(A)Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
    for he will (B)speak peace to his people, to his (C)saints;
    but let them not (D)turn back to (E)folly.

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I will listen to what God the Lord says;
    he promises peace(A) to his people, his faithful servants—
    but let them not turn to folly.(B)

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10 (A)I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
    and (B)the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
    and (C)he shall speak peace to the nations;
(D)his rule shall be from sea to sea,
    and from (E)the River[a] to the ends of the earth.

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  1. Zechariah 9:10 That is, the Euphrates

10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim
    and the warhorses from Jerusalem,
    and the battle bow will be broken.(A)
He will proclaim peace(B) to the nations.
    His rule will extend from sea to sea
    and from the River[a] to the ends of the earth.(C)

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  1. Zechariah 9:10 That is, the Euphrates

19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: (A)“The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone (B)who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”

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19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm,(A) sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,”(B) and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord(C) must turn away from wickedness.”

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I will (A)take my stand at my watchpost
    and station myself on the tower,
and (B)look out to see (C)what he will say to me,
    and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

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I will stand at my watch(A)
    and station myself on the ramparts;(B)
I will look to see what he will say(C) to me,
    and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[a](D)

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  1. Habakkuk 2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked

11 May the Lord give (A)strength to his people!
    May the Lord bless[a] his people with (B)peace!

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  1. Psalm 29:11 Or The Lord will give… The Lord will bless

11 The Lord gives strength to his people;(A)
    the Lord blesses his people with peace.(B)

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19 (A)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

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19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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26 For (A)if we go on sinning deliberately (B)after receiving the knowledge of the truth, (C)there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 (D)but a fearful expectation of judgment, and (E)a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 (F)Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy (G)on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one (H)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned (I)the blood of the covenant (J)by which he was sanctified, and has (K)outraged the Spirit of grace?

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26 If we deliberately keep on sinning(A) after we have received the knowledge of the truth,(B) no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire(C) that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(D) 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God(E) underfoot,(F) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant(G) that sanctified them,(H) and who has insulted the Spirit(I) of grace?(J)

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Benediction

16 Now may (A)the Lord of peace himself (B)give you peace at all times in every way. (C)The Lord be with you all.

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Final Greetings

16 Now may the Lord of peace(A) himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.(B)

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27 (A)Peace I leave with you; (B)my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. (C)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither (D)let them be afraid.

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27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.(A) I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled(B) and do not be afraid.

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But with you there is (A)forgiveness,
    (B)that you may be feared.

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But with you there is forgiveness,(A)
    so that we can, with reverence, serve you.(B)

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The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and (A)very angry, because he (B)had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, (C)for such a thing must not be done.

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Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked(A) and furious,(B) because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in[a] Israel(C) by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.(D)

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  1. Genesis 34:7 Or against

But I have this against you, that you have abandoned (A)the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do (B)the works you did at first. If not, (C)I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

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Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.(A) Consider how far you have fallen! Repent(B) and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand(C) from its place.

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20 For if, (A)after they have escaped the defilements of the world (B)through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, (C)the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For (D)it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from (E)the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The (F)dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

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20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(A) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(B) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(C) 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.(D) 22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[a](E) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

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  1. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11