15 See, today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and adversity.(A)

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19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life(A) so that you and your descendants may live,

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19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you(A) that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.(B) Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

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The Lord brings death and gives life;(A)
he sends some down to Sheol, and he raises others up.(B)
The Lord brings poverty and gives wealth;(C)
he humbles and he exalts.(D)
He raises the poor from the dust(E)
and lifts the needy from the trash heap.(F)
He seats them with noblemen(G)
and gives them a throne of honor.[a]
For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;(H)
he has set the world on them.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:8 DSS, LXX add He gives the vow of the one who makes a vow and he blesses the years of the just.

“The Lord brings death and makes alive;(A)
    he brings down to the grave and raises up.(B)
The Lord sends poverty and wealth;(C)
    he humbles and he exalts.(D)
He raises(E) the poor(F) from the dust(G)
    and lifts the needy(H) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(I)

“For the foundations(J) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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Woe to us! Who will rescue us from these magnificent gods? These are the gods that slaughtered the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

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We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck(A) the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues(B) in the wilderness.

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A Warning for the People

“But tell this people, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.(A)

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“Furthermore, tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: See, I am setting before you the way of life(A) and the way of death.

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10 Now I will expose her shame(A)
in the sight of her lovers,
and no one will rescue her from my power.

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10 So now I will expose(A) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;(B)
    no one will take her out of my hands.(C)

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