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And by generosity he shall stand. I will divide Shechem
And measure out the Valley
9 Rise up, you women who are at ease,
of Succoth.
Hear my voice; 8 Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine;
You complacent daughters, Ephraim also is the helmet for My
Give ear to my speech.
head;
10 In a year and some days Judah is My lawgiver.
You will be troubled, you complacent 9 Moab is My washpot;
women; Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
For the vintage will fail, Over Philistia I will triumph.”
The gathering will not come.
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11 Tremble, you women who are at ease; Who will bring me into the strong city?
Be troubled, you complacent ones; Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not You, O God, who cast us off?
Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare,
And gird sackcloth on your waists. And You, O God, who did not go out
. with our armies?
12 People shall mourn upon their breasts 12 Give us help from trouble,
For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful For the help of man is useless.
vine. 13 Through God we will do valiantly,
13 On the land of my people will come up For it is He who shall tread down
thorns and briers, our enemies.
Yes, on all the happy homes in the
joyous city; Proverbs 25:23–24
14 Because the palaces will be forsaken, 23 The north wind brings forth rain,
The bustling city will be deserted. And a backbiting tongue an angry
The forts and towers will become lairs countenance.
forever, 24
A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of It is better to dwell in a corner of a
housetop,
flocks—
Until the Spirit is poured upon us from contentious woman.
15 Than in a house shared with a
on high,
And the wilderness becomes a fruitful 2 Corinthians 11:16–33
field,
16 I say again, let no one think me a fool. If
And the fruitful field is counted as a
forest. otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I
also may boast a little. What I speak, I speak
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Then justice will dwell in the not according to the Lord, but as it were, fool-
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wilderness, ishly, in this confidence of boasting. Seeing
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And righteousness remain in the that many boast according to the flesh, I also
fruitful field. will boast. For you put up with fools gladly,
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The work of righteousness will be since you yourselves are wise! For you put up
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peace, with it if one brings you into bondage, if one
And the effect of righteousness, devours you, if one takes from you, if one
quietness and assurance forever. exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.
My people will dwell in a peaceful To our shame I say that we were too weak for
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habitation, that! But in whatever anyone is bold—I speak
In secure dwellings, and in quiet foolishly—I am bold also.
resting places,
Though hail comes down on the forest,
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And the city is brought low in
humiliation.
11:19–21 These verses contain some of the
Blessed are you who sow beside most scathing sarcasm Paul ever penned,
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all waters, demonstrating the seriousness of the situation
Who send out freely the feet of the ox at Corinth and revealing the jealous concern of
and the donkey. a godly pastor. Paul did not view his disagree-
ment with the false apostles as a mere aca-
Psalm 108:7–13 demic debate;the souls of the Corinthians and
God has spoken in His holiness:
7 the purity of the gospel were at stake.
“I will rejoice;
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