Hosea 10:9-15

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⁹“Since the days of Gibeah,^(A) you have sinned,^(B) Israel,
    and there you have remained.^[a]
Will not war again overtake
    the evildoers in Gibeah?
¹⁰When I please, I will punish^(C) them;
    nations will be gathered against them
    to put them in bonds for their double sin.
¹¹Ephraim is a trained heifer
    that loves to thresh;
so I will put a yoke^(D)
    on her fair neck.
I will drive Ephraim,
    Judah must plow,
    and Jacob must break up the ground.
¹²Sow^(E) righteousness^(F) for yourselves,
    reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;^(G)
    for it is time to seek^(H) the Lord,
until he comes
    and showers his righteousness^(I) on you.
¹³But you have planted wickedness,
    you have reaped evil,^(J)
    you have eaten the fruit of deception.^(K)
Because you have depended on your own strength
    and on your many warriors,^(L)
¹⁴the roar of battle will rise against your people,
    so that all your fortresses will be devastated^(M)—
as Shalman^(N) devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,
    when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.^(O)
¹⁵So will it happen to you, Bethel,
    because your wickedness is great.
When that day dawns,
    the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.^(P)

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Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken

Acts 21:1-16

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On to Jerusalem

21 After we^(A) had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. ²We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,^(B) went on board and set sail. ³After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria.^(C) We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. ⁴We sought out the disciples^(D) there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit^(E) they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. ⁵When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.^(F) ⁶After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

⁷We continued our voyage from Tyre^(G) and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters^(H) and stayed with them for a day. ⁸Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea^(I) and stayed at the house of Philip^(J) the evangelist,^(K) one of the Seven. ⁹He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.^(L)

¹⁰After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus^(M) came down from Judea. ¹¹Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says,^(N) ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind^(O) the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”^(P)

¹²When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. ¹³Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die^(Q) in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”^(R) ¹⁴When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up^(S) and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”^(T)

¹⁵After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem.^(U) ¹⁶Some of the disciples from Caesarea^(V) accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus^(W) and one of the early disciples.

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