harvest;
(D)I would send rain on one city,
    and send no rain on another city;
one field would have rain,
    and the field on which it did not rain would wither;
so two or three cities (E)would wander to another city
    to drink water, and would not be satisfied;
(F)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

(G)“I struck you with blight and mildew;
    your many gardens and your vineyards,
    your fig trees and your olive trees (H)the locust devoured;
(I)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

10 “I sent among you a pestilence (J)after the manner of Egypt;
    I killed your young men with the sword,
and (K)carried away your horses,[a]
    and (L)I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
(M)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

11 “I overthrew some of you,
    (N)as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
    and you were (O)as a brand[b] plucked out of the burning;
(P)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
    because I will do this to you,
    prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:10 Hebrew along with the captivity of your horses
  2. Amos 4:11 That is, a burning stick

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have slain them (A)by the words of my mouth,
    and my judgment goes forth as the light.

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(A)there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
    they break all bounds, and (B)bloodshed follows bloodshed.

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“For twenty-three years, (A)from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken (B)persistently to you, (C)but you have not listened. (D)You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord (E)persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets, saying, (F)‘Turn now, every one of you, (G)from his evil way and evil deeds, and (H)dwell upon the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever. (I)Do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, (J)or provoke me to anger (K)with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ (L)Yet you have not listened to me, declares the Lord, (M)that you might provoke me to anger (N)with the work of your hands to your own harm.

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18 Then they said, (A)“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. (C)Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”

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18 The Lord made it known to me and I knew;
    then you showed me their deeds.
19 But I was (A)like a gentle lamb
    led to the slaughter.
I did not know (B)it was against me
    they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
    (C)let us cut him off from (D)the land of the living,
    that his name be remembered no more.”

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28 (A)They are all stubbornly rebellious,
    (B)going about with slanders;
they are (C)bronze and iron;
    all of them act corruptly.

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O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
(A)You have struck them down,
    but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
    but they refused to take correction.
(B)They have made their faces harder than rock;
    they have refused to repent.

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Why will you still be (A)struck down?
    Why will you (B)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
    and the whole heart faint.

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Deliver Me, O Lord, from Evil Men

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

140 (A)Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;
    preserve me from (B)violent men,
who plan evil things in their heart
    and (C)stir up wars continually.
They make (D)their tongue sharp as (E)a serpent's,
    and (F)under their lips is the (G)venom of asps. Selah

Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
    preserve me from (H)violent men,
    who have planned to trip up my feet.
The arrogant have (I)hidden a trap for me,
    and with cords they have spread (J)a net;[a]
    beside the way they have set (K)snares for me. Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:5 Or they have spread cords as a net

who (A)whet their tongues like swords,
    who (B)aim bitter words like arrows,
shooting from (C)ambush at the blameless,
    shooting at him suddenly and (D)without fear.
They (E)hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of (F)laying snares secretly,
thinking, (G)“Who can see them?”
    They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
    For (H)the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

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