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The problem as God gave Habakkuk to see it:

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The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.

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The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.

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This is the message that the prophet Habakkuk received from the LORD in a vision.

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GOD, how long do I have to cry out for help before you listen? How many times do I have to yell, "Help! Murder! Police!" before you come to the rescue?

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How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save?

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O LORD, how long shall I cry, And You will not hear? Even cry out to You, "Violence!" And You will not save.

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How long, O LORD, must I call for help? But you do not listen! "Violence!" I cry, but you do not come to save.

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Why do you force me to look at evil, stare trouble in the face day after day? Anarchy and violence break out, quarrels and fights all over the place.

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Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.

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Why do You show me iniquity, And cause me to see trouble? For plundering and violence are before me; There is strife, and contention arises.

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Must I forever see this sin and misery all around me? Wherever I look, I see destruction and violence. I am surrounded by people who love to argue and fight.

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Law and order fall to pieces. Justice is a joke. The wicked have the righteous hamstrung and stand justice on its head.

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Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

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Therefore the law is powerless, And justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.

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The law has become paralyzed and useless, and there is no justice given in the courts. The wicked far outnumber the righteous, and justice is perverted with bribes and trickery.

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"Look around at the godless nations. Look long and hard. Brace yourself for a shock. Something's about to take place and you're going to find it hard to believe.

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"Look at the nations and watch- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.

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"Look among the nations and watch-- Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days Which you would not believe, though it were told you.

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The LORD replied, "Look at the nations and be amazed! Watch and be astounded at what I will do! For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn't believe even if someone told you about it.

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I'm about to raise up Babylonians to punish you, Babylonians, fierce and ferocious--World-conquering Babylon, grabbing up nations right and left,

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I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own.

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For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through the breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

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I am raising up the Babylonians to be a new power on the world scene. They are a cruel and violent nation who will march across the world and conquer it.

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A dreadful and terrible people, making up its own rules as it goes.

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They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor.

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They are terrible and dreadful; Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

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They are notorious for their cruelty. They do as they like, and no one can stop them.

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Their horses run like the wind, attack like bloodthirsty wolves. A stampede of galloping horses thunders out of nowhere. They descend like vultures circling in on carrion.

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Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour;

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Their horses also are swifter than leopards, And more fierce than evening wolves. Their chargers charge ahead; Their cavalry comes from afar; They fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.

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Their horses are swifter than leopards. They are a fierce people, more fierce than wolves at dusk. Their horsemen race forward from distant places. Like eagles they swoop down to pounce on their prey.

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They're out to kill. Death is on their minds. They collect victims like squirrels gathering nuts.

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they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.

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"They all come for violence; Their faces are set like the east wind. They gather captives like sand.

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"On they come, all of them bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a wind from the desert, sweeping captives ahead of them like sand.

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They mock kings, poke fun at generals, Spit on forts, and leave them in the dust.

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They deride kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; they build earthen ramps and capture them.

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They scoff at kings, And princes are scorned by them. They deride every stronghold, For they heap up earthen mounds and seize it.

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They scoff at kings and princes and scorn all their defenses. They simply pile ramps of earth against their walls and capture them!

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They'll all be blown away by the wind. Brazen in sin, they call strength their god."

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Then they sweep past like the wind and go on- guilty men, whose own strength is their god."

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Then his mind changes, and he transgresses; He commits offense, Ascribing this power to his god."

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They sweep past like the wind and are gone. But they are deeply guilty, for their own strength is their god."

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GOD, you're from eternity, aren't you? Holy God, we aren't going to die, are we? GOD, you chose Babylonians for your judgment work? Rock-Solid God, you gave them the job of discipline?

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O LORD, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, we will not die. O LORD, you have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, you have ordained them to punish.

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Are You not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction.

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O LORD my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal--is your plan in all of this to wipe us out? Surely not! O LORD our Rock, you have decreed the rise of these Babylonians to punish and correct us for our terrible sins.

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But you can't be serious! You can't condone evil! So why don't you do something about this? Why are you silent now? This outrage! Evil men swallow up the righteous and you stand around and watch! [JC]

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Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

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You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, And cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours A person more righteous than he?

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You are perfectly just in this. But will you, who cannot allow sin in any form, stand idly by while they swallow us up? Should you be silent while the wicked destroy people who are more righteous than they?

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You're treating men and women as so many fish in the ocean, Swimming without direction, swimming but not getting anywhere.

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You have made men like fish in the sea, like sea creatures that have no ruler.

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Why do You make men like fish of the sea, Like creeping things that have no ruler over them?

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Are we but fish to be caught and killed? Are we but creeping things that have no leader to defend them from their enemies?

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Then this evil Babylonian arrives and goes fishing. He pulls in a good catch. He catches his limit and fills his creel--a good day of fishing! He's happy!

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The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks, he catches them in his net, he gathers them up in his dragnet; and so he rejoices and is glad.

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They take up all of them with a hook, They catch them in their net, And gather them in their dragnet. Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

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Must we be strung up on their hooks and dragged out in their nets while they rejoice?

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He praises his rod and reel, piles his fishing gear on an altar and worships it! It's made his day, and he's going to eat well tonight! [JC]

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Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food.

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Therefore they sacrifice to their net, And burn incense to their dragnet; Because by them their share is sumptuous And their food plentiful.

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Then they will worship their nets and burn incense in front of them. "These nets are the gods who have made us rich!" they will claim.

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Are you going to let this go on and on? Will you let this Babylonian fisherman Fish like a weekend angler, killing people as if they're nothing but fish? [JC]

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Is he to keep on emptying his net, destroying nations without mercy?

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Shall they therefore empty their net, And continue to slay nations without pity?

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Will you let them get away with this forever? Will they succeed forever in their heartless conquests?

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What's God going to say to my questions? I'm braced for the worst. I'll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I'll wait to see what God says, how he'll answer my complaint.

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I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.

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I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected.

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I will climb up into my watchtower now and wait to see what the LORD will say to me and how he will answer my complaint.

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And then GOD answered: "Write this. Write what you see. Write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run.

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Then the LORD replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.

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Then the LORD answered me and said: "Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.

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Then the LORD said to me, "Write my answer in large, clear letters on a tablet, so that a runner can read it and tell everyone else.

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This vision-message is a witness pointing to what's coming. It aches for the coming--it can hardly wait! And it doesn't lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It's on its way. It will come right on time. [JC]

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For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.

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For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.

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But these things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.

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"Look at that man, bloated by self-importance--full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive.

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"See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright- but the righteous will live by his faith -

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"Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.

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"Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked; but the righteous will live by their faith.

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"Note well: Money deceives. The arrogant rich don't last. They are more hungry for wealth than the grave is for cadavers. Like death, they always want more, but the "more' they get is dead bodies. They are cemeteries filled with dead nations, graveyards filled with corpses.

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indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.

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"Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, He is a proud man, And he does not stay at home. Because he enlarges his desire as hell, And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied, He gathers to himself all nations And heaps up for himself all peoples.

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Wealth is treacherous, and the arrogant are never at rest. They range far and wide, with their mouths opened as wide as death, but they are never satisfied. In their greed they have gathered up many nations and peoples.

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Don't give people like this a second thought. Soon the whole world will be taunting them: Who do you think you are--getting rich by stealing and extortion? How long do you think you can get away with this?'

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"Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, "'Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?'

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"Will not all these take up a proverb against him, And a taunting riddle against him, and say, "Woe to him who increases What is not his--how long? And to him who loads himself with many pledges'?

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But the time is coming when all their captives will taunt them, saying, `You thieves! At last justice has caught up with you! Now you will get what you deserve for your oppression and extortion!'

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Indeed, how long before your victims wake up, stand up and make you the victim?

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Will not your debtors suddenly arise? Will they not wake up and make you tremble? Then you will become their victim.

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Will not your creditors rise up suddenly? Will they not awaken who oppress you? And you will become their booty.

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Suddenly, your debtors will rise up in anger. They will turn on you and take all you have, while you stand trembling and helpless.

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You've plundered nation after nation. Now you'll get a taste of your own medicine. All the survivors are out to plunder you, a payback for all your murders and massacres.

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Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you. For you have shed man's blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

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Because you have plundered many nations, All the remnant of the people shall plunder you, Because of men's blood And the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it.

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You have plundered many nations; now they will plunder you. You murderers! You have filled the countryside with violence and all the cities, too.

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"Who do you think you are--recklessly grabbing and looting, Living it up, acting like king of the mountain, acting above it all, above trials and troubles?

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"Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of ruin!

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"Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house, That he may set his nest on high, That he may be delivered from the power of disaster!

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"How terrible it will be for you who get rich by unjust means! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your families beyond the reach of danger.

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You've engineered the ruin of your own house. In ruining others you've ruined yourself. You've undermined your foundations, rotted out your own soul.

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You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.

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You give shameful counsel to your house, Cutting off many peoples, And sin against your soul.

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But by the murders you committed, you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives.

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The bricks of your house will speak up and accuse you. The woodwork will step forward with evidence.

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The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

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For the stone will cry out from the wall, And the beam from the timbers will answer it.

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The very stones in the walls of your houses cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.

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"Who do you think you are--building a town by murder, a city with crime?

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"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by crime!

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"Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed, Who establishes a city by iniquity!

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"How terrible it will be for you who build cities with money gained by murder and corruption!

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Don't you know that GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies makes sure nothing comes of that but ashes, Makes sure the harder you work at that kind of thing, the less you are?

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Has not the LORD Almighty determined that the people's labor is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?

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Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts That the peoples labor to feed the fire, And nations weary themselves in vain?

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Has not the LORD Almighty promised that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes? They work so hard, but all in vain!

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Meanwhile the earth fills up with awareness of GOD's glory as the waters cover the sea.

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For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

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For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.

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For the time will come when all the earth will be filled, as the waters fill the sea, with an awareness of the glory of the LORD.

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"Who do you think you are--inviting your neighbors to your drunken parties, Giving them too much to drink, roping them into your sexual orgies?

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"Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk, so that he can gaze on their naked bodies.

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"Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, Pressing him to your bottle, Even to make him drunk, That you may look on his nakedness!

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"How terrible it will be for you who make your neighbors drunk! You force your cup on them so that you can gloat over their nakedness and shame.

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You thought you were having the time of your life. Wrong! It's a time of disgrace. All the time you were drinking, you were drinking from the cup of God's wrath.

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You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and be exposed! The cup from the LORD's right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

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You are filled with shame instead of glory. You also--drink! And be exposed as uncircumcised! The cup of the LORD's right hand will be turned against you, And utter shame will be on your glory.

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But soon it will be your turn! Come, drink and be exposed! Drink from the cup of the LORD's judgment, and all your glory will be turned to shame.

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You'll wake up holding your throbbing head, hung over--hung over from Lebanon violence, Hung over from animal massacres, hung over from murder and mayhem, From multiple violations of place and people.

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The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and your destruction of animals will terrify you. For you have shed man's blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

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For the violence done to Lebanon will cover you, And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid, Because of men's blood And the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it.

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You cut down the forests of Lebanon. Now you will be cut down! You terrified the wild animals you caught in your traps. Now terror will strike you because of your murder and violence in cities everywhere!

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"What's the use of a carved god so skillfully carved by its sculptor? What good is a fancy cast god when all it tells is lies? What sense does it make to be a pious god-maker who makes gods that can't even talk?

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"Of what value is an idol, since a man has carved it? Or an image that teaches lies? For he who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

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"What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, The molded image, a teacher of lies, That the maker of its mold should trust in it, To make mute idols?

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"What have you gained by worshiping all your man-made idols? How foolish to trust in something made by your own hands! What fools you are to believe such lies!

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Who do you think you are--saying to a stick of wood, "Wake up,' Or to a dumb stone, "Get up'? Can they teach you anything about anything? There's nothing to them but surface. There's nothing on the inside.

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Woe to him who says to wood, 'Come to life!' Or to lifeless stone, 'Wake up!' Can it give guidance? It is covered with gold and silver; there is no breath in it.

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Woe to him who says to wood, "Awake!' To silent stone, "Arise! It shall teach!' Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, Yet in it there is no breath at all.

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How terrible it will be for you who beg lifeless wooden idols to save you. You ask speechless stone images to tell you what to do. Can an idol speak for God? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.

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"But oh! GOD is in his holy Temple! Quiet everyone--a holy silence. Listen!" God Racing on the Crest of the Waves

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But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him."

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"But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him."

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But the LORD is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him."

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A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk, with orchestra:

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A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.

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A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth.

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This prayer was sung by the prophet Habakkuk:

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GOD, I've heard what our ancestors say about you, and I'm stopped in my tracks, down on my knees. Do among us what you did among them. Work among us as you worked among them. And as you bring judgment, as you surely must, remember mercy. [JC]

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LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.

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O LORD, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

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I have heard all about you, LORD, and I am filled with awe by the amazing things you have done. In this time of our deep need, begin again to help us, as you did in years gone by. Show us your power to save us. And in your anger, remember your mercy.

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God's on his way again, retracing the old salvation route, Coming up from the south through Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Skies are blazing with his splendor, his praises sounding through the earth,

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God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth.

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God came from Teman, The Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of His praise.

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I see God, the Holy One, moving across the deserts from Edom and Mount Paran. His brilliant splendor fills the heavens, and the earth is filled with his praise! What a wonderful God he is!

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His cloud-brightness like dawn, exploding, spreading, forked-lightning shooting from his hand--what power hidden in that fist!

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His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden.

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His brightness was like the light; He had rays flashing from His hand, And there His power was hidden.

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Rays of brilliant light flash from his hands. He rejoices in his awesome power.

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Plague marches before him, pestilence at his heels!

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Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.

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Before Him went pestilence, And fever followed at His feet.

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Pestilence marches before him; plague follows close behind.

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He stops. He shakes Earth. He looks around. Nations tremble. The age-old mountains fall to pieces; ancient hills collapse like a spent balloon. The paths God takes are older than the oldest mountains and hills.

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He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.

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He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations. And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills bowed. His ways are everlasting.

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When he stops, the earth shakes. When he looks, the nations tremble. He shatters the everlasting mountains and levels the eternal hills. But his power is not diminished in the least!

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I saw everyone worried, in a panic: Old wilderness adversaries, Cushan and Midian, were terrified, hoping he wouldn't notice them. [JC]

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I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish.

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I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian trembled.

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I see the peoples of Cushan and Midian trembling in terror.

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GOD, is it River you're mad at? Angry at old River? Were you raging at Sea when you rode horse and chariot through to salvation?

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Were you angry with the rivers, O LORD? Was your wrath against the streams? Did you rage against the sea when you rode with your horses and your victorious chariots?

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O LORD, were You displeased with the rivers, Was Your anger against the rivers, Was Your wrath against the sea, That You rode on Your horses, Your chariots of salvation?

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Was it in anger, LORD, that you struck the rivers and parted the sea? Were you displeased with them? No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!

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You unfurled your bow and let loose a volley of arrows. You split Earth with rivers.

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You uncovered your bow, you called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers;

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Your bow was made quite ready; Oaths were sworn over Your arrows. Selah You divided the earth with rivers.

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You were commanding your weapons of power! You split open the earth with flowing rivers!

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Mountains saw what was coming. They twisted in pain. Flood Waters poured in. Ocean roared and reared huge waves.

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the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.

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The mountains saw You and trembled; The overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice, And lifted its hands on high.

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The mountains watched and trembled. Onward swept the raging waters. The mighty deep cried out, lifting its hands to the LORD.

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Sun and Moon stopped in their tracks. Your flashing arrows stopped them, your lightning-strike spears impaled them.

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Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear.

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The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; At the light of Your arrows they went, At the shining of Your glittering spear.

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The lofty sun and moon began to fade, obscured by brilliance from your arrows and the flashing of your glittering spear.

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Angry, you stomped through Earth. Furious, you crushed the godless nations.

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In wrath you strode through the earth and in anger you threshed the nations.

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You marched through the land in indignation; You trampled the nations in anger.

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You marched across the land in awesome anger and trampled the nations in your fury.

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You were out to save your people, to save your specially chosen people. You beat the stuffing out of King Wicked, Stripped him naked from head to toe,

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You came out to deliver your people, to save your anointed one. You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness, you stripped him from head to foot. Selah

Hab.3.13

You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For salvation with Your Anointed. You struck the head from the house of the wicked, By laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah

Hab.3.13

You went out to rescue your chosen people, to save your anointed ones. You crushed the heads of the wicked and laid bare their bones from head to toe.

Hab.3.14

Set his severed head on his own spear and blew away his army. Scattered they were to the four winds--and ended up food for the sharks!

Hab.3.14

With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding.

Hab.3.14

You thrust through with his own arrows The head of his villages. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret.

Hab.3.14

With their own weapons, you destroyed those who rushed out like a whirlwind, thinking Israel would be easy prey.

Hab.3.15

You galloped through the Sea on your horses, racing on the crest of the waves.

Hab.3.15

You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the great waters.

Hab.3.15

You walked through the sea with Your horses, Through the heap of great waters.

Hab.3.15

You trampled the sea with your horses, and the mighty waters piled high.

Hab.3.16

When I heard it, my stomach did flips. I stammered and stuttered. My bones turned to water. I staggered and stumbled. I sit back and wait for Doomsday to descend on our attackers. [JC]

Hab.3.16

I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.

Hab.3.16

When I heard, my body trembled; My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered my bones; And I trembled in myself, That I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, He will invade them with his troops.

Hab.3.16

I trembled inside when I heard all this; my lips quivered with fear. My legs gave way beneath me, and I shook in terror. I will wait quietly for the coming day when disaster will strike the people who invade us.

Hab.3.17

Though the cherry trees don't blossom and the strawberries don't ripen, Though the apples are worm-eaten and the wheat fields stunted, Though the sheep pens are sheepless and the cattle barns empty,

Hab.3.17

Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,

Hab.3.17

Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls--

Hab.3.17

Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vine; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty,

Hab.3.18

I'm singing joyful praise to GOD. I'm turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God.

Hab.3.18

yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.

Hab.3.18

Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Hab.3.18

yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation.

Hab.3.19

Counting on GOD's Rule to prevail, I take heart and gain strength. I run like a deer. I feel like I'm king of the mountain! (For congregational use, with a full orchestra.)

Hab.3.19

The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

Hab.3.19

The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills. To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.

Hab.3.19

The Sovereign LORD is my strength! He will make me as surefooted as a deer and bring me safely over the mountains. (For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)

Titus.2.1

Your job is to speak out on the things that make for solid doctrine.

Titus.2.1

You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.

Titus.2.1

But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine:

Titus.2.1

But as for you, promote the kind of living that reflects right teaching.

Titus.2.2

Guide older men into lives of temperance, dignity, and wisdom, into healthy faith, love, and endurance.

Titus.2.2

Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.

Titus.2.2

that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

Titus.2.2

Teach the older men to exercise self-control, to be worthy of respect, and to live wisely. They must have strong faith and be filled with love and patience.

Titus.2.3

Guide older women into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness.

Titus.2.3

Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.

Titus.2.3

the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things--

Titus.2.3

Similarly, teach the older women to live in a way that is appropriate for someone serving the Lord. They must not go around speaking evil of others and must not be heavy drinkers. Instead, they should teach others what is good.

Titus.2.4

By looking at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and children,

Titus.2.4

Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children,

Titus.2.4

that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Titus.2.4

These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children,

Titus.2.5

be virtuous and pure, keep a good house, be good wives. We don't want anyone looking down on God's Message because of their behavior.

Titus.2.5

to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

Titus.2.5

to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

Titus.2.5

to live wisely and be pure, to take care of their homes, to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God.

Titus.2.6

Also, guide the young men to live disciplined lives.

Titus.2.6

Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled.

Titus.2.6

Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded,

Titus.2.6

In the same way, encourage the young men to live wisely in all they do.

Titus.2.7

But mostly, show them all this by doing it yourself, incorruptible in your teaching,

Titus.2.7

In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness

Titus.2.7

in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility,

Titus.2.7

And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good deeds of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching.

Titus.2.8

your words solid and sane. Then anyone who is dead set against us, when he finds nothing weird or misguided, might eventually come around.

Titus.2.8

and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

Titus.2.8

sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

Titus.2.8

Let your teaching be so correct that it can't be criticized. Then those who want to argue will be ashamed because they won't have anything bad to say about us.

Titus.2.9

Guide slaves into being loyal workers, a bonus to their masters--no back talk,

Titus.2.9

Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them,

Titus.2.9

Exhort bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back,

Titus.2.9

Slaves must obey their masters and do their best to please them. They must not talk back

Titus.2.10

no petty thievery. Then their good character will shine through their actions, adding luster to the teaching of our Savior God.

Titus.2.10

and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.

Titus.2.10

not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

Titus.2.10

or steal, but they must show themselves to be entirely trustworthy and good. Then they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive in every way.

Titus.2.11

God's readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation's available for everyone!

Titus.2.11

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.

Titus.2.11

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

Titus.2.11

For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people.

Titus.2.12

We're being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now,

Titus.2.12

It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

Titus.2.12

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

Titus.2.12

And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with self-control, right conduct, and devotion to God,

Titus.2.13

and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears.

Titus.2.13

while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

Titus.2.13

looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Titus.2.13

while we look forward to that wonderful event when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.

Titus.2.14

He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.

Titus.2.14

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

Titus.2.14

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

Titus.2.14

He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing what is right.

Titus.2.15

Tell them all this. Build up their courage, and discipline them if they get out of line. You're in charge. Don't let anyone put you down.

Titus.2.15

These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.

Titus.2.15

Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

Titus.2.15

You must teach these things and encourage your people to do them, correcting them when necessary. You have the authority to do this, so don't let anyone ignore you or disregard what you say.

Prov.26.3

A whip for the racehorse, a tiller for the sailboat--and a stick for the back of fools!

Prov.26.3

A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

Prov.26.3

A whip for the horse, A bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the fool's back.

Prov.26.3

Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back!

Prov.26.4

Don't respond to the stupidity of a fool; you'll only look foolish yourself.

Prov.26.4

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.

Prov.26.4

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.

Prov.26.4

When arguing with fools, don't answer their foolish arguments, or you will become as foolish as they are.

Prov.26.5

Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn't get a swelled head.

Prov.26.5

Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

Prov.26.5

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Prov.26.5

When arguing with fools, be sure to answer their foolish arguments, or they will become wise in their own estimation.

Prov.26.6

You're only asking for trouble when you send a message by a fool.

Prov.26.6

Like cutting off one's feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

Prov.26.6

He who sends a message by the hand of a fool Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

Prov.26.6

Trusting a fool to convey a message is as foolish as cutting off one's feet or drinking poison!

Prov.26.7

A proverb quoted by fools is limp as a wet noodle.

Prov.26.7

Like a lame man's legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Prov.26.7

Like the legs of the lame that hang limp Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Prov.26.7

In the mouth of a fool, a proverb becomes as limp as a paralyzed leg.

Prov.26.8

Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.

Prov.26.8

Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

Prov.26.8

Like one who binds a stone in a sling Is he who gives honor to a fool.

Prov.26.8

Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.

Prov.26.9

To ask a moron to quote a proverb is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk.

Prov.26.9

Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Prov.26.9

Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Prov.26.9

A proverb in a fool's mouth is as dangerous as a thornbush brandished by a drunkard.

Prov.26.10

Hire a fool or a drunk and you shoot yourself in the foot.

Prov.26.10

Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.

Prov.26.10

The great God who formed everything Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.

Prov.26.10

An employer who hires a fool or a bystander is like an archer who shoots recklessly.

Prov.26.11

As a dog eats its own vomit, so fools recycle silliness.

Prov.26.11

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Prov.26.11

As a dog returns to his own vomit, So a fool repeats his folly.

Prov.26.11

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Prov.26.12

See that man who thinks he's so smart? You can expect far more from a fool than from him.

Prov.26.12

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Prov.26.12

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Prov.26.12

There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are wise.