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Obadiah's Message to Edom from GOD, the Master. We got the news straight from GOD by a special messenger sent out to the godless nations: "On your feet, prepare for battle; get ready to make war on Edom! [JC]

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The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Sovereign LORD says about Edom- We have heard a message from the LORD: An envoy was sent to the nations to say, "Rise, and let us go against her for battle"-

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The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom (We have heard a report from the LORD, And a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle"):

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This is the vision that the Sovereign LORD revealed to Obadiah concerning the land of Edom. We have heard a message from the LORD that an ambassador was sent to the nations to say, "Get ready, everyone! Let's assemble our armies and attack Edom!"

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"Listen to this, Edom: I'm turning you to a no-account, the runt of the godless nations, despised.

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"See, I will make you small among the nations; you will be utterly despised.

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"Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You shall be greatly despised.

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The LORD says, "I will cut you down to size among the nations, Edom; you will be small and despised.

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You thought you were so great, perched high among the rocks, king of the mountain, Thinking to yourself, "Nobody can get to me! Nobody can touch me!'

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The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, 'Who can bring me down to the ground?'

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The pride of your heart has deceived you, You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Whose habitation is high; You who say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?'

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You are proud because you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains. `Who can ever reach us way up here?' you ask boastfully. Don't fool yourselves!

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Think again. Even if, like an eagle, you hang out on a high cliff-face, Even if you build your nest in the stars, I'll bring you down to earth." GOD's sure Word.

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Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down," declares the LORD.

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Though you ascend as high as the eagle, And though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down," says the LORD.

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Though you soar as high as eagles and build your nest among the stars, I will bring you crashing down. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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"If thieves crept up on you, they'd rob you blind--isn't that so? If they mugged you on the streets at night, they'd pick you clean--isn't that so?

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"If thieves came to you, if robbers in the night- Oh, what a disaster awaits you- would they not steal only as much as they wanted? If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes?

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"If thieves had come to you, If robbers by night-- Oh, how you will be cut off!-- Would they not have stolen till they had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to you, Would they not have left some gleanings?

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"If thieves came at night and robbed you, they would not take everything. Those who harvest grapes always leave a few for the poor. But your enemies will wipe you out completely!

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Oh, they'll take Esau apart, piece by piece, empty his purse and pockets.

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But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged!

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"Oh, how Esau shall be searched out! How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!

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Every nook and cranny of Edom will be searched and looted. Every treasure will be found and taken.

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All your old partners will drive you to the edge. Your old friends will lie to your face. Your old drinking buddies will stab you in the back. Your world will collapse. You won't know what hit you.

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All your allies will force you to the border; your friends will deceive and overpower you; those who eat your bread will set a trap for you, but you will not detect it.

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All the men in your confederacy Shall force you to the border; The men at peace with you Shall deceive you and prevail against you. Those who eat your bread shall lay a trap for you. No one is aware of it.

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"All your allies will turn against you. They will help to chase you from your land. They will promise you peace, while plotting your destruction. Your trusted friends will set traps for you, and you won't even know about it.

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So don't be surprised"--it's GOD's sure Word!- "when I wipe out all sages from Edom and rid the Esau mountains of its famous wise men.

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"In that day," declares the LORD, "will I not destroy the wise men of Edom, men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?

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"Will I not in that day," says the LORD, "Even destroy the wise men from Edom, And understanding from the mountains of Esau?

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At that time not a single wise person will be left in the whole land of Edom!" says the LORD. "For on the mountains of Edom I will destroy everyone who has wisdom and understanding.

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Your great heroes will desert you, Teman. There'll be nobody left in Esau's mountains.

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Your warriors, O Teman, will be terrified, and everyone in Esau's mountains will be cut down in the slaughter.

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Then your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau May be cut off by slaughter.

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The mightiest warriors of Teman will be terrified, and everyone on the mountains of Edom will be cut down in the slaughter.

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Because of the murderous history compiled against your brother Jacob, You will be looked down on by everyone. You'll lose your place in history.

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Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever.

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"For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you, And you shall be cut off forever.

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"And why? Because of the violence you did to your close relatives in Israel. Now you will be destroyed completely and filled with shame forever.

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On that day you stood there and didn't do anything. Strangers took your brother's army into exile. Godless foreigners invaded and pillaged Jerusalem. You stood there and watched. You were as bad as they were.

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On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.

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In the day that you stood on the other side-- In the day that strangers carried captive his forces, When foreigners entered his gates And cast lots for Jerusalem-- Even you were as one of them.

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For you deserted your relatives in Israel during their time of greatest need. You stood aloof, refusing to lift a finger to help when foreign invaders carried off their wealth and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem. You acted as though you were one of Israel's enemies.

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You shouldn't have gloated over your brother when he was down-and-out. You shouldn't have laughed and joked at Judah's sons when they were facedown in the mud. You shouldn't have talked so big when everything was so bad.

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You should not look down on your brother in the day of his misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast so much in the day of their trouble.

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"But you should not have gazed on the day of your brother In the day of his captivity; Nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah In the day of their destruction; Nor should you have spoken proudly In the day of distress.

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"You shouldn't have done this! You shouldn't have gloated when they exiled your relatives to distant lands. You shouldn't have rejoiced because they were suffering such misfortune. You shouldn't have crowed over them as they suffered these disasters.

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You shouldn't have taken advantage of my people when their lives had fallen apart. You of all people should not have been amused by their troubles, their wrecked nation. You shouldn't have taken the shirt off their back when they were knocked flat, defenseless.

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You should not march through the gates of my people in the day of their disaster, nor look down on them in their calamity in the day of their disaster, nor seize their wealth in the day of their disaster.

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You should not have entered the gate of My people In the day of their calamity. Indeed, you should not have gazed on their affliction In the day of their calamity, Nor laid hands on their substance In the day of their calamity.

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You shouldn't have plundered the land of Israel when they were suffering such calamity. You shouldn't have gloated over the destruction of your relatives, looting their homes and making yourselves rich at their expense.

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And you shouldn't have stood waiting at the outskirts and cut off refugees, And traitorously turned in helpless survivors who had lost everything. [JC]

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You should not wait at the crossroads to cut down their fugitives, nor hand over their survivors in the day of their trouble.

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You should not have stood at the crossroads To cut off those among them who escaped; Nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained In the day of distress.

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You shouldn't have stood at the crossroads, killing those who tried to escape. You shouldn't have captured the survivors, handing them over to their enemies in that terrible time of trouble.

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"GOD's Judgment Day is near for all the godless nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. What you did will boomerang back and hit your own head.

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"The day of the LORD is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.

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"For the day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.

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"The day is near when I, the LORD, will judge the godless nations! As you have done to Israel, so it will be done to you. All your evil deeds will fall back on your own heads.

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Just as you partied on my holy mountain, all the godless nations will drink God's wrath. They'll drink and drink and drink--they'll drink themselves to death.

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Just as you drank on my holy hill, so all the nations will drink continually; they will drink and drink and be as if they had never been.

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For as you drank on My holy mountain, So shall all the nations drink continually; Yes, they shall drink, and swallow, And they shall be as though they had never been.

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Just as you swallowed up my people on my holy mountain, so you and the surrounding nations will swallow the punishment I pour out on you. Yes, you nations will drink and stagger and disappear from history, as though you had never even existed.

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But not so on Mount Zion--there's respite there! a safe and holy place! The family of Jacob will take back their possessions from those who took them from them.

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But on Mount Zion will be deliverance; it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will possess its inheritance.

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"But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, And there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

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"But Jerusalem will become a refuge for those who escape; it will be a holy place. And the people of Israel will come back to reclaim their inheritance.

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That's when the family of Jacob will catch fire, the family of Joseph become fierce flame, while the family of Esau will be straw. Esau will go up in flames, nothing left of Esau but a pile of ashes." GOD said it, and it is so. [JC]

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The house of Jacob will be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame; the house of Esau will be stubble, and they will set it on fire and consume it. There will be no survivors from the house of Esau." The LORD has spoken.

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The house of Jacob shall be a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau shall be stubble; They shall kindle them and devour them, And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau," For the LORD has spoken.

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At that time Israel will be a raging fire, and Edom, a field of dry stubble. The fire will roar across the field, devouring everything and leaving no survivors in Edom. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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People from the south will take over the Esau mountains; people from the foothills will overrun the Philistines. They'll take the farms of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will take Gilead.

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People from the Negev will occupy the mountains of Esau, and people from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.

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The South shall possess the mountains of Esau, And the Lowland shall possess Philistia. They shall possess the fields of Ephraim And the fields of Samaria. Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

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"Then my people living in the Negev will occupy the mountains of Edom. Those living in the foothills of Judah will possess the Philistine plains and take over the fields of Ephraim and Samaria. And the people of Benjamin will occupy the land of Gilead.

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Earlier, Israelite exiles will come back and take Canaanite land to the north at Zarephath. Jerusalem exiles from the far northwest in Sepharad will come back and take the cities in the south.

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This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan will possess the land as far as Zarephath; the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the towns of the Negev.

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And the captives of this host of the children of Israel Shall possess the land of the Canaanites As far as Zarephath. The captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad Shall possess the cities of the South.

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The exiles of Israel will return to their land and occupy the Phoenician coast as far north as Zarephath. The captives from Jerusalem exiled in the north will return to their homeland and resettle the villages of the Negev.

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The remnant of the saved in Mount Zion will go into the mountains of Esau And rule justly and fairly, a rule that honors GOD's kingdom.

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Deliverers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will be the LORD's.

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Then saviors shall come to Mount Zion To judge the mountains of Esau, And the kingdom shall be the LORD's.

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Deliverers will go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem to rule over the mountains of Edom. And the LORD himself will be king!"

Heb.2.1

It's crucial that we keep a firm grip on what we've heard so that we don't drift off.

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We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

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Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

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So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.

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If the old message delivered by the angels was valid and nobody got away with anything,

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For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,

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For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,

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The message God delivered through angels has always proved true, and the people were punished for every violation of the law and every act of disobedience.

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do you think we can risk neglecting this latest message, this magnificent salvation? First of all, it was delivered in person by the Master, then accurately passed on to us by those who heard it from him.

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how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.

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how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

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What makes us think that we can escape if we are indifferent to this great salvation that was announced by the Lord Jesus himself? It was passed on to us by those who heard him speak,

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All the while God was validating it with gifts through the Holy Spirit, all sorts of signs and miracles, as he saw fit.

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God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

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God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

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and God verified the message by signs and wonders and various miracles and by giving gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose to do so.

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God didn't put angels in charge of this business of salvation that we're dealing with here.

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It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

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For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.

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And furthermore, the future world we are talking about will not be controlled by angels.

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It says in Scripture, What is man and woman that you bother with them; why take a second look their way?

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But there is a place where someone has testified: "What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

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But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him?

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For somewhere in the Scriptures it says, "What is man that you should think of him, and the son of man that you should care for him?

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You made them not quite as high as angels, bright with Eden's dawn light;

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You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor

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You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.

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For a little while you made him lower than the angels, and you crowned him with glory and honor.

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Then you put them in charge of your entire handcrafted world. When God put them in charge of everything, nothing was excluded. But we don't see it yet, don't see everything under human jurisdiction.

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and put everything under his feet.? In putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

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You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.

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You gave him authority over all things." Now when it says "all things," it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all of this happen.

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What we do see is Jesus, made "not quite as high as angels," and then, through the experience of death, crowned so much higher than any angel, with a glory "bright with Eden's dawn light." In that death, by God's grace, he fully experienced death in every person's place.

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But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

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But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

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What we do see is Jesus, who "for a little while was made lower than the angels" and now is "crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death for us. Yes, by God's grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone in all the world.

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It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory.

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In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

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For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

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And it was only right that God--who made everything and for whom everything was made--should bring his many children into glory. Through the suffering of Jesus, God made him a perfect leader, one fit to bring them into their salvation.

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Since the One who saves and those who are saved have a common origin, Jesus doesn't hesitate to treat them as family,

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Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

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For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

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So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

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saying, I'll tell my good friends, my brothers and sisters, all I know about you; I'll join them in worship and praise to you.

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He says, "I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises."

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saying: "I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You."

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For he said to God, "I will declare the wonder of your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you among all your people."

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Again, he puts himself in the same family circle when he says, Even I live by placing my trust in God. And yet again, I'm here with the children God gave me.

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And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again he says, "Here am I, and the children God has given me."

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And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And again: "Here am I and the children whom God has given Me."

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He also said, "I will put my trust in him." And in the same context he said, "Here I am--together with the children God has given me."

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Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it's logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By embracing death, taking it into himself, he destroyed the Devil's hold on death

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Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil--

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Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

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Because God's children are human beings--made of flesh and blood--Jesus also became flesh and blood by being born in human form. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the Devil, who had the power of death.

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and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death.

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and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

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and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

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Only in this way could he deliver those who have lived all their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.

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It's obvious, of course, that he didn't go to all this trouble for angels. It was for people like us, children of Abraham.

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For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants.

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For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham.

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We all know that Jesus came to help the descendants of Abraham, not to help the angels.

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That's why he had to enter into every detail of human life. Then, when he came before God as high priest to get rid of the people's sins,

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For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

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Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

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Therefore, it was necessary for Jesus to be in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. He then could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people.

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he would have already experienced it all himself--all the pain, all the testing--and would be able to help where help was needed.

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Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

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For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

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Since he himself has gone through suffering and temptation, he is able to help us when we are being tempted.

Prov.26.13

Loafers say, "It's dangerous out there! Tigers are prowling the streets!" and then pull the covers back over their heads.

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The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!"

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The lazy man says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!"

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The lazy person is full of excuses, saying, "I can't go outside because there might be a lion on the road! Yes, I'm sure there's a lion out there!"

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Just as a door turns on its hinges, so a lazybones turns back over in bed.

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As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

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As a door turns on its hinges, So does the lazy man on his bed.

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As a door turns back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed.

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A shiftless sluggard puts his fork in the pie, but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth.

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The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

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The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl; It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

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Some people are so lazy that they won't lift a finger to feed themselves.

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Dreamers fantasize their self-importance; they think they are smarter than a whole college faculty.

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The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

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The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can answer sensibly.

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Lazy people consider themselves smarter than seven wise counselors.

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You grab a mad dog by the ears when you butt into a quarrel that's none of your business.

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Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

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He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own Is like one who takes a dog by the ears.

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Yanking a dog's ears is as foolish as interfering in someone else's argument.

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People who shrug off deliberate deceptions, saying, "I didn't mean it, I was only joking,"

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Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows

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Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

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Just as damaging as a mad man shooting a lethal weapon

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Are worse than careless campers who walk away from smoldering campfires.

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is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"

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Is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, "I was only joking!"

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is someone who lies to a friend and then says, "I was only joking."

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When you run out of wood, the fire goes out; when the gossip ends, the quarrel dies down.

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Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.

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Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.

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Fire goes out for lack of fuel, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.

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A quarrelsome person in a dispute is like kerosene thrown on a fire.

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As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

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As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

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A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.

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Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you want junk like that in your belly?

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The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.

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The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.

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What dainty morsels rumors are--but they sink deep into one's heart.