Hos.10.1

Israel was once a lush vine, bountiful in grapes. The more lavish the harvest, the more promiscuous the worship. The more money they got, the more they squandered on gods--in-their-own-image.

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Israel was a spreading vine; he brought forth fruit for himself. As his fruit increased, he built more altars; as his land prospered, he adorned his sacred stones.

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Israel empties his vine; He brings forth fruit for himself. According to the multitude of his fruit He has increased the altars; According to the bounty of his land They have embellished his sacred pillars.

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How prosperous Israel is--a luxuriant vine loaded with fruit! But the more wealth the people got, the more they poured it on the altars of their foreign gods. The richer the harvests they brought in, the more beautiful the statues and idols they built.

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Their sweet smiles are sheer lies. They're guilty as sin. God will smash their worship shrines, pulverize their god-images.

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Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will demolish their altars and destroy their sacred stones.

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Their heart is divided; Now they are held guilty. He will break down their altars; He will ruin their sacred pillars.

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The hearts of the people are fickle; they are guilty and must be punished. The LORD will break down their foreign altars and smash their many idols.

Hos.10.3

They go around saying, "Who needs a king? We couldn't care less about GOD, so why bother with a king? What difference would he make?"

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Then they will say, "We have no king because we did not revere the LORD. But even if we had a king, what could he do for us?"

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For now they say, "We have no king, Because we did not fear the LORD. And as for a king, what would he do for us?"

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Then they will say, "We have no king because we didn't fear the LORD. But what's the difference? What could a king do for us anyway?"

Hos.10.4

They talk big, lie through their teeth, make deals. But their high-sounding words turn out to be empty words, litter in the gutters.

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They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

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They have spoken words, Swearing falsely in making a covenant. Thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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They spout empty words and make promises they don't intend to keep. So perverted justice springs up among them like poisonous weeds in a farmer's field.

Hos.10.5

The people of Samaria travel over to Crime City to worship the golden calf-god. They go all out, prancing and hollering, taken in by their showmen priests. They act so important around the calf-god, but are oblivious to the sham, the shame.

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The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.

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The inhabitants of Samaria fear Because of the calf of Beth Aven. For its people mourn for it, And its priests shriek for it-- Because its glory has departed from it.

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The people of Samaria tremble for their calf idol at Beth-aven. The people mourn over it, and the priests wail for it, because its glory will be stripped away.

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They have plans to take it to Assyria, present it as a gift to the great king. And so Ephraim makes a fool of himself, disgraces Israel with his stupid idols.

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It will be carried to Assyria as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.

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The idol also shall be carried to Assyria As a present for King Jareb. Ephraim shall receive shame, And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

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This idol they love so much will be carted away with them when they go as captives to Assyria, a gift to the great king there. Israel will be laughed at and shamed because its people have trusted in this idol.

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Samaria is history. Its king is a dead branch floating down the river.

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Samaria and its king will float away like a twig on the surface of the waters.

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As for Samaria, her king is cut off Like a twig on the water.

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Samaria will be cut off, and its king will disappear like a chip of wood on an ocean wave.

Hos.10.8

Israel's favorite sin centers will all be torn down. Thistles and crabgrass will decorate their ruined altars. Then they'll say to the mountains, "Bury us!" and to the hills, "Fall on us!"

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The high places of wickedness will be destroyed- it is the sin of Israel. Thorns and thistles will grow up and cover their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, "Cover us!" and to the hills, "Fall on us!"

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Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, Shall be destroyed. The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars; They shall say to the mountains, "Cover us!" And to the hills, "Fall on us!"

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And the pagan shrines of Aven, the place of Israel's sin, will crumble. Thorns and thistles will grow up around them. They will beg the mountains to bury them and the hills to fall on them.

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You got your start in sin at Gibeah--that ancient, unspeakable, shocking sin--And you've been at it ever since. And Gibeah will mark the end of it in a war to end all the sinning.

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"Since the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

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"O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah; There they stood. The battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity Did not overtake them.

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The LORD says, "O Israel, ever since that awful night in Gibeah, there has been only sin and more sin! You have made no progress whatsoever. Was it not right that the wicked men of Gibeah were attacked?

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I'll come to teach them a lesson. Nations will gang up on them, Making them learn the hard way the sum of Gibeah plus Gibeah.

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When I please, I will punish them; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bonds for their double sin.

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When it is My desire, I will chasten them. Peoples shall be gathered against them When I bind them for their two transgressions.

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Now I will attack you, too, for your rebellion and disobedience. I will call out the armies of the nations to punish you for your multiplied sins.

Hos.10.11

Ephraim was a trained heifer that loved to thresh. Passing by and seeing her strong, sleek neck, I wanted to harness Ephraim, Put Ephraim to work in the fields--Judah plowing, Jacob harrowing:

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Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim, Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground.

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Ephraim is a trained heifer That loves to thresh grain; But I harnessed her fair neck, I will make Ephraim pull a plow. Judah shall plow; Jacob shall break his clods."

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"Israel is like a trained heifer accustomed to treading out the grain--an easy job that she loves. Now I will put a heavy yoke on her tender neck. I will drive her in front of the plow. Israel and Judah must now break up the hard ground; their days of ease are gone.

Hos.10.12

Sow righteousness, reap love. It's time to till the ready earth, it's time to dig in with GOD, Until he arrives with righteousness ripe for harvest.

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Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you.

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Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.

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I said, `Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of my love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.'

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But instead you plowed wicked ways, reaped a crop of evil and ate a salad of lies. You thought you could do it all on your own, flush with weapons and manpower.

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But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength and on your many warriors,

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You have plowed wickedness; You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, Because you trusted in your own way, In the multitude of your mighty men.

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"But you have cultivated wickedness and raised a thriving crop of sins. You have eaten the fruit of lies--trusting in your military might, believing that great armies could make your nation safe!

Hos.10.14

But the volcano of war will erupt among your people. All your defense posts will be leveled As viciously as king Shalman leveled the town of Beth-arba, When mothers and their babies were smashed on the rocks.

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the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be devastated- as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.

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Therefore tumult shall arise among your people, And all your fortresses shall be plundered As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle-- A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.

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Now the terrors of war will rise among your people. All your fortifications will fall, just as they did when Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel. Even mothers and children were dashed to death there.

Hos.10.15

That's what's ahead for you, you so-called people of God, because of your off-the-charts evil. Some morning you're going to wake up and find Israel, king and kingdom, a blank--nothing.

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Thus will it happen to you, O Bethel, because your wickedness is great. When that day dawns, the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

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Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel, Because of your great wickedness. At dawn the king of Israel Shall be cut off utterly.

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You will share that fate, Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day of judgment dawns, the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

Hos.11.1

"When Israel was only a child, I loved him. I called out, "My son!'-called him out of Egypt.

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"When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

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"When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.

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"When Israel was a child, I loved him as a son, and I called my son out of Egypt.

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But when others called him, he ran off and left me. He worshiped the popular sex gods, he played at religion with toy gods.

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But the more I called Israel, the further they went from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.

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As they called them, So they went from them; They sacrificed to the Baals, And burned incense to carved images.

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But the more I called to him, the more he rebelled, offering sacrifices to the images of Baal and burning incense to idols.

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Still, I stuck with him. I led Ephraim. I rescued him from human bondage, But he never acknowledged my help,

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It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; but they did not realize it was I who healed them.

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"I taught Ephraim to walk, Taking them by their arms; But they did not know that I healed them.

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It was I who taught Israel how to walk, leading him along by the hand. But he doesn't know or even care that it was I who took care of him.

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never admitted that I was the one pulling his wagon, That I lifted him, like a baby, to my cheek, that I bent down to feed him.

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I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love; I lifted the yoke from their neck and bent down to feed them.

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I drew them with gentle cords, With bands of love, And I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck. I stooped and fed them.

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I led Israel along with my ropes of kindness and love. I lifted the yoke from his neck, and I myself stooped to feed him.

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Now he wants to go back to Egypt or go over to Assyria--anything but return to me!

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"Will they not return to Egypt and will not Assyria rule over them because they refuse to repent?

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"He shall not return to the land of Egypt; But the Assyrian shall be his king, Because they refused to repent.

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"But since my people refuse to return to me, they will go back to Egypt and will be forced to serve Assyria.

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That's why his cities are unsafe--the murder rate skyrockets and every plan to improve things falls to pieces.

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Swords will flash in their cities, will destroy the bars of their gates and put an end to their plans.

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And the sword shall slash in his cities, Devour his districts, And consume them, Because of their own counsels.

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War will swirl through their cities; their enemies will crash through their gates and destroy them, trapping them in their own evil plans.

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My people are hell-bent on leaving me. They pray to god Baal for help. He doesn't lift a finger to help them.

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My people are determined to turn from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will by no means exalt them.

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My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, None at all exalt Him.

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For my people are determined to desert me. They call me the Most High, but they don't truly honor me.

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But how can I give up on you, Ephraim? How can I turn you loose, Israel? How can I leave you to be ruined like Admah, devastated like luckless Zeboim? I can't bear to even think such thoughts. My insides churn in protest.

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"How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused.

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"How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred.

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"Oh, how can I give you up, Israel? How can I let you go? How can I destroy you like Admah and Zeboiim? My heart is torn within me, and my compassion overflows.

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And so I'm not going to act on my anger. I'm not going to destroy Ephraim. And why? Because I am God and not a human. I'm The Holy One and I'm here--in your very midst.

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I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I turn and devastate Ephraim. For I am God, and not man- the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath.

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I will not execute the fierceness of My anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man, The Holy One in your midst; And I will not come with terror.

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No, I will not punish you as much as my burning anger tells me to. I will not completely destroy Israel, for I am God and not a mere mortal. I am the Holy One living among you, and I will not come to destroy.

Hos.11.10

"The people will end up following GOD. I will roar like a lion--Oh, how I'll roar! My frightened children will come running from the west.

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They will follow the LORD; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

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"They shall walk after the LORD. He will roar like a lion. When He roars, Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;

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"For someday the people will follow the LORD. I will roar like a lion, and my people will return trembling from the west.

Hos.11.11

Like frightened birds they'll come from Egypt, from Assyria like scared doves. I'll move them back into their homes." GOD's Word!

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They will come trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria. I will settle them in their homes," declares the LORD.

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They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt, Like a dove from the land of Assyria. And I will let them dwell in their houses," Says the LORD.

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Like a flock of birds, they will come from Egypt. Flying like doves, they will return from Assyria. And I will bring them home again," says the LORD.

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Ephraim tells lies right and left. Not a word of Israel can be trusted. Judah, meanwhile, is no better, addicted to cheap gods. [JC]

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Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit. And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One.

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"Ephraim has encircled Me with lies, And the house of Israel with deceit; But Judah still walks with God, Even with the Holy One who is faithful.

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Israel surrounds me with lies and deceit, but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

Rom.8.18

That's why I don't think there's any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times.

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I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

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Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will give us later.

Rom.8.19

The created world itself can hardly wait for what's coming next.

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The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.

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For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.

Rom.8.19

For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.

Rom.8.20

Everything in creation is being more or less held back. God reins it in

Rom.8.20

For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope

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For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;

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Against its will, everything on earth was subjected to God's curse.

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until both creation and all the creatures are ready and can be released at the same moment into the glorious times ahead. Meanwhile, the joyful anticipation deepens.

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that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

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because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

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All creation anticipates the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay.

Rom.8.22

All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it's not only around us; it's within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We're also feeling the birth pangs.

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We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

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For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.

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For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

Rom.8.23

These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance.

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Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

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Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

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And even we Christians, although we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, also groan to be released from pain and suffering. We, too, wait anxiously for that day when God will give us our full rights as his children, including the new bodies he has promised us.

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That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us.

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For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?

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For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?

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Now that we are saved, we eagerly look forward to this freedom. For if you already have something, you don't need to hope for it.

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But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.

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But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

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But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

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But if we look forward to something we don't have yet, we must wait patiently and confidently.

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Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans.

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In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

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Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

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And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don't even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.

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He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God.

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And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.

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Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

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And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will.

Rom.8.28

That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

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And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

Rom.8.29

God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him.

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For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

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For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn, with many brothers and sisters.

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After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name. After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun.

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And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

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Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

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And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And he gave them right standing with himself, and he promised them his glory.

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So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose?

Rom.8.31

What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Rom.8.31

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

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What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?

Rom.8.32

If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us?

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He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

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He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

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Since God did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?

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And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen?

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Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

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Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

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Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? Will God? No! He is the one who has given us right standing with himself.

Rom.8.34

Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us--who was raised to life for us!-is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us.

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Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.

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Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

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Who then will condemn us? Will Christ Jesus? No, for he is the one who died for us and was raised to life for us and is sitting at the place of highest honor next to God, pleading for us.

Rom.8.35

Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

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Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in danger or threatened with death?

Rom.8.36

They kill us in cold blood because they hate you. We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.

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As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."

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As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

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(Even the Scriptures say, "For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep." )

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None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us.

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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

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Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

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No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

Rom.8.38

I'm absolutely convinced that nothing--nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow,

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For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

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For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,

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And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away.

Rom.8.39

high or low, thinkable or unthinkable--absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.

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neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Your love, GOD, is my song, and I'll sing it! I'm forever telling everyone how faithful you are.

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I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

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I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.

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I will sing of the tender mercies of the LORD forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.

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I'll never quit telling the story of your love--how you built the cosmos and guaranteed everything in it. Your love has always been our lives' foundation, your fidelity has been the roof over our world.

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I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

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For I have said, "Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens."

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Your unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.

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You once said, "I joined forces with my chosen leader, I pledged my word to my servant, David, saying,

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You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,

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"I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:

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The LORD said, "I have made a solemn agreement with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him:

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"Everyone descending from you is guaranteed life; I'll make your rule as solid and lasting as rock.'"

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'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'" Selah

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"Your seed I will establish forever, And build up your throne to all generations."'Selah

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`I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.'"

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GOD! Let the cosmos praise your wonderful ways, the choir of holy angels sing anthems to your faithful ways!

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The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

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And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.

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All heaven will praise your miracles, LORD; myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.

Ps.89.6

Search high and low, scan skies and land, you'll find nothing and no one quite like GOD.

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For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?

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For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?

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For who in all of heaven can compare with the LORD? What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD?

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The holy angels are in awe before him; he looms immense and august over everyone around him.

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In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.

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God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.

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The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than those who surround his throne.

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GOD of the Angel Armies, who is like you, powerful and faithful from every angle?

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O LORD God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

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O LORD God of hosts, Who is mighty like You, O LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

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O LORD God Almighty! Where is there anyone as mighty as you, LORD? Faithfulness is your very character.