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28 “For they are a nation void of counsel. Nor is there understanding in them.
29 “Oh that they were wise, they would understand this! They would consider their latter end!
30 “How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
31 “For their god is not as our God. Even our enemies are judges.
32 “For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the vines of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter.
33 “Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel gall of asps.
34 ‘Is not this laid in store with Me, sealed up among My treasures?
35 ‘Vengeance and recompense are Mine. Their foot shall slide in due time. For the day of their destruction is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them, make haste.
36 ‘For the LORD shall judge His people, and have compassion on His servants, when He sees that their power is gone, and that no one remains, bond or free.
37 ‘When men shall say, “Where are their gods, their mighty god, in whom they trusted,
38 “who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you. Let him be your refuge.”
39 ‘Behold now. For I, I am He. And there are no gods with Me. I kill and give life. I wound. And I make whole. Nor is there anyone who can deliver out of My hand.
40 ‘For I lift up My hand to Heaven, and say, ‘I live forever.
41 ‘If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand takes hold on judgment, I will execute vengeance on My enemies, and will reward those who hate Me.
42 ‘I will make My arrows drunk with blood and My sword shall eat flesh —for the blood of the slain and of the captives—when I begin to take vengeance on the enemy.’
43 “Rejoice, O you nations of His people! For He will avenge the blood of His servants, and will execute vengeance upon His adversaries, and will be merciful to His land, and to His people.”
44 Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the audience of the people, he and Hoshea (or Joshua), the son of Nun.
45 When Moses had made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel,
46 then he said to them, “Set your hearts to all the words which I testify against you this day, so that you may command them to your children, so that they may observe and do all the Words of this Law.
47 “For it is no empty word concerning you. But it is your life. And by this word you shall prolong your days in the land to which you go over Jordan to possess.”
48 And the LORD spoke to Moses the same day, saying,
49 “Go up into the mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo (which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho) and behold the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel for a possession.
50 “And die on the mount which you go up to. And you shall be gathered to your people (as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people)
51 “because you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah, at Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin. For you did not sanctify Me among the children of Israel.
52 “You shall, therefore, see the land before you but shall not go there, into the land which I give the children of Israel.”
35 “Let your waist be girded, your lights burning,
36 “and you yourselves like men who wait for their master to return from the wedding feast. So that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.
37 “Blessed are those servants whom the Lord shall find awake when He comes. Truly I say to you, He will gird himself, make them sit down at table, and come forth and serve them.
38 “And if He comes in the second watch, or comes in the third watch, and shall find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 “Now understand this: that if the good man of the house had known at what hour the thief would have come, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
40 “Therefore, you also be prepared. For the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not suspect.”
41 Then Peter said to Him, “Master, did You tell this parable only to us, or to everyone?”
42 And the Lord said, “Who is a faithful steward, and wise; whom the master shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in season?
43 “Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, shall find so doing.
44 “Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has.
45 “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master delays his coming’, and begins to beat the servants and maidens, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
46 “the master of that servant will come on a day he does not suspect, and at an hour when he is unaware, and will cut him off, and give him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 “And that servant who knew his master’s will and neither prepared himself nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many lashes.
48 “But the one who did not know it and still committed things worthy of lashes, shall be beaten with few. For to whom much is given, much shall be required. And to whom much has been committed, much more will be requested.
49 “I have come to cast fire on the Earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 “But I must be baptized with a baptism, and how I am grieved till it be accomplished.
51 “Do you think that I have come to give peace on Earth? I tell you no, but rather division.
52 “For from now on there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 “The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
54 Then He said to the people, “When you see a cloud rise out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower comes.’ And so it does.
55 “And when the south wind blows, you say that it will be hot. And it happens.
56 “Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the Earth and of the sky. But why can you not discern this time?
57 “Indeed, and why do you not judge what is right even among yourselves?
58 “While you go with your adversary to the ruler, work diligently on the way to be delivered from him. Lest he draws you to the judge and the judge delivers you to the jailer. And the jailer casts you into prison.
59 I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the last cent.
56 Yet, they tempted and provoked the Most High God and did not keep His testimonies.
57 But they turned back and dealt falsely, like their fathers. They turned like a deceitful bow.
58 And they provoked Him to anger with their high places and moved Him to wrath with their graven images.
59 God heard this and was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel;
60 so that He abandoned the habitation of Shiloh, the Tabernacle where He dwelt among men,
61 and delivered His power into captivity, and His beauty into the enemy’s hand.
62 And He gave up His people to the sword and was angry with His inheritance.
63 The fire devoured their chosen men, and their maids were not praised.
64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows did not lament.
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule. But the idle shall be under tribute.
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