Hosea 13:1-14

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Ephraim’s Idolatry

13 ^(A)When Ephraim ^[a]spoke, there was trembling.
He ^(B)exalted himself in Israel,
But through ^(C)Baal he incurred guilt and died.
²And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves ^(D)cast metal images,
Idols ^[b]^(E)skillfully made from their silver,
All of them the ^(F)work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the ^[c]people who sacrifice kiss the ^(G)calves!”
³Therefore they will be like the ^(H)morning cloud
And like dew which ^[d]soon disappears,
Like ^(I)chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor,
And like ^(J)smoke from a chimney.

⁴Yet I have been the ^(K)Lord your God
Since the land of Egypt;
And you were not to know ^(L)any god except Me,
For there is no savior ^(M)besides Me.
⁵I ^[e]^(N)cared for you in the wilderness,
^(O)In the land of drought.
⁶As they had their pasture, they became ^(P)satisfied,
And as they became satisfied, their ^(Q)heart became proud;
Therefore they ^(R)forgot Me.
⁷So I will be ^(S)like a lion to them;
Like a ^(T)leopard I will ^[f]lie in wait by the wayside.
⁸I will confront them ^(U)like a bear deprived of her cubs,
And I will tear open ^[g]their chests;
I will also ^(V)devour them there like a lioness,
As a wild animal would tear them to pieces.

⁹^[h]It is to your own destruction, Israel,
That you are ^(W)against Me, against your ^(X)help.
¹⁰Where then is your ^(Y)king,
That he might save you in all your cities;
And your ^(Z)judges, to whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
¹¹I ^(AA)gave you a king in My anger,
And ^(AB)took him away in My wrath.

¹²The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up;
His sin is ^(AC)stored up.
¹³The pains of ^(AD)childbirth come on him;
He is ^(AE)not a wise son,
For ^[i]it is not the time that he should ^(AF)delay at the opening of the womb.
¹⁴Shall I ^(AG)ransom them from the ^[j]power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from death?
^(AH)Death, where are your ^[k]thorns?
Sheol, where is your sting?
^(AI)Compassion will be hidden from My sight.

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Footnotes

Hosea 13:1 Or spoke with trembling, he exalted
Hosea 13:2 Or according to their skill
Hosea 13:2 Lit sacrificers of; or among mankind
Hosea 13:3 Lit goes away early
Hosea 13:5 Or knew
Hosea 13:7 Or watch
Hosea 13:8 Lit the enclosure of their heart
Hosea 13:9 Lit It has destroyed you
Hosea 13:13 Lit it is the time that he should not remain at the opening of children
Hosea 13:14 Lit hand
Hosea 13:14 Or stings

John 14:1-14

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Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “^(A)Do not let your heart be troubled; ^[a]believe in God, believe also in Me. ²In My Father’s house are many ^[b]rooms; if that were not so, ^[c]I would have told you, because ^(B)I am going there to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, ^(C)I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that ^(D)where I am, there you also will be. ⁴And you know the way where I am going.” ⁵^(E)Thomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going; how do we know the way?” ⁶Jesus *said to him, “I am ^(F)the way, and ^(G)the truth, and ^(H)the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.

Oneness with the Father

⁷^(I)If you ^[d]had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you ^(J)know Him, and have ^(K)seen Him.”

⁸^(L)Philip *said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹Jesus *said to him, “Have I been with ^[e]you for so long a time, and yet ^[f]you have not come to know Me, Philip? ^(M)The one who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Do you not believe that ^(N)I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? ^(O)The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own, but the Father, as He remains in Me, does His works. ¹¹Believe Me that ^(P)I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise ^(Q)believe because of the works themselves. ¹²Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and ^(R)greater works than these he will do; because ^(S)I am going to the Father. ¹³And ^(T)whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, so that ^(U)the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴If you ask Me anything ^(V)in My name, I will do it.

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John 14:1 Or you believe in God, believe also
John 14:2 Or dwelling places
John 14:2 Or would I have told you that I am going...?
John 14:7 Two early mss have come to know...you will know
John 14:9 I.e., you plural, the disciples
John 14:9 I.e., you singular, Philip

Hosea 14

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Israel’s Future Blessing

14 ^[a]^(A)Return, Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled ^[b]because of your ^(B)wrongdoing.
²Take words with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “^(C)Take away all guilt
And ^[c]receive us graciously,
So that we may ^(D)present ^[d]the fruit of our lips.
³Assyria will not save us,
We will ^(E)not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘^(F)Our god’
To the ^(G)work of our hands;
For in ^(H)You the ^[e]orphan finds mercy.”

⁴I will ^(I)heal their apostasy,
I will ^(J)love them freely,
Because My anger has ^(K)turned away from them.
⁵I will be like the ^(L)dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the ^(M)lily,
And he will ^[f]take root like the cedars of ^(N)Lebanon.
⁶His shoots will ^[g]sprout,
His ^[h]majesty will be like the ^(O)olive tree,
And his fragrance like the cedars of ^(P)Lebanon.
⁷Those who ^(Q)live in his shadow
Will ^[i]again raise ^(R)grain,
And they will blossom like the vine.
His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸Ephraim, what more have I to do with ^(S)idols?
It is I who answer and look after ^[j]you.
I am like a luxuriant ^(T)juniper;
From ^(U)Me ^[k]comes your fruit.

⁹^(V)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ^(W)ways of the Lord are right,
And the ^(X)righteous will walk in them,
But ^(Y)wrongdoers will stumble in them.

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Hosea 14:1 Ch 14:2 in Heb
Hosea 14:1 Or in
Hosea 14:2 Or accept that which is good
Hosea 14:2 As in ancient versions; MT our lips as bulls
Hosea 14:3 Or fatherless
Hosea 14:5 Lit strike his roots
Hosea 14:6 Lit go
Hosea 14:6 Lit splendor
Hosea 14:7 Or return, they will raise grain
Hosea 14:8 Lit him
Hosea 14:8 Lit is found

John 14:15-31

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¹⁵“^(A)If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

The Holy Spirit

¹⁶I will ask the Father, and He will give you another ^[a]^(B)Helper, so that He may be with you forever; ¹⁷the Helper is ^(C)the Spirit of truth, ^(D)whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you.

¹⁸“I will not leave you as orphans; ^(E)I am coming to you. ¹⁹^[b]^(F)After a little while, ^(G)the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; ^(H)because I live, you also will live. ²⁰^(I)On that day you will know that ^(J)I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you. ²¹^(K)The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and ^(L)the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will ^(M)reveal Myself to him.” ²²^(N)Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what has happened ^(O)that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?” ²³Jesus answered and said to him, “^(P)If anyone loves Me, he will ^(Q)follow My word; and ^(R)My Father will love him, and We ^(S)will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. ²⁴The one who does not love Me ^(T)does not follow My words; and ^(U)the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

²⁵“These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. ²⁶But the ^(V)Helper, the Holy Spirit ^(W)whom the Father will send in My name, ^(X)He will teach you all things, and ^(Y)remind you of all that I said to you. ²⁷^(Z)Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. ^(AA)^[c]Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor ^[d]fearful. ²⁸^(AB)You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and ^(AC)I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced ^[e]because ^(AD)I am going to the Father, for ^(AE)the Father is greater than I. ²⁹And now ^(AF)I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe. ³⁰I will not speak much more with you, for ^(AG)the ruler of the world is coming, and he has ^[f]nothing in regard to Me, ³¹but so that the world may know that I love the Father, ^[g]I do exactly as ^(AH)the Father commanded Me. Get up, ^(AI)let’s go from here.