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Comes frankincense from Sheba, 2 For His merciful kindness is great
And sweet cane from a far country? toward us,
Your burnt offerings are not And the truth of the LORD endures
acceptable, forever.
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”
Praise the LORD!
21 Therefore thus says the LORD:
Proverbs 27:3–4
“Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks 3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
before this people,
And the fathers and the sons together But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both
of them.
shall fall on them.
The neighbor and his friend shall 4 Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,
perish.” But who is able to stand before
jealousy?
22 Thus says the LORD:
Colossians 1:1–29
“Behold, a people comes from the north
country, Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of
And a great nation will be raised from 1 God, and Timothy our brother,
the farthest parts of the earth. 2
23 They will lay hold on bow and spear; To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ
They are cruel and have no mercy; who are in Colosse:
Their voice roars like the sea; Grace to you and peace from God our
And they ride on horses, Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
As men of war set in array against you, 3 We give thanks to the God and Father of
O daughter of Zion.” our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus
24 We have heard the report of it; 5
Our hands grow feeble. and of your love for all the saints; because of
the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of
Anguish has taken hold of us, which you heard before in the word of the
Pain as of a woman in labor. 6
25 Do not go out into the field, truth of the gospel, which has come to you, as
Nor walk by the way. it has also in all the world, and is bringing
forth fruit, as it is also among you since the
Because of the sword of the enemy, day you heard and knew the grace of God in
Fear is on every side. 7
26 O daughter of my people, truth; as you also learned from Epaphras, our
Dress in sackcloth dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister
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And roll about in ashes! of Christ on your behalf, who also declared to
us your love in the Spirit.
Make mourning as for an only son, 9 For this reason we also, since the day we
most bitter lamentation;
For the plunderer will suddenly come heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask
that you may be filled with the knowledge of
upon us.
His will in all wisdom and spiritual under-
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27 “I have set you as an assayer and a standing; that you may walk worthy of the
fortress among My people, Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in
That you may know and test their way. every good work and increasing in the knowl-
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28 They are all stubborn rebels, walking edge of God; strengthened with all might,
as slanderers. according to His glorious power, for all
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They are bronze and iron, patience and longsuffering with joy; giving
They are all corrupters; thanks to the Father who has qualified us to
29 The bellows blow fiercely, be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in
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The lead is consumed by the fire; the light. He has delivered us from the power
The smelter refines in vain, of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom
For the wicked are not drawn off. of the Son of His love, in whom we have
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30 People will call them rejected silver, redemption through His blood, the forgive-
Because the LORD has rejected them.” ness of sins.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the
Psalm 117:1–2
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firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things
P raise the LORD, all you Gentiles! were created that are in heaven and that are on
Laud Him, all you peoples!
earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
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