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1. Call <7121>(8798) now, if there be <3426> any that will answer <6030>(8802) thee; and to which of the saints <6918> wilt thou turn <6437>(8799)?
2. For wrath <3708> killeth <2026>(8799) the foolish man <191>, and envy <7068> slayeth <4191>(8686) the silly one <6601>(8802).
3. I have seen <7200>(8804) the foolish <191> taking root <8327>(8688): but suddenly <6597> I cursed <5344>(8799) his habitation <5116>.
4. His children <1121> are far <7368>(8799) from safety <3468>, and they are crushed <1792>(8691) in the gate <8179>, neither is there any to deliver <5337>(8688) them.
5. Whose harvest <7105> the hungry <7457> eateth up <398>(8799), and taketh <3947>(8799) it even out <413> of the thorns <6791>, and the robber <6782> swalloweth up <7602>(8804) their substance <2428>.
6. Although affliction <205> cometh not forth <3318>(8799) of the dust <6083>, neither doth trouble <5999> spring out <6779>(8799) of the ground <127>;
7. Yet man <120> is born <3205>(8795) unto trouble <5999>, as <1121> the sparks <7565> fly <5774>(8800) upward <1361>(8686).
8. I would seek <199> <1875>(8799) unto God <410>, and unto God <430> would I commit <7760>(8799) my cause <1700>:
9. Which doeth <6213>(8802) great things <1419> and unsearchable <369> <2714>; marvellous things <6381>(8737) without number <4557>:
10. Who giveth <5414>(8802) rain <4306> upon <6440> the earth <776>, and sendeth <7971>(8802) waters <4325> upon <6440> the fields <2351>:
11. To set up <7760>(8800) on high <4791> those that be low <8217>; that those which mourn <6937>(8802) may be exalted <7682>(8804) to safety <3468>.
12. He disappointeth <6565>(8688) the devices <4284> of the crafty <6175>, so that their hands <3027> cannot perform <6213>(8799) their enterprise <8454>.
13. He taketh <3920>(8802) the wise <2450> in their own craftiness <6193>: and the counsel <6098> of the froward <6617>(8737) is carried headlong <4116>(8737).
14. They meet <6298>(8762) with darkness <2822> in the daytime <3119>, and grope <4959>(8762) in the noonday <6672> as in the night <3915>.
15. But he saveth <3467>(8686) the poor <34> from the sword <2719>, from their mouth <6310>, and from the hand <3027> of the mighty <2389>.
16. So the poor <1800> hath hope <8615>, and iniquity <5766> stoppeth <7092>(8804) her mouth <6310>.
17. Behold, happy <835> is the man <582> whom God <433> correcteth <3198>(8686): therefore despise <3988>(8799) not thou the chastening <4148> of the Almighty <7706>:
18. For he maketh sore <3510>(8686), and bindeth up <2280>(8799): he woundeth <4272>(8799), and his hands <3027> make whole <7495>(8799).
19. He shall deliver <5337>(8686) thee in six <8337> troubles <6869>: yea, in seven <7651> there shall no evil <7451> touch <5060>(8799) thee.
20. In famine <7458> he shall redeem <6299>(8804) thee from death <4194>: and in war <4421> from the power <3027> of the sword <2719>.
21. Thou shalt be hid <2244>(8735) from the scourge <7752> of the tongue <3956>: neither shalt thou be afraid <3372>(8799) of destruction <7701> when it cometh <935>(8799).
22. At destruction <7701> and famine <3720> thou shalt laugh <7832>(8799): neither shalt thou be afraid <3372>(8799) of the beasts <2416> of the earth <776>.
23. For thou shalt be in league <1285> with the stones <68> of the field <7704>: and the beasts <2416> of the field <7704> shall be at peace <7999>(8717) with thee.
24. And thou shalt know <3045>(8804) that thy tabernacle <168> shall be in peace <7965>; and thou shalt visit <6485>(8804) thy habitation <5116>, and shalt not sin <2398>(8799).
25. Thou shalt know <3045>(8804) also that thy seed <2233> shall be great <7227>, and thine offspring <6631> as the grass <6212> of the earth <776>.
26. Thou shalt come <935>(8799) to thy grave <6913> in a full age <3624>, like as a shock of corn <1430> cometh in <5927>(8800) in his season <6256>.
27. Lo this, we have searched <2713>(8804) it, so it is; hear <8085>(8798) it, and know <3045>(8798) thou it for thy good.
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1:10 'Declare it not at Gath' reflects the lament at the death of Saul (2 Samuel 1:20)
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Peter
Rob de Jongh [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2010 Reply to Rob
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1. The word <1697> of the LORD <3068> that came to Micah <4318> the Morasthite <4183> in the days <3117> of Jotham <3147>, Ahaz <271>, and Hezekiah <3169>, kings <4428> of Judah <3063>, which he saw <2372>(8804) concerning Samaria <8111> and Jerusalem <3389>.
2. Hear <8085>(8798), all ye people <5971>; hearken <7181>(8685), O earth <776>, and all that therein <4393> is: and let the Lord <136> GOD <3069> be witness <5707> against you, the Lord <136> from his holy <6944> temple <1964>.
3. For, behold, the LORD <3068> cometh forth <3318>(8802) out of his place <4725>, and will come down <3381>(8804), and tread <1869>(8804) upon the high places <1116> of the earth <776>.
4. And the mountains <2022> shall be molten <4549>(8738) under him, and the valleys <6010> shall be cleft <1234>(8691), as wax <1749> before <6440> the fire <784>, and as the waters <4325> that are poured <5064>(8716) down a steep place <4174>.
5. For the transgression <6588> of Jacob <3290> is all this, and for the sins <2403> of the house <1004> of Israel <3478>. What is the transgression <6588> of Jacob <3290>? is it not Samaria <8111>? and what are the high places <1116> of Judah <3063>? are they not Jerusalem <3389>?
6. Therefore I will make <7760>(8804) Samaria <8111> as an heap <5856> of the field <7704>, and as plantings <4302> of a vineyard <3754>: and I will pour down <5064>(8689) the stones <68> thereof into the valley <1516>, and I will discover <1540>(8762) the foundations <3247> thereof.
7. And all the graven images <6456> thereof shall be beaten to pieces <3807>(8714), and all the hires <868> thereof shall be burned <8313>(8735) with the fire <784>, and all the idols <6091> thereof will I lay <7760>(8799) desolate <8077>: for she gathered <6908>(8765) it of the hire <868> of an harlot <2181>(8802), and they shall return <7725>(8799) to the hire <868> of an harlot <2181>(8802).
8. Therefore I will wail <5594>(8799) and howl <3213>(8686), I will go <3212>(8799) stripped <7758>(8675) <7758> and naked <6174>: I will make <6213>(8799) a wailing <4553> like the dragons <8577>, and mourning <60> as the owls <1323> <3284>.
9. For her wound <4347> is incurable <605>(8803); for it is come <935>(8804) unto Judah <3063>; he is come <5060>(8804) unto the gate <8179> of my people <5971>, even to Jerusalem <3389>.
10. Declare <5046>(8686) ye it not at Gath <1661>, weep <1058>(8799) ye not at all <1058>(8800): in the house of Aphrah <1036> roll <6428>(8690)(8675) <6428>(8694) thyself in the dust <6083>.
11. Pass ye away <5674>(8798), thou inhabitant <3427>(8802) of Saphir <8208>, having thy shame <1322> naked <6181>: the inhabitant <3427>(8802) of Zaanan <6630> came not forth <3318>(8804) in the mourning <4553> of Bethezel <1018>; he shall receive <3947>(8799) of you his standing <5979>.
12. For the inhabitant <3427>(8802) of Maroth <4796> waited carefully <2342>(8804) for good <2896>: but evil <7451> came down <3381>(8804) from the LORD <3068> unto the gate <8179> of Jerusalem <3389>.
13. O thou inhabitant <3427>(8802) of Lachish <3923>, bind <7573>(8798) the chariot <4818> to the swift beast <7409>: she is the beginning <7225> of the sin <2403> to the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>: for the transgressions <6588> of Israel <3478> were found <4672>(8738) in thee.
14. Therefore shalt thou give <5414>(8799) presents <7964> to Moreshethgath <4182>: the houses <1004> of Achzib <392> shall be a lie <391> to the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>.
15. Yet will I bring <935>(8686) an heir <3423>(8802) unto thee, O inhabitant <3427>(8802) of Mareshah <4762>: he shall come <935>(8799) unto Adullam <5725> the glory <3519> of Israel <3478>.
16. Make thee bald <7139>(8798), and poll <1494>(8798) thee for thy delicate <8588> children <1121>; enlarge <7337>(8685) thy baldness <7144> as the eagle <5404>; for they are gone into captivity <1540>(8804) from thee.
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Those who had faith all did something. To the faithful faith is not simply a state of mind. The state of mind - believing - prompts men and women to action.
Likewise our faith is not simply theory. We have to behave as if we believe God is working today.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2001 Reply to Peter
:24 In what did Moses have faith when he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter? His faith must have been in the promise to Abraham (Genesis 15:13-16)
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Peter
Have you ever listened to a chapter being read out in public where the reader actually starts in the previous chapter? It takes you by surprise - but is useful because for some reason the preceding verses are needed to set the scene. In the case of Hebrews 11, we need to do this at the start and the end!
Next time you read Ch.11 try starting at 10v34 and finishing in 12v3.
Rob de Jongh [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2009 Reply to Rob
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1. Now <1161> faith <4102> is <2076>(5748) the substance <5287> of things hoped for <1679>(5746), the evidence <1650> of things <4229> not <3756> seen <991>(5746).
2. For <1063> by <1722> it <5026> the elders <4245> obtained a good report <3140>(5681).
3. Through faith <4102> we understand <3539>(5719) that the worlds <165> were framed <2675>(5771) by the word <4487> of God <2316>, so <1519> that things which <3588> are seen <991>(5746) were <1096> <0> not <3361> made <1096>(5755) of <1537> things which do appear <5316>(5730).
4. By faith <4102> Abel <6> offered <4374>(5656) unto God <2316> a more excellent <4119> sacrifice <2378> than <3844> Cain <2535>, by <1223> which <3739> he obtained witness <3140>(5681) that he was <1511>(5750) righteous <1342>, God <2316> testifying <3140>(5723) of <1909> his <846> gifts <1435>: and <2532> by <1223> it <846> he being dead <599>(5631) yet <2089> speaketh <2980>(5731)(5625) <2980>(5719).
5. By faith <4102> Enoch <1802> was translated <3346>(5681) that he should <1492> <0> not <3361> see <1492>(5629) death <2288>; and <2532> was <2147> <0> not <3756> found <2147>(5712), because <1360> God <2316> had translated <3346>(5656) him <846>: for <1063> before <4253> his <846> translation <3331> he had this testimony <3140>(5769), that he pleased <2100>(5760) God <2316>.
6. But <1161> without <5565> faith <4102> it is impossible <102> to please <2100>(5658) him: for <1063> he that cometh <4334>(5740) to God <2316> must <1163>(5748) believe <4100>(5658) that <3754> he is <2076>(5748), and <2532> that he is <1096>(5736) a rewarder <3406> of them that diligently seek <1567>(5723) him <846>.
7. By faith <4102> Noah <3575>, being warned of God <5537>(5685) of <4012> things not <3369> <0> seen <991>(5746) as yet <3369>, moved with fear <2125>(5685), prepared <2680>(5656) an ark <2787> to <1519> the saving <4991> of his <848> house <3624>; by <1223> the which <3739> he condemned <2632>(5656) the world <2889>, and <2532> became <1096>(5633) heir <2818> of the righteousness <1343> which is by <2596> faith <4102>.
8. By faith <4102> Abraham <11>, when he was called <2564>(5746) to go out <1831>(5629) into <1519> a place <5117> which <3739> he should after <3195>(5707) receive <2983>(5721) for <1519> an inheritance <2817>, obeyed <5219>(5656); and <2532> he went out <1831>(5627), not <3361> knowing <1987>(5740) whither <4226> he went <2064>(5736).
9. By faith <4102> he sojourned <3939>(5656) in <1519> the land <1093> of promise <1860>, as <5613> in a strange country <245>, dwelling <2730>(5660) in <1722> tabernacles <4633> with <3326> Isaac <2464> and <2532> Jacob <2384>, the heirs with him <4789> of the same <846> promise <1860>:
10. For <1063> he looked for <1551>(5711) a city <4172> which hath <2192>(5723) foundations <2310>, whose <3739> builder <5079> and <2532> maker <1217> is God <2316>.
11. Through faith <4102> also <2532> Sara <4564> herself <846> received <2983>(5627) strength <1411> to <1519> conceive <2602> seed <4690>, and <2532> was delivered of a child <5088>(5627) when she was past <3844> age <2540> <2244>, because <1893> she judged <2233>(5662) him faithful <4103> who had promised <1861>(5666).
12. Therefore <1352> sprang there <1080>(5681) even <2532> of <575> one <1520>, and <2532> him <5023> as good as dead <3499>(5772), so many as <2531> the stars <798> of the sky <3772> in multitude <4128>, and <2532> as <5616> the sand <285> which <3588> is by <3844> the sea <2281> shore <5491> innumerable <382>.
13. These <3778> all <3956> died <599>(5627) in <2596> faith <4102>, not <3361> having received <2983>(5631) the promises <1860>, but <235> having seen <1492>(5631) them <846> afar off <4207>, and <2532> were persuaded of <3982>(5685) them, and <2532> embraced <782>(5666) them, and <2532> confessed <3670>(5660) that <3754> they were <1526>(5748) strangers <3581> and <2532> pilgrims <3927> on <1909> the earth <1093>.
14. For <1063> they that say <3004>(5723) such things <5108> declare plainly <1718>(5719) that <3754> they seek <1934>(5719) a country <3968>.
15. And <2532> truly <3303>, if <1487> they had been mindful <3421>(5707) of that <1565> country from <575> whence <3739> they came out <1831>(5627), they might <302> have had <2192>(5707) opportunity <2540> to have returned <344>(5658).
16. But <1161> now <3570> they desire <3713>(5734) a better <2909> country, that is <5123>(5748), an heavenly <2032>: wherefore <1352> God <2316> is <1870> <0> not <3756> ashamed <1870>(5736) to be called <1941>(5745) their <846> God <2316>: for <1063> he hath prepared <2090>(5656) for them <846> a city <4172>.
17. By faith <4102> Abraham <11>, when he was tried <3985>(5746), offered up <4374>(5754) Isaac <2464>: and <2532> he that had received <324>(5666) the promises <1860> offered up <4374>(5707) his only begotten <3439> son,
18. Of <4314> whom <3739> it was said <2980>(5681), That <3754> in <1722> Isaac <2464> shall <2564> <0> thy <4671> seed <4690> be called <2564>(5701):
19. Accounting <3049>(5666) that <3754> God <2316> was able <1415> to raise him up <1453>(5721), even <2532> from <1537> the dead <3498>; from whence <3606> also <2532> he received <2865>(5668) him <846> in <1722> a figure <3850>.
20. By faith <4102> Isaac <2464> blessed <2127>(5656) Jacob <2384> and <2532> Esau <2269> concerning <4012> things to come <3195>(5723).
21. By faith <4102> Jacob <2384>, when he was a dying <599>(5723), blessed <2127>(5656) both <1538> the sons <5207> of Joseph <2501>; and <2532> worshipped <4352>(5656), leaning upon <1909> the top <206> of his <846> staff <4464>.
22. By faith <4102> Joseph <2501>, when he died <5053>(5723), made mention <3421>(5656) of <4012> the departing <1841> of the children <5207> of Israel <2474>; and <2532> gave commandment <1781>(5662) concerning <4012> his <848> bones <3747>.
23. By faith <4102> Moses <3475>, when he was born <1080>(5685), was hid <2928>(5648) three months <5150> of <5259> his <848> parents <3962>, because <1360> they saw <1492>(5627) he was a proper <791> child <3813>; and <2532> they were <5399> <0> not <3756> afraid <5399>(5675) of the king's <935> commandment <1297>.
24. By faith <4102> Moses <3475>, when he was come <1096>(5637) to years <3173>, refused <720>(5662) to be called <3004>(5745) the son <5207> of Pharaoh's <5328> daughter <2364>;
25. Choosing <138>(5642) rather <3123> to suffer affliction <4778>(5738) with the people <2992> of God <2316>, than <2228> to enjoy the pleasures <2192>(5721) <619> of sin <266> for a season <4340>;
26. Esteeming <2233> <0> the reproach <3680> of Christ <5547> greater <3187> riches <4149> than <2233>(5666) the treasures <2344> in <1722> Egypt <125>: for <1063> he had respect <578>(5707) unto <1519> the recompence of the reward <3405>.
27. By faith <4102> he forsook <2641>(5627) Egypt <125>, not <3361> fearing <5399>(5679) the wrath <2372> of the king <935>: for <1063> he endured <2594>(5656), as <5613> seeing <3708>(5723) him who is invisible <517>.
28. Through faith <4102> he kept <4160>(5758) the passover <3957>, and <2532> the sprinkling <4378> of blood <129>, lest <3363> he that destroyed <3645>(5723) the firstborn <4416> should touch <2345>(5632) them <846>.
29. By faith <4102> they passed through <1224>(5627) the Red <2063> sea <2281> as <5613> by <1223> dry <3584> land: which <3739> the Egyptians <124> assaying <3984> to do <2983>(5631) were drowned <2666>(5681).
30. By faith <4102> the walls <5038> of Jericho <2410> fell down <4098>(5627), after they were compassed <2944>(5685) about <1909> seven <2033> days <2250>.
31. By faith <4102> the harlot <4204> Rahab <4460> perished <4881>(5639) not <3756> with them that believed not <544>(5660), when she had received <1209>(5666) the spies <2685> with <3326> peace <1515>.
32. And <2532> what <5101> shall I <3004> <0> more <2089> say <3004>(5725)? for <1063> the time <5550> would fail <1952>(5692) me <3165> to tell <1334>(5740) of <4012> Gedeon <1066>, and <5037> of Barak <913>, and <2532> of Samson <4546>, and <2532> of Jephthae <2422>; of David <1138> also <2532>, and <5037> Samuel <4545>, and <2532> of the prophets <4396>:
33. Who <3739> through <1223> faith <4102> subdued <2610>(5662) kingdoms <932>, wrought <2038>(5662) righteousness <1343>, obtained <2013>(5627) promises <1860>, stopped <5420>(5656) the mouths <4750> of lions <3023>,
34. Quenched <4570>(5656) the violence <1411> of fire <4442>, escaped <5343>(5627) the edge <4750> of the sword <3162>, out of <575> weakness <769> were made strong <1743>(5681), waxed <1096>(5675) valiant <2478> in <1722> fight <4171>, turned to flight <2827>(5656) the armies <3925> of the aliens <245>.
35. Women <1135> received <2983>(5627) their <848> dead <3498> raised to life again <1537> <386>: and <1161> others <243> were tortured <5178>(5681), not <3756> accepting <4327>(5666) deliverance <629>; that <2443> they might obtain <5177>(5632) a better <2909> resurrection <386>:
36. And <1161> others <2087> had <2983>(5627) trial <3984> of cruel mockings <1701> and <2532> scourgings <3148>, yea <1161>, moreover <2089> of bonds <1199> and <2532> imprisonment <5438>:
37. They were stoned <3034>(5681), they were sawn asunder <4249>(5681), were tempted <3985>(5681), were slain <599>(5627) with <1722> the sword <5408> <3162>: they wandered about <4022>(5627) in <1722> sheepskins <3374> and <1722> goatskins <122> <1192>; being destitute <5302>(5746), afflicted <2346>(5746), tormented <2558>(5746);
38. (Of whom <3739> the world <2889> was <2258>(5713) not <3756> worthy <514>:) they wandered <4105>(5746) in <1722> deserts <2047>, and <2532> in mountains <3735>, and <2532> in dens <4693> and <2532> caves <3692> of the earth <1093>.
39. And <2532> these <3778> all <3956>, having obtained a good report <3140>(5685) through <1223> faith <4102>, received <2865>(5668) not <3756> the promise <1860>:
40. God <2316> having provided <4265>(5671) some <5100> <0> better <2909> thing <5100> for <4012> us <2257>, that <2443> they <5048> <0> without <5565> us <2257> should <5048> <0> not <3363> be made perfect <5048>(5686).