John 9:26-41

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²⁶Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”

²⁷He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

²⁸Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. ²⁹We know that God ^(A)spoke to ^(B)Moses; as for this fellow, ^(C)we do not know where He is from.”

³⁰The man answered and said to them, ^(D)“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! ³¹Now we know that ^(E)God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. ³²Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. ³³^(F)If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”

³⁴They answered and said to him, ^(G)“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they ^[a]cast him out.

True Vision and True Blindness

³⁵Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had ^(H)found him, He said to him, “Do you ^(I)believe in ^(J)the Son of ^[b]God?”

³⁶He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”

³⁷And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and ^(K)it is He who is talking with you.”

³⁸Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he ^(L)worshiped Him.

³⁹And Jesus said, ^(M)“For judgment I have come into this world, ^(N)that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”

⁴⁰Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, ^(O)and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”

⁴¹Jesus said to them, ^(P)“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

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John 9:34 Excommunicated him
John 9:35 NU Man

1 John 2:1-11

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The Test of Knowing Christ

2 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, ^(A)we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. ²And ^(B)He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but ^(C)also for the whole world.

The Test of Knowing Him

³Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. ⁴He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a ^(D)liar, and the truth is not in him. ⁵But ^(E)whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God ^[a]is perfected ^(F)in him. By this we know that we are in Him. ⁶^(G)He who says he abides in Him ^(H)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

⁷^[b]Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ^(I)from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard ^[c]from the beginning. ⁸Again, ^(J)a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, ^(K)because the darkness is passing away, and ^(L)the true light is already shining.

⁹^(M)He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. ¹⁰^(N)He who loves his brother abides in the light, and ^(O)there is no cause for stumbling in him. ¹¹But he who ^(P)hates his brother is in darkness and ^(Q)walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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1 John 2:5 has been completed
1 John 2:7 NU Beloved
1 John 2:7 NU omits from the beginning

Job 9:21-35

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²¹“I am blameless, yet I do not know myself;
I despise my life.
²²It is all one thing;
Therefore I say, ^(A)‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’
²³If the scourge slays suddenly,
He laughs at the plight of the innocent.
²⁴The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, who else could it be?

²⁵“Now ^(B)my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.
²⁶They pass by like ^[a]swift ships,
^(C)Like an eagle swooping on its prey.
²⁷^(D)If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’
²⁸^(E)I am afraid of all my sufferings;
I know that You ^(F)will not hold me innocent.
²⁹If I am condemned,
Why then do I labor in vain?
³⁰^(G)If I wash myself with snow water,
And cleanse my hands with ^[b]soap,
³¹Yet You will plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes will ^[c]abhor me.

³²“For ^(H)He is not a man, as I am,
That I may answer Him,
And that we should go to court together.
³³^(I)Nor is there any mediator between us,
Who may lay his hand on us both.
³⁴^(J)Let Him take His rod away from me,
And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
³⁵Then I would speak and not fear Him,
But it is not so with me.

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Job 9:26 Lit. ships of reeds
Job 9:30 lye
Job 9:31 loathe

Ezekiel 27-28

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Lamentation for Tyre

27 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, ²“Now, son of man, ^(A)take up a lamentation for Tyre, ³and say to Tyre, ^(B)‘You who ^[a]are situated at the entrance of the sea, ^(C)merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord God:

“O Tyre, you have said,
^(D)‘I am perfect in beauty.’
⁴Your borders are in the midst of the seas.
Your builders have perfected your beauty.
⁵They ^[b]made all your planks of fir trees from ^(E)Senir;
They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.
⁶Of ^(F)oaks from Bashan they made your oars;
The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks
With ivory from ^(G)the coasts of ^[c]Cyprus.
⁷Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail;
Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you.

⁸“Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;
Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you;
They became your pilots.
⁹Elders of ^(H)Gebal and its wise men
Were in you to caulk your seams;
All the ships of the sea
And their oarsmen were in you
To market your merchandise.

¹⁰“Those from Persia, ^[d]Lydia, and ^[e]Libya
Were in your army as men of war;
They hung shield and helmet in you;
They gave splendor to you.
¹¹Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around,
And the men of Gammad were in your towers;
They hung their shields on your walls all around;
They made ^(I)your beauty perfect.

¹²^(J)“Tarshish was your merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods. ¹³^(K)Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered ^(L)human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. ¹⁴Those from the house of ^(M)Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules. ¹⁵The men of ^(N)Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. ¹⁶Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. ¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of ^(O)Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and ^(P)balm. ¹⁸Damascus was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made, because of your many luxury items, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool. ¹⁹Dan and Javan paid for your wares, ^[f]traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise. ²⁰^(Q)Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹Arabia and all the princes of ^(R)Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. ²²The merchants of ^(S)Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. ²³^(T)Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of ^(U)Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. ²⁴These were your merchants in choice items—in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace.

²⁵“The ^(V)ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise.
You were filled and very glorious ^(W)in the midst of the seas.
²⁶Your oarsmen brought you into many waters,
But ^(X)the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas.

²⁷“Your ^(Y)riches, wares, and merchandise,
Your mariners and pilots,
Your caulkers and merchandisers,
All your men of war who are in you,
And the entire company which is in your midst,
Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.
²⁸The ^(Z)common-land^[g] will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

²⁹“All ^(AA)who handle the oar,
The mariners,
All the pilots of the sea
Will come down from their ships and stand on the ^[h]shore.
³⁰They will make their voice heard because of you;
They will cry bitterly and ^(AB)cast dust on their heads;
They ^(AC)will roll about in ashes;
³¹They will ^(AD)shave themselves completely bald because of you,
Gird themselves with sackcloth,
And weep for you
With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
³²In their wailing for you
They will ^(AE)take up a lamentation,
And lament for you:
^(AF)‘What city is like Tyre,
Destroyed in the midst of the sea?

³³‘When^(AG) your wares went out by sea,
You satisfied many people;
You enriched the kings of the earth
With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.
³⁴But ^(AH)you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters;
^(AI)Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst.
³⁵^(AJ)All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you;
Their kings will be greatly afraid,
And their countenance will be troubled.
³⁶The merchants among the peoples ^(AK)will hiss at you;
^(AL)You will become a horror, and be no ^(AM)more forever.’ ” ’ ”

Proclamation Against the King of Tyre

28 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, ²“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

“Because your heart is ^(AN)lifted^[i] up,
And ^(AO)you say, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods,
^(AP)In the midst of the seas,’
^(AQ)Yet you are a man, and not a god,
Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
³(Behold, ^(AR)you are wiser than Daniel!
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
⁴With your wisdom and your understanding
You have gained ^(AS)riches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
⁵^(AT)By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”

⁶‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,
⁷Behold, therefore, I will bring ^(AU)strangers against you,
^(AV)The most terrible of the nations;
And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
And defile your splendor.
⁸They shall throw you down into the ^(AW)Pit,
And you shall die the death of the slain
In the midst of the seas.

⁹“Will you still ^(AX)say before him who slays you,
‘I am a god’?
But you shall be a man, and not a god,
In the hand of him who slays you.
¹⁰You shall die the death of ^(AY)the uncircumcised
By the hand of aliens;
For I have spoken,” says the Lord God.’ ”

Lamentation for the King of Tyre

¹¹Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹²“Son of man, ^(AZ)take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

^(BA)“You were the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
¹³You were in ^(BB)Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The sardius, topaz, and diamond,
Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
The workmanship of ^(BC)your timbrels and pipes
Was prepared for you on the day you were created.

¹⁴“You were the anointed ^(BD)cherub who covers;
I established you;
You were on ^(BE)the holy mountain of God;
You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
¹⁵You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,
Till ^(BF)iniquity was found in you.

¹⁶“By the abundance of your trading
You became filled with violence within,
And you sinned;
Therefore I cast you as a profane thing
Out of the mountain of God;
And I destroyed you, ^(BG)O covering cherub,
From the midst of the fiery stones.

¹⁷“Your ^(BH)heart was ^[j]lifted up because of your beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
I cast you to the ground,
I laid you before kings,
That they might gaze at you.

¹⁸“You defiled your sanctuaries
By the multitude of your iniquities,
By the iniquity of your trading;
Therefore I brought fire from your midst;
It devoured you,
And I turned you to ashes upon the earth
In the sight of all who saw you.
¹⁹All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you;
^(BI)You have become a horror,
And shall be no ^(BJ)more forever.” ’ ”

Proclamation Against Sidon

²⁰Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²¹“Son of man, ^(BK)set your face ^(BL)toward Sidon, and prophesy against her, ²²and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

^(BM)“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon;
I will be glorified in your midst;
And ^(BN)they shall know that I am the Lord,
When I execute judgments in her and am ^(BO)hallowed in her.
²³^(BP)For I will send pestilence upon her,
And blood in her streets;
The wounded shall be judged in her midst
By the sword against her on every side;
Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

²⁴“And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or ^(BQ)a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who ^(BR)despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.”

Israel’s Future Blessing

²⁵‘Thus says the Lord God: “When I have ^(BS)gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am ^(BT)hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. ²⁶And they will ^(BU)dwell ^[k]safely there, ^(BV)build houses, and ^(BW)plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God.” ’ ”