14 (A)Who knows if He will turn and relent,
And leave (B)a blessing behind Him—
(C)A grain offering and a drink offering
For the Lord your God?

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14 Who knows? He may turn(A) and relent(B)
    and leave behind a blessing(C)
grain offerings and drink offerings(D)
    for the Lord your God.

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(A)Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?

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Who knows?(A) God may yet relent(B) and with compassion turn(C) from his fierce anger(D) so that we will not perish.”

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19 (A)Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will (B)bless you.’ ”

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19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate(A) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.(B)

“‘From this day on I will bless(C) you.’”

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Mourning for the Land

13 (A)Gird yourselves and lament, you priests;
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

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A Call to Lamentation

13 Put on sackcloth,(A) you priests, and mourn;
    wail, you who minister(B) before the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
    you who minister before my God;
for the grain offerings and drink offerings(C)
    are withheld from the house of your God.

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(A)Seek the Lord, (B)all you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
(C)It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.

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Seek(A) the Lord, all you humble of the land,
    you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness,(B) seek humility;(C)
    perhaps you will be sheltered(D)
    on the day of the Lord’s anger.

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So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, (A)call on your God; (B)perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

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The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call(A) on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”(B)

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15 (A)Hate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
(B)It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

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15 Hate evil,(A) love good;(B)
    maintain justice in the courts.(C)
Perhaps(D) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(E)
    on the remnant(F) of Joseph.

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(A)The grain offering and the drink offering
Have been cut off from the house of the Lord;
The priests (B)mourn, who minister to the Lord.

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Grain offerings and drink offerings(A)
    are cut off from the house of the Lord.
The priests are in mourning,(B)
    those who minister before the Lord.

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(A)It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to (B)reproach the living God, and will (C)rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

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It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(A) the living God, and that he will rebuke(B) him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant(C) that still survives.”

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22 And he said, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; (A)for I said, ‘Who can tell whether [a]the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:22 Heb. mss., Syr. God

22 He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows?(A) The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’(B)

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30 Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, (A)“You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the Lord; (B)perhaps I can (C)make atonement for your sin.”

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30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin.(A) But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement(B) for your sin.”

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25 (A)in humility correcting those who are in opposition, (B)if God perhaps will grant them repentance, (C)so that they may know the truth,

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25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,(A)

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Therefore I thought it necessary to [a]exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a [b]grudging obligation.

The Cheerful Giver

(A)But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows [c]bountifully will also reap [d]bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, (B)not grudgingly or of [e]necessity; for (C)God loves a cheerful giver. (D)And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written:

(E)“He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever.”

10 Now [f]may He who (F)supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, [g]supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your (G)righteousness, 11 while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, (H)which causes thanksgiving through us to God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:5 encourage
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. covetousness
  3. 2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings
  4. 2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings
  5. 2 Corinthians 9:7 compulsion
  6. 2 Corinthians 9:10 NU omits may
  7. 2 Corinthians 9:10 NU will supply

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers(A) to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift,(B) not as one grudgingly given.(C)

Generosity Encouraged

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.(D) Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give,(E) not reluctantly or under compulsion,(F) for God loves a cheerful giver.(G) And God is able(H) to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,(I) you will abound in every good work. As it is written:

“They have freely scattered their gifts(J) to the poor;
    their righteousness endures forever.”[a](K)

10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food(L) will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.(M) 11 You will be enriched(N) in every way so that you can be generous(O) on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:9 Psalm 112:9