23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
who said to you,(A)
‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’
You made your back like the ground,
and like a street for those who walk on it.

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15 Such wisdom does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.(A)

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“If you follow my statutes and faithfully observe my commands,

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I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

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10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven
and do not return there
without saturating the earth
and making it germinate and sprout,
and providing seed to sow
and food to eat,(A)

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11 so my word that comes from my mouth
will not return to me empty,
but it will accomplish what I please
and will prosper in what I send it to do.”(A)

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Waiting for the Lord

Therefore, brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.(A)

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I do not sit with the worthless
or associate with hypocrites.

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I hate a crowd of evildoers,
and I do not sit with the wicked.(A)

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14 This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world[a] as a testimony to all nations,(A) and then the end will come.(B)

The Great Tribulation

15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation,[b] spoken of by the prophet Daniel,(C) standing in the holy place”(D) (let the reader understand), 16 “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:14 Or in all the inhabited earth
  2. 24:15 Dn 9:27

In(A) the last days(B)
the mountain of the Lord’s house(C) will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
All nations will stream to it,(D)

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and many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.(A)
He will teach us about his ways
so that we may walk in his paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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