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~~'''The Book of Isaiah'''~~

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א חֲזוֹן, יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶן-אָמוֹץ, אֲשֶׁר חָזָה, עַל-יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִָם--בִּימֵי עֻזִּיָּהוּ יוֹתָם אָחָז יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ, מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה.

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This inspired writer is called by the Holy Ghost, the great prophet (Sirach 48:25), from the greatness of his prophetic spirit, by which he has foretold so long before, and in so clear a manner, the coming of Christ, the mysteries of our redemption, the calling of the Gentiles, and the glorious establishment, and perpetual flourishing of the church of Christ: insomuch that he may seem to have been rather an evangelist than a prophet. His very name is not without mystery; for Isaiah in Hebrew signifies the salvation of the Lord, or Jesus is the Lord. He was, according to the tradition of the Hebrews, of the blood royal of the kings of Juda: and after a most holy life, ended his days by a glorious martyrdom; being sawed in two, at the command of his wicked son in law, King Manasses, for reproving his evil ways. (For more information, see the article [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08179b.htm ISAIAS] in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)[https://www.newadvent.org/bible/isa000.htm]

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==Chapter .1==

[1] The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzzi'ah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezeki'ah, kings of Judah.

[2] Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;

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I will not listen;

your hands are full of blood.

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[16] Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;

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[16] Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;

remove the evil of your doings

from before my eyes;

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correct oppression;

defend the fatherless,

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plead for the widow.

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plead for the widow.

[18] "Come now, let us reason together,

says the LORD:

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with none to quench them.

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==Chapter .2==

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[1]The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

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The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

[2] It shall come to pass in the latter days

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For out of Zion shall go forth the law,

and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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[4] He shall judge between the nations,

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[4] He shall judge between the nations,

and shall decide for many peoples;

and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,

and their spears into pruning hooks;

nation shall not lift up sword against nation,

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neither shall they learn war any more.

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neither shall they learn war any more.

[5] O house of Jacob,

come, let us walk

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for of what account is he?

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==Chapter .3==

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ravaged, she shall sit upon the ground.

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==Chapter .4==

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[1] And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach."

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And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach."

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[2] In that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel.

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In that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel.

[3] And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, every one who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem,

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[5] Then the LORD will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy and a pavilion.

[6] It will be for a shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

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Let me sing for my beloved

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==Chapter .5==

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[1] Let me sing for my beloved

a love song concerning his vineyard:

My beloved had a vineyard

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"Surely many houses shall be desolate,

large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.

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[10] For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath,

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[10] For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath,

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and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."

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and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."

[11] Woe to those who rise early in the morning,

that they may run after strong drink,

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and the light is darkened by its clouds.

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==Chapter .6==

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[1]In the year that King Uzzi'ah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

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In the year that King Uzzi'ah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

[2] Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

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[4] And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

[5] And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"

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[6]Then flew one of the seraphim to me, having in his hand a burning coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

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Then flew one of the seraphim to me, having in his hand a burning coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

[7] And he touched my mouth, and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin forgiven."

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[8] And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."

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[8] And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."

[9] And he said, "Go, and say to this people: `Hear and hear, but do not understand;

see and see, but do not perceive.'

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without inhabitant,

and houses without men,

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and the land is utterly desolate,

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and the land is utterly desolate,

[12] and the LORD removes men far away,

and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

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The holy seed is its stump.

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==Chapter .7==

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[1]In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzzi'ah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remali'ah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they could not conquer it.

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In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzzi'ah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remali'ah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they could not conquer it.

[2] When the house of David was told, "Syria is in league with E'phraim," his heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

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[3]And the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go forth to meet Ahaz, you and She'ar-jash'ub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field,

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And the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go forth to meet Ahaz, you and She'ar-jash'ub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field,

[4] and say to him, `Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remali'ah.

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If you will not believe,

surely you shall not be established.'"

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[10]Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz,

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Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz,

[11] "Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."

[12] But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test."

[13] And he said, "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also?

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[14] Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Imman'u-el.

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[14] Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Imman'u-el.

[15] He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.

[16] For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted.

[17] The LORD will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that E'phraim departed from Judah -- the king of Assyria."

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[18]In that day the LORD will whistle for the fly which is at the sources of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria.

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In that day the LORD will whistle for the fly which is at the sources of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria.

[19] And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.

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[20]In that day the Lord will shave with a razor which is hired beyond the River -- with the king of Assyria -- the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

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In that day the Lord will shave with a razor which is hired beyond the River -- with the king of Assyria -- the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

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In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;

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[21]In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;

[22] and because of the abundance of milk which they give, he will eat curds; for every one that is left in the land will eat curds and honey.

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[23]In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns.

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In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns.

[24] With bow and arrows men will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns;

[25] and as for all the hills which used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

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Then the LORD said to me, "Take a large tablet and write upon it in common characters, `Belonging to Ma'her-shal'al-hash-baz.'"

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==Chapter .8==

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[1]Then the LORD said to me, "Take a large tablet and write upon it in common characters, `Belonging to Ma'her-shal'al-hash-baz.'"

[2] And I got reliable witnesses, Uri'ah the priest and Zechari'ah the son of Jeberechi'ah, to attest for me.

[3] And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Call his name Ma'her-shal'al-hash-baz;

[4] for before the child knows how to cry `My father' or `My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Sama'ria will be carried away before the king of Assyria."

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[5]The LORD spoke to me again:

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The LORD spoke to me again:

[6] "Because this people have refused the waters of Shilo'ah that flow gently, and melt in fear before Rezin and the son of Remali'ah;

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speak a word, but it will not stand,

for God is with us.

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[11]For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

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For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

[12] "Do not call conspiracy all that this people call conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread.

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[14] And he will become a sanctuary, and a stone of offense, and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

[15] And many shall stumble thereon; they shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken."

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[16]Bind up the testimony, seal the teaching among my disciples.

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Bind up the testimony, seal the teaching among my disciples.

[17] I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

[18] Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

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[19] And when they say to you, "Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp and mutter," should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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[19] And when they say to you, "Consult the mediums and the wizards who chirp and mutter," should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

[20] To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for this word which they speak there is no dawn.

[21] They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry; and when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will curse their king and their God, and turn their faces upward;

[22] and they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be thrust into thick darkness.

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But there will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zeb'ulun and the land of Naph'tali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

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==Chapter .9==

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[1] But there will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zeb'ulun and the land of Naph'tali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

[2] The people who walked in darkness

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and every garment rolled in blood

will be burned as fuel for the fire.

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[6] For to us a child is born,

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[6] For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given;

and the government will be upon his shoulder,

and his name will be called

"Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

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Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

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Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

[7] Of the increase of his government and of peace

there will be no end,

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and his hand is stretched out still.

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==Chapter .10==

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and Lebanon with its majestic trees will fall.

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==Chapter .11==

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==Chapter .12==

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[1]You will say in that day:

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You will say in that day:

"I will give thanks to thee, O LORD,

for though thou wast angry with me,

thy anger turned away,

and thou didst comfort me.

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[2] "Behold, God is my salvation;

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[2] "Behold, God is my salvation;

I will trust, and will not be afraid;

for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song,

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and he has become my salvation."

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and he has become my salvation."

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[3]With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

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With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

[4] And you will say in that day: "Give thanks to the LORD,

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for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."

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==Chapter .13==

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and its days will not be prolonged.

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==Chapter .14==

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[1]The LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and aliens will join them and will cleave to the house of Jacob.

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The LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and aliens will join them and will cleave to the house of Jacob.

[2] And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the LORD's land as male and female slaves; they will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them.

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[3]When the LORD has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,

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When the LORD has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,

[4] you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has ceased,

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maggots are the bed beneath you,

and worms are your covering.

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[12] "How you are fallen from heaven,

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[12] "How you are fallen from heaven,

O Day Star, son of Dawn!

How you are cut down to the ground,

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you who laid the nations low!

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you who laid the nations low!

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[13] You said in your heart,

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[13] You said in your heart,

`I will ascend to heaven;

above the stars of God

I will set my throne on high;

I will sit on the mount of assembly

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in the far north;

[14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,

I will make myself like the Most High.'

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and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."

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==Chapter .15==

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for the remnant of the land.

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==Chapter .16==

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[14] But now the LORD says, "In three years, like the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who survive will be very few and feeble."

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==Chapter .17==

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and the lot of those who plunder us.

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==Chapter .18==

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whose land the rivers divide,

to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the LORD of hosts.

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==Chapter .19==

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[5] Then they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and of Egypt their boast.

[6] And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, `Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?'"

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==Chapter .20==

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[1]In the year that the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and fought against it and took it, --

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[2] at that time the LORD had spoken by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose the sackcloth from your loins and take off your shoes from your feet," and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot --

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The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.

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[3] the LORD said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Ethiopia,

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[4] so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians captives and the Ethiopians exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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[5] Then they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and of Egypt their boast.

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[6] And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, `Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?'"

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[1]The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.

As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,

it comes from the desert,

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[16] For thus the Lord said to me, "Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end;

[17] and the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken."

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[1]The oracle concerning the valley of vision.

What do you mean that you have gone up,

all of you, to the housetops,

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[24] And they will hang on him the whole weight of his father's house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.

[25] In that day, says the LORD of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a sure place will give way; and it will be cut down and fall, and the burden that was upon it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken."

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==Chapter .23==

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[17] At the end of seventy years, the LORD will visit Tyre, and she will return to her hire, and will play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

[18] Her merchandise and her hire will be dedicated to the LORD; it will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the LORD.

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==Chapter .24==

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and before his elders he will manifest his glory.

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==Chapter .25==

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[1]O LORD, thou art my God;

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O LORD, thou art my God;

I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name;

for thou hast done wonderful things,

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[3] Therefore strong peoples will glorify thee;

cities of ruthless nations will fear thee.

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[4] For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor,

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[4] For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor,

a stronghold to the needy in his distress,

a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;

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for the blast of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,

[5] like heat in a dry place.

Thou dost subdue the noise of the aliens;

as heat by the shade of a cloud,

so the song of the ruthless is stilled.

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[6]On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined.

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On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined.

[7] And he will destroy on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations.

[8] He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth; for the LORD has spoken.

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[9]It will be said on that day, "Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

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It will be said on that day, "Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

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For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain, and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, as straw is trodden down in a dung-pit.

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[10]For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain, and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, as straw is trodden down in a dung-pit.

[11] And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim; but the LORD will lay low his pride together with the skill of his hands.

[12] And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down, lay low, and cast to the ground, even to the dust.

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[1]In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

"We have a strong city;

he sets up salvation

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that the righteous nation which keeps faith

may enter in.

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[3] Thou dost keep him in perfect peace,

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[3] Thou dost keep him in perfect peace,

whose mind is stayed on thee,

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because he trusts in thee.

[4] Trust in the LORD for ever,

for the LORD GOD

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[7] The way of the righteous is level;

thou dost make smooth the path of the righteous.

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[8] In the path of thy judgments,

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[8] In the path of thy judgments,

O LORD, we wait for thee;

thy memorial name

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is the desire of our soul.

[9] My soul yearns for thee in the night,

my spirit within me earnestly seeks thee.

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==Chapter .27==

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[13] And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

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==Chapter .28==

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[1]Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of E'phraim,

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Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of E'phraim,

and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,

which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with

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a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:

`He who believes will not be in haste.'

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[17] And I will make justice the line,

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[17] And I will make justice the line,

and righteousness the plummet;

and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,

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and waters will overwhelm the shelter."

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and waters will overwhelm the shelter."

[18] Then your covenant with death will be annulled,

and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;

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and excellent in wisdom.

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==Chapter .29==

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[1]

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[1]Ho Ariel, Ariel,

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Ho Ariel, Ariel,

the city where David encamped!

Add year to year;

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and has closed your eyes, the prophets,

and covered your heads, the seers.

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[11]And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot, for it is sealed."

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And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot, for it is sealed."

[12] And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot read."

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[13] And the Lord said:

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[13] And the Lord said:

"Because this people draw near with their mouth

and honor me with their lips,

while their hearts are far from me,

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and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote;

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and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote;

[14] therefore, behold, I will again

do marvelous things with this people,

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and those who murmur will accept instruction."

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==Chapter .30==

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[1]

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[1]"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD,

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"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD,

"who carry out a plan, but not mine;

and who make a league, but not of my spirit,

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[19] Yea, O people in Zion who dwell at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you.

[20] And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.

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[21] And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

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[21] And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

[22] Then you will defile your silver-covered graven images and your gold-plated molten images. You will scatter them as unclean things; you will say to them, "Begone!"

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[23]

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[23]And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and grain, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your cattle will graze in large pastures;

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And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and grain, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your cattle will graze in large pastures;

[24] and the oxen and the asses that till the ground will eat salted provender, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.

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to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction,

and to place on the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads astray.

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[29]

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[29]You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

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You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

[30] And the LORD will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and tempest and hailstones.

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[32] And every stroke of the staff of punishment which the LORD lays upon them will be to the sound of timbrels and lyres; battling with brandished arm he will fight with them.

[33] For a burning place has long been prepared; yea, for the king it is made ready, its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.

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==Chapter .31==

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and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

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==Chapter .32==

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who let the feet of the ox and the ass range free.

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==Chapter .33==

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[1]

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[1]Woe to you, destroyer,

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Woe to you, destroyer,

who yourself have not been destroyed;

you treacherous one,

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where no galley with oars can go,

nor stately ship can pass.

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[22] For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our ruler,

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[22] For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our ruler,

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the LORD is our king; he will save us.

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the LORD is our king; he will save us.

[23] Your tackle hangs loose;

it cannot hold the mast firm in its place,

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the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.

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==Chapter .34==

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from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.

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==Chapter .35==

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and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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==Chapter .36==

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[22] Then Eli'akim the son of Hilki'ah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Jo'ah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezeki'ah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of the Rab'shakeh.

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==Chapter .37==

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[1]

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[1]When King Hezeki'ah heard it, he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

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When King Hezeki'ah heard it, he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

[2] And he sent Eli'akim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, clothed with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.

[3] They said to him, "Thus says Hezeki'ah, `This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.

[4] It may be that the LORD your God heard the words of the Rab'shakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"

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[5]

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[5]When the servants of King Hezeki'ah came to Isaiah,

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When the servants of King Hezeki'ah came to Isaiah,

[6] Isaiah said to them, "Say to your master, `Thus says the LORD: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled me.

[7] Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land; and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.'"

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[8]

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[8]The Rab'shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.

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The Rab'shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.

[9] Now the king heard concerning Tirha'kah king of Ethiopia, "He has set out to fight against you." And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezeki'ah, saying,

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[12] Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations which my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar?

[13] Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharva'im, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?'"

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[14]

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[14]Hezeki'ah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezeki'ah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

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Hezeki'ah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezeki'ah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

[15] And Hezeki'ah prayed to the LORD:

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[16] "O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, who art enthroned above the cherubim, thou art the God, thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

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[16] "O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, who art enthroned above the cherubim, thou art the God, thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

[17] Incline thy ear, O LORD, and hear; open thy eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the words of Sennach'erib, which he has sent to mock the living God.

[18] Of a truth, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,

[19] and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they were destroyed.

[20] So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou alone art the LORD."

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[21]

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[21]Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezeki'ah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennach'erib king of Assyria,

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Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezeki'ah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennach'erib king of Assyria,

[22] this is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: `She despises you, she scorns you --

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and I will turn you back on the way

by which you came.'

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[30]

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[30]"And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same; then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

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"And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same; then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

[31] And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;

[32] for out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.

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[33]

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[33]"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield, or cast up a siege mound against it.

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"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield, or cast up a siege mound against it.

[34] By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, says the LORD.

[35] For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."

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[36]

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[36] And the angel of the LORD went forth, and slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

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And the angel of the LORD went forth, and slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

[37] Then Sennach'erib king of Assyria departed, and went home and dwelt at Nin'eveh.

[38] And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adram'melech and Share'zer, his sons, slew him with the sword, and escaped into the land of Ar'arat. And E'sar-had'don his son reigned in his stead.

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==Chapter .38==

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[22] Hezeki'ah also had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?"

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==Chapter .39==

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they shall walk and not faint.

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==Chapter .40==

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[1]

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[1]Comfort, comfort my people,

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says your God.

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~~Listen to me in silence~~, ~~O coastlands;~~

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[2] Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,

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~~let the peoples renew their strength;~~

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and cry to her

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~~let them approach~~, ~~then let them speak;~~

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that her warfare is ended,

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~~let us together draw near for judgment~~.

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that her iniquity is pardoned,

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[2] ~~Who stirred up one from the east~~

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that she has received from the LORD's hand

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~~whom victory meets at every step?~~

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double for all her sins.

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~~He gives up nations before him~~,

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[3] A voice cries:

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so that ~~he tramples kings under foot;~~

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"In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD,

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~~he makes them like dust with his sword,~~

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make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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~~like driven stubble with his bow~~.

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[4] Every valley shall be lifted up,

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[3] ~~He pursues them and passes on safely~~,

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and every mountain and hill be made low;

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~~by paths his feet have not trod~~.

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the uneven ground shall become level,

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[4] ~~Who has performed and done this~~,

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and the rough places a plain.

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~~calling the generations from the beginning?~~

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[5] And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,

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I, the ~~LORD, the first~~,

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and all flesh shall see it together,

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and ~~with~~ the ~~last; I am He~~.

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for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

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[5] ~~The coastlands have seen~~ and ~~are afraid~~,

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[6] A voice says, "Cry!"

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the ~~ends~~ of the ~~earth tremble;~~

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And I said, "What shall I cry?"

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~~they have drawn near and come~~.

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All flesh is grass,

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[6] ~~Every one helps his neighbor~~,

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and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.

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~~and says to his brother~~, "~~Take courage!~~"

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[7] The grass withers, the flower fades,

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[7] The ~~craftsman encourages~~ the ~~goldsmith~~,

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when the breath of the LORD blows upon it;

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~~and he who smooths with~~ the ~~hammer him who strikes~~ the ~~anvil,~~

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surely the people is grass.

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~~saying of~~ the ~~soldering~~, ~~"It is good"~~;

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[8] The grass withers, the flower fades;

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~~and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved~~.

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but the word of our God will stand for ever.

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[8] ~~But~~ you, ~~Israel~~, ~~my servant~~,

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[9] Get you up to a high mountain,

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~~Jacob~~, ~~whom I have chosen~~,

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O Zion, herald of good tidings;

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~~the offspring of Abraham~~, ~~my friend~~;

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lift up your voice with strength,

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~~[9] you whom I took from~~ the ~~ends~~ of ~~the earth~~,

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O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings,

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~~and called from its farthest corners,~~

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lift it up, fear not;

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~~saying to you,~~ "~~You are my servant,~~

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say to the cities of Judah,

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~~I have chosen you and not cast you off~~";

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"Behold your God!"

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[10] ~~fear not~~, ~~for I am~~ with ~~you~~,

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[10] Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might,

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~~be not dismayed,~~ for ~~I am your God~~;

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and his arm rules for him;

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~~I will strengthen you~~, ~~I will help you~~,

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behold, his reward is with him,

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~~I will uphold you with my victorious right hand~~.

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and his recompense before him.

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[11] ~~Behold~~, ~~all who are incensed against you~~

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[11] He will feed his flock like a shepherd,

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~~shall be put to shame and confounded;~~

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he will gather the lambs in his arms,

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~~those who strive against you~~

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he will carry them in his bosom,

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~~shall be as nothing~~ and ~~shall perish~~.

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and gently lead those that are with young.

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[12] ~~You shall seek those who contend~~ with ~~you~~,

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[12] Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand

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~~but you shall not find them;~~

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and marked off the heavens with a span,

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~~those who war against you~~

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enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure

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~~shall be as nothing at all.~~

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and weighed the mountains in scales

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[13] ~~For I,~~ the LORD ~~your God~~,

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and the hills in a balance?

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~~hold your right hand;~~

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[13] Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD,

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~~it is I who say to you, "Fear not,~~

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or as his counselor has instructed him?

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~~I will help you."~~

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[14] Whom did he consult for his enlightenment,

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[14] ~~Fear not, you worm Jacob~~,

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and who taught him the path of justice,

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~~you men~~ of ~~Israel!~~

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and taught him knowledge,

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~~I will help you~~, ~~says the LORD;~~

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and showed him the way of understanding?

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~~your Redeemer is~~ the ~~Holy One~~ of ~~Israel.~~

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[15] Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,

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[15] Behold, ~~I will make of you~~ a ~~threshing sledge~~,

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and are accounted as the dust on the scales;

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~~new, sharp,~~ and ~~having teeth~~;

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behold, he takes up the isles like fine dust.

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~~you shall thresh the mountains and crush them~~,

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[16] Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,

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~~and you shall make~~ the ~~hills~~ like ~~chaff;~~

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nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.

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[16] ~~You shall winnow them and~~ the ~~wind shall carry them away~~,

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[17] All the nations are as nothing before him,

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and ~~the tempest shall scatter them~~.

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they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.

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~~And~~ you ~~shall rejoice in the LORD;~~

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[18] To whom then will you liken God,

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~~in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.~~

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or what likeness compare with him?

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[17] ~~When the poor and needy seek water~~,

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[19] The idol! a workman casts it,

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and ~~there is none~~,

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and a goldsmith overlays it with gold,

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and ~~their tongue~~ is ~~parched with thirst,~~

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and casts for it silver chains.

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~~I the LORD~~ will ~~answer them,~~

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[20] He who is impoverished chooses for an offering

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~~I the God of Israel~~ will not ~~forsake them~~.

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wood that will not rot;

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[18] ~~I will open rivers on the bare heights,~~

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he seeks out a skilful craftsman

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~~and fountains in~~ the ~~midst of the valleys;~~

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to set up an image that will not move.

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~~I will make~~ the ~~wilderness a pool~~ of ~~water,~~

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[21] Have you not known? Have you not heard?

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~~and~~ the ~~dry land springs of water.~~

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Has it not been told you from the beginning?

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[19] ~~I will put in~~ the ~~wilderness~~ the ~~cedar~~,

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Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

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~~the acacia, the myrtle,~~ and ~~the olive~~;

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[22] It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,

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~~I will set in~~ the ~~desert the cypress~~,

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and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;

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~~the plane~~ and ~~the pine together~~;

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who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

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[20] ~~that men may see and know~~,

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and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;

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~~may consider~~ and ~~understand together,~~

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[23] who brings princes to nought,

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~~that~~ the ~~hand~~ of the ~~LORD has done this,~~

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and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.

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~~the Holy One of Israel has created it~~.

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[24] Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,

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[21] ~~Set forth your case~~, ~~says~~ the ~~LORD;~~

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scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,

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~~bring your proofs~~, ~~says the King of Jacob.~~

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when he blows upon them, and they wither,

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~~[22] Let them bring~~ them, and ~~tell us~~

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and the tempest carries them off like stubble.

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~~what is to happen.~~

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[25] To whom then will you compare me,

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~~Tell us the former things, what~~ they ~~are~~,

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that I should be like him? says the Holy One.

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~~that we may consider~~ them,

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[26] Lift up your eyes on high and see:

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~~that we may know their outcome;~~

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who created these?

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~~or declare to us the things to come~~.

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He who brings out their host by number,

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[23] ~~Tell us what is to come hereafter,~~

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calling them all by name;

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~~that we may know that~~ you ~~are gods;~~

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by the greatness of his might,

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~~do good, or do harm~~,

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and because he is strong in power

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that ~~we may~~ be ~~dismayed and terrified~~.

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not one is missing.

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[24] ~~Behold, you are nothing,~~

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[27] Why do you say, O Jacob,

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and ~~your work is nought;~~

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and speak, O Israel,

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~~an abomination is he~~ who ~~chooses you.~~

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"My way is hid from the LORD,

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~~[25] I stirred up one from the north, and he has come~~,

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and my right is disregarded by my God"?

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~~from~~ the ~~rising~~ of ~~the sun~~, and he ~~shall call on my name;~~

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[28] Have you not known? Have you not heard?

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~~he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,~~

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The LORD is the everlasting God,

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~~as the potter treads clay~~.

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the Creator of the ends of the earth.

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[26] ~~Who declared it from the beginning~~, ~~that we might know~~,

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He does not faint or grow weary,

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and ~~beforetime~~, ~~that we might say~~, "He is right"?

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his understanding is unsearchable.

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~~There was none who declared it~~, ~~none who proclaimed~~,

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[29] He gives power to the faint,

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~~none who heard your words~~.

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and to him who has no might he increases strength.

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[27] ~~I first have declared it~~ to ~~Zion~~,

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[30] Even youths shall faint and be weary,

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and ~~I give~~ to ~~Jerusalem a herald of good tidings~~.

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and young men shall fall exhausted;

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[28] ~~But when I look there is no one~~;

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[31] but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength,

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~~among these there is no counselor~~

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they shall mount up with wings like eagles,

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who, ~~when I ask~~, ~~gives an answer.~~

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they shall run and not be weary,

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~~[29] Behold~~, they ~~are all a delusion;~~

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they shall walk and not faint.

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~~their works are nothing;~~

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~~their molten images are empty wind~~.

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==Chapter .41==

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[1]

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[1] Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;

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let the peoples renew their strength;

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~~Behold my servant, whom I uphold~~,

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let them approach, then let them speak;

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~~my chosen, in whom my soul delights~~;

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let us together draw near for judgment.

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~~I have put my Spirit upon him~~,

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[2] Who stirred up one from the east

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~~he will bring forth justice to the nations~~.

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whom victory meets at every step?

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[2] He ~~will not cry or lift~~ up his ~~voice~~,

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He gives up nations before him,

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~~or make it heard in the street;~~

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so that he tramples kings under foot;

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[3] ~~a bruised reed he will~~ not ~~break~~,

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he makes them like dust with his sword,

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and ~~a dimly burning wick he will not quench~~;

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like driven stubble with his bow.

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~~he will faithfully bring forth justice~~.

+

[3] He pursues them and passes on safely,

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[4] ~~He will not fail or be discouraged~~

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by paths his feet have not trod.

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~~till he has established justice in~~ the earth;

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[4] Who has performed and done this,

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and ~~the coastlands wait for his law~~.

+

calling the generations from the beginning?

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[5] ~~Thus~~ says ~~God~~, the ~~LORD~~,

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I, the LORD, the first,

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who ~~created~~ the ~~heavens and stretched them out,~~

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and with the last; I am He.

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who ~~spread forth~~ the ~~earth and what comes from it~~,

+

[5] The coastlands have seen and are afraid,

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~~who gives breath to~~ the ~~people upon it~~

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the ends of the earth tremble;

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and ~~spirit to those who walk in~~ it:

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they have drawn near and come.

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[6] "I am the ~~LORD~~, I ~~have~~ called you ~~in righteousness~~,

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[6] Every one helps his neighbor,

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I have ~~taken~~ you ~~by the hand~~ and ~~kept~~ you;

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and says to his brother, "Take courage!"

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I ~~have given~~ you ~~as a covenant to the people~~,

+

[7] The craftsman encourages the goldsmith,

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~~a light to the nations~~,

+

and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,

−

[7] ~~to open the eyes that~~ are ~~blind,~~

+

saying of the soldering, "It is good";

−

to ~~bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,~~

+

and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.

−

~~from the prison~~ those who ~~sit in darkness~~.

+

[8] But you, Israel, my servant,

−

[8] ~~I am the LORD~~, ~~that is my name~~;

+

Jacob, whom I have chosen,

−

~~my glory I give to no other,~~

+

the offspring of Abraham, my friend;

−

~~nor my praise to graven images~~.

+

[9] you whom I took from the ends of the earth,

−

[9] ~~Behold~~, the ~~former things have come to pass~~,

+

and called from its farthest corners,

−

~~and new things I now declare~~;

+

saying to you, "You are my servant,

−

~~before they spring forth~~

+

I have chosen you and not cast you off";

−

I ~~tell~~ you ~~of them~~."

+

[10] fear not, for I am with you,

−

[10] ~~Sing to the LORD a new song~~,

+

be not dismayed, for I am your God;

−

~~his praise from the end~~ of ~~the earth~~!

+

I will strengthen you, I will help you,

−

~~Let~~ the ~~sea roar and all that fills it,~~

+

I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.

−

the ~~coastlands and their inhabitants~~.

+

[11] Behold, all who are incensed against you

−

[11] ~~Let~~ the ~~desert~~ and ~~its cities lift up their voice~~,

+

shall be put to shame and confounded;

−

the ~~villages that Kedar inhabits~~;

+

those who strive against you

−

~~let~~ the ~~inhabitants of Sela sing for joy~~,

+

shall be as nothing and shall perish.

−

~~let~~ them ~~shout from the top of the mountains~~.

+

[12] You shall seek those who contend with you,

−

~~[12] Let them give glory to~~ the LORD,

+

but you shall not find them;

−

~~and declare his praise~~ in the ~~coastlands~~.

+

those who war against you

−

[13] ~~The LORD goes forth like a mighty man~~,

+

shall be as nothing at all.

−

~~like a man of war he stirs up his fury;~~

+

[13] For I, the LORD your God,

−

~~he cries out~~, ~~he shouts aloud~~,

+

hold your right hand;

−

~~he shows himself mighty against his foes~~.

+

it is I who say to you, "Fear not,

−

[14] ~~For a long time~~ I ~~have held my peace~~,

+

I will help you."

−

~~I have kept still~~ and ~~restrained myself~~;

+

[14] Fear not, you worm Jacob,

−

~~now~~ I will ~~cry out like~~ a ~~woman in travail~~,

+

you men of Israel!

−

~~I will gasp~~ and ~~pant~~.

+

I will help you, says the LORD;

−

[15] I will ~~lay waste mountains and hills~~,

+

your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

−

and ~~dry up all their herbage~~;

+

[15] Behold, I will make of you a threshing sledge,

−

I will ~~turn~~ the ~~rivers into islands~~,

+

new, sharp, and having teeth;

−

and ~~dry up~~ the ~~pools.~~

+

you shall thresh the mountains and crush them,

−

[16] ~~And I will lead the blind~~

+

and you shall make the hills like chaff;

−

~~in a way~~ that ~~they~~ know ~~not~~,

+

[16] You shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them away,

−

~~in paths~~ that ~~they have not known~~

+

and the tempest shall scatter them.

−

~~I will guide them.~~

+

And you shall rejoice in the LORD;

−

~~I will turn~~ the ~~darkness before them into light~~,

+

in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

−

the ~~rough places into level ground~~.

+

[17] When the poor and needy seek water,

−

~~These are~~ the ~~things I will do~~,

+

and there is none,

−

~~and I will not forsake them~~.

+

and their tongue is parched with thirst,

−

[17] ~~They shall be turned back~~ and ~~utterly put~~ to ~~shame~~,

+

I the LORD will answer them,

−

~~who trust in graven images~~,

+

I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

−

~~who say~~ to ~~molten images,~~

+

[18] I will open rivers on the bare heights,

−

~~"You are our gods~~."

+

and fountains in the midst of the valleys;

−

[18] ~~Hear~~, you ~~deaf~~;

+

I will make the wilderness a pool of water,

−

~~and look~~, ~~you blind~~, that ~~you~~ may ~~see!~~

+

and the dry land springs of water.

−

[19] ~~Who is blind but my servant~~,

+

[19] I will put in the wilderness the cedar,

−

~~or deaf as my messenger whom I send?~~

+

the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive;

−

~~Who~~ is ~~blind as my dedicated~~ one,

+

I will set in the desert the cypress,

−

~~or blind as~~ the ~~servant~~ of the ~~LORD?~~

+

the plane and the pine together;

−

~~[20] He sees many things~~, ~~but does not observe them~~;

+

[20] that men may see and know,

−

~~his ears are open~~, ~~but he does not hear~~.

+

may consider and understand together,

−

[21] ~~The LORD was pleased~~, ~~for his righteousness' sake~~,

+

that the hand of the LORD has done this,

−

~~to magnify his law~~ and ~~make~~ it ~~glorious.~~

+

the Holy One of Israel has created it.

−

~~[22] But this is a people robbed and plundered~~,

+

[21] Set forth your case, says the LORD;

−

~~they are all of them trapped in holes~~

+

bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.

−

~~and hidden in prisons;~~

+

[22] Let them bring them, and tell us

−

~~they have become a prey with~~ none ~~to rescue~~,

+

what is to happen.

−

~~a spoil with~~ none ~~to say, "Restore!"~~

+

Tell us the former things, what they are,

−

[23] ~~Who among you will give ear~~ to ~~this~~,

+

that we may consider them,

−

~~will attend~~ and ~~listen for the time~~ to ~~come?~~

+

that we may know their outcome;

−

[24] ~~Who gave up Jacob to the spoiler,~~

+

or declare to us the things to come.

−

~~and Israel to the robbers?~~

+

[23] Tell us what is to come hereafter,

−

~~Was it not the LORD~~, ~~against whom we have sinned~~,

+

that we may know that you are gods;

−

~~in whose ways they would not walk~~,

+

do good, or do harm,

−

~~and whose law~~ they ~~would not obey?~~

+

that we may be dismayed and terrified.

−

~~[25] So he poured upon him the heat of his anger~~

+

[24] Behold, you are nothing,

−

~~and the might of battle~~;

+

and your work is nought;

−

~~it set him on fire round about, but he did not understand~~;

+

an abomination is he who chooses you.

−

~~it burned him, but he did not take it to heart~~.

+

[25] I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,

+

from the rising of the sun, and he shall call on my name;

+

he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,

+

as the potter treads clay.

+

[26] Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know,

+

and beforetime, that we might say, "He is right"?

+

There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed,

+

none who heard your words.

+

[27] I first have declared it to Zion,

+

and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good tidings.

+

[28] But when I look there is no one;

+

among these there is no counselor

+

who, when I ask, gives an answer.

+

[29] Behold, they are all a delusion;

+

their works are nothing;

+

their molten images are empty wind.

−

~~Isa~~.43

+

==Chapter .42==

−

[1]

+

[1]Behold my servant, whom I uphold,

−

+

my chosen, in whom my soul delights;

−

~~But now thus says the LORD~~,

+

I have put my Spirit upon him,

−

~~he who created you, O Jacob~~,

+

he will bring forth justice to the nations.

−

~~he who formed you~~, ~~O Israel:~~

+

[2] He will not cry or lift up his voice,

−

~~"Fear not, for I have redeemed you~~;

+

or make it heard in the street;

−

I have ~~called you by name~~, ~~you are mine~~.

+

[3] a bruised reed he will not break,

−

[2] ~~When you pass through the waters I~~ will ~~be with you;~~

+

and a dimly burning wick he will not quench;

−

~~and through~~ the ~~rivers, they shall not overwhelm you~~;

+

he will faithfully bring forth justice.

−

~~when you walk through fire you shall~~ not ~~be burned~~,

+

[4] He will not fail or be discouraged

−

and ~~the flame shall~~ not ~~consume you~~.

+

till he has established justice in the earth;

−

[3] ~~For I am the LORD your God,~~

+

and the coastlands wait for his law.

−

the ~~Holy One of Israel, your Savior.~~

+

[5] Thus says God, the LORD,

−

~~I give Egypt as your ransom,~~

+

who created the heavens and stretched them out,

−

~~Ethiopia~~ and ~~Seba in exchange~~ for ~~you~~.

+

who spread forth the earth and what comes from it,

−

[4] ~~Because you are precious in my eyes~~,

+

who gives breath to the people upon it

−

and ~~honored~~, and ~~I love you~~,

+

and spirit to those who walk in it:

−

~~I give men in return for you,~~

+

[6] "I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness,

−

~~peoples~~ in ~~exchange for your life.~~

+

I have taken you by the hand and kept you;

−

[5] ~~Fear not~~, ~~for~~ I ~~am with~~ you;

+

I have given you as a covenant to the people,

−

I ~~will bring your offspring from~~ the ~~east,~~

+

a light to the nations,

−

and ~~from the west I will gather~~ you;

+

[7] to open the eyes that are blind,

−

~~[6]~~ I ~~will say~~ to the ~~north~~, ~~Give up~~,

+

to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,

−

~~and~~ to the ~~south~~, ~~Do not withhold;~~

+

from the prison those who sit in darkness.

−

bring ~~my sons~~ from ~~afar~~

+

[8] I am the LORD, that is my name;

−

~~and my daughters~~ from the ~~end of the earth,~~

+

my glory I give to no other,

−

[7] ~~every one who~~ is ~~called by~~ my name,

+

nor my praise to graven images.

−

~~whom I created for~~ my glory,

+

[9] Behold, the former things have come to pass,

−

~~whom I formed and made~~."

+

and new things I now declare;

−

[8] ~~Bring forth~~ the ~~people who are blind, yet~~ have ~~eyes~~,

+

before they spring forth

−

~~who are deaf, yet have ears!~~

+

I tell you of them."

−

[9] ~~Let all~~ the ~~nations gather together~~,

+

[10] Sing to the LORD a new song,

−

~~and let~~ the ~~peoples assemble.~~

+

his praise from the end of the earth!

−

~~Who among them can declare this,~~

+

Let the sea roar and all that fills it,

−

~~and show us~~ the ~~former things?~~

+

the coastlands and their inhabitants.

−

Let ~~them bring their witnesses to justify them~~,

+

[11] Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,

−

and ~~let them hear and say, It is true~~.

+

the villages that Kedar inhabits;

−

[10] ~~"You are my witnesses," says~~ the ~~LORD,~~

+

let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy,

−

"and ~~my servant whom I have chosen~~,

+

let them shout from the top of the mountains.

−

that ~~you may know and believe me~~

+

[12] Let them give glory to the LORD,

−

~~and understand that I am He.~~

+

and declare his praise in the coastlands.

−

~~Before me no god was formed~~,

+

[13] The LORD goes forth like a mighty man,

−

~~nor shall there be any after me~~.

+

like a man of war he stirs up his fury;

−

[11] ~~I, I am~~ the LORD,

+

he cries out, he shouts aloud,

−

and ~~besides me there is no savior~~.

+

he shows himself mighty against his foes.

−

[12] ~~I declared and saved and proclaimed~~,

+

[14] For a long time I have held my peace,

−

~~when there was no strange god among you~~;

+

I have kept still and restrained myself;

−

~~and you are my witnesses~~,~~" says the LORD~~.

+

now I will cry out like a woman in travail,

−

[13] "I ~~am God~~, and ~~also henceforth I am He~~;

+

I will gasp and pant.

−

~~there is none who can deliver from my hand;~~

+

[15] I will lay waste mountains and hills,

−

I ~~work~~ and ~~who can hinder it?"~~

+

and dry up all their herbage;

−

[14] ~~Thus says the LORD~~,

+

I will turn the rivers into islands,

−

~~your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:~~

+

and dry up the pools.

−

~~"For your sake~~ I will ~~send to Babylon~~

+

[16] And I will lead the blind

−

~~and break down all~~ the ~~bars~~,

+

in a way that they know not,

−

and the ~~shouting of the Chalde'ans will be turned to lamentations~~.

+

in paths that they have not known

−

[15] I am the ~~LORD, your Holy One~~,

+

I will guide them.

−

~~the Creator of Israel, your King~~."

+

I will turn the darkness before them into light,

−

~~[16] Thus says~~ the ~~LORD~~,

+

the rough places into level ground.

−

~~who makes a way in~~ the ~~sea,~~

+

These are the things I will do,

−

~~a path in~~ the ~~mighty waters~~,

+

and I will not forsake them.

−

[17] ~~who brings forth chariot~~ and ~~horse~~,

+

[17] They shall be turned back and utterly put to shame,

−

~~army and warrior;~~

+

who trust in graven images,

−

~~they lie down, they cannot rise~~,

+

who say to molten images,

−

~~they~~ are ~~extinguished, quenched like a wick:~~

+

"You are our gods."

−

[18] ~~"Remember not the former things~~,

+

[18] Hear, you deaf;

−

~~nor consider the things of old.~~

+

and look, you blind, that you may see!

−

[19] ~~Behold~~, I ~~am doing a new thing;~~

+

[19] Who is blind but my servant,

−

~~now it springs forth~~, ~~do you not perceive it?~~

+

or deaf as my messenger whom I send?

−

~~I will make a way in~~ the ~~wilderness~~

+

Who is blind as my dedicated one,

−

~~and rivers in~~ the ~~desert.~~

+

or blind as the servant of the LORD?

−

[20] ~~The wild beasts will honor me~~,

+

[20] He sees many things, but does not observe them;

−

~~the jackals and the ostriches~~;

+

his ears are open, but he does not hear.

−

~~for I give water in the wilderness,~~

+

[21] The LORD was pleased, for his righteousness' sake,

−

~~rivers in the desert,~~

+

to magnify his law and make it glorious.

−

~~to give drink to my chosen people~~,

+

[22] But this is a people robbed and plundered,

−

[21] ~~the people whom I formed~~ for ~~myself~~

+

they are all of them trapped in holes

−

~~that they might declare my praise~~.

+

and hidden in prisons;

−

[22] ~~"Yet you did not call upon me~~, ~~O Jacob~~;

+

they have become a prey with none to rescue,

−

~~but you~~ have ~~been weary of me~~, ~~O Israel~~!

+

a spoil with none to say, "Restore!"

−

[23] ~~You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,~~

+

[23] Who among you will give ear to this,

−

~~or honored me with your sacrifices.~~

+

will attend and listen for the time to come?

−

~~I have not burdened~~ you ~~with offerings~~,

+

[24] Who gave up Jacob to the spoiler,

−

~~or wearied you with frankincense.~~

+

and Israel to the robbers?

−

[24] ~~You have not bought me sweet cane with money~~,

+

Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned,

−

~~or satisfied me with~~ the ~~fat of your sacrifices.~~

+

in whose ways they would not walk,

−

~~But you have burdened me with your sins~~,

+

and whose law they would not obey?

−

~~you~~ have ~~wearied me with your iniquities.~~

+

[25] So he poured upon him the heat of his anger

−

~~[25] "I~~, ~~I am He~~

+

and the might of battle;

−

~~who blots out your transgressions for my own sake~~,

+

it set him on fire round about, but he did not understand;

−

and ~~I will~~ not ~~remember your sins.~~

+

it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

−

[26] ~~Put me in remembrance, let us argue together~~;

−

set ~~forth your case~~, ~~that you may be proved right.~~

−

~~[27] Your first father sinned~~,

−

~~and your mediators transgressed against me.~~

−

~~[28] Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary,~~

−

~~I delivered Jacob to utter destruction~~

−

~~and Israel~~ to ~~reviling~~.

−

~~Isa~~.44

+

==Chapter .43==

−

[1]

+

[1] But now thus says the LORD,

−

+

he who created you, O Jacob,

−

"But now ~~hear~~, O Jacob ~~my servant~~,

+

he who formed you, O Israel:

−

Israel ~~whom~~ I have ~~chosen!~~

+

"Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

−

[2] ~~Thus says~~ the ~~LORD who made~~ you,

+

I have called you by name, you are mine.

−

~~who formed~~ you ~~from the womb and will help~~ you:

+

[2] When you pass through the waters I will be with you;

−

~~Fear~~ not~~, O Jacob my servant~~,

+

and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;

−

~~Jeshu'run whom I have chosen~~.

+

when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,

−

[3] For I ~~will pour water on~~ the ~~thirsty land~~,

+

and the flame shall not consume you.

−

~~and streams on~~ the ~~dry ground;~~

+

[3] For I am the LORD your God,

−

I ~~will pour my Spirit upon~~ your ~~descendants~~,

+

the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.

−

and ~~my blessing on your offspring~~.

+

I give Egypt as your ransom,

−

[4] ~~They shall spring up like grass amid waters~~,

+

Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.

−

~~like willows by flowing streams~~.

+

[4] Because you are precious in my eyes,

−

[5] ~~This one will say~~, `I am the ~~LORD's~~,'

+

and honored, and I love you,

−

~~another~~ will ~~call himself by~~ the ~~name of Jacob~~,

+

I give men in return for you,

−

and ~~another will write on his hand~~, ~~`The LORD's,'~~

+

peoples in exchange for your life.

−

and ~~surname himself by~~ the ~~name~~ of ~~Israel."~~

+

[5] Fear not, for I am with you;

−

[6] ~~Thus says the LORD~~, ~~the King of Israel~~

+

I will bring your offspring from the east,

−

~~and his Redeemer~~, ~~the LORD of hosts:~~

+

and from the west I will gather you;

−

"I ~~am the first~~ and ~~I am~~ the ~~last;~~

+

[6] I will say to the north, Give up,

−

~~besides me there is no god.~~

+

and to the south, Do not withhold;

−

[7] ~~Who is like me?~~ Let ~~him proclaim it~~,

+

bring my sons from afar

−

let ~~him declare and set it forth before me~~.

+

and my daughters from the end of the earth,

−

Who ~~has announced from of old~~ the things ~~to come~~?

+

[7] every one who is called by my name,

−

Let them ~~tell us what~~ is ~~yet to be~~.

+

whom I created for my glory,

−

[8] ~~Fear not~~, ~~nor be afraid;~~

+

whom I formed and made."

−

have ~~I not told~~ you ~~from of old~~ and ~~declared it?~~

+

[8] Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes,

−

~~And you are my witnesses!~~

+

who are deaf, yet have ears!

−

~~Is there a God besides~~ me?

+

[9] Let all the nations gather together,

−

~~There is no Rock;~~ I ~~know not any~~."

+

and let the peoples assemble.

−

~~[9]~~

+

Who among them can declare this,

−

+

and show us the former things?

−

~~All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see~~ nor ~~know, that they may~~ be ~~put to shame~~.

+

Let them bring their witnesses to justify them,

−

+

and let them hear and say, It is true.

−

~~[10] Who fashions a god or casts an image, that is profitable for nothing?~~

+

[10] "You are my witnesses," says the LORD,

−

[11] ~~Behold~~, ~~all his fellows shall be put to shame~~, and ~~the craftsmen are but men; let them all assemble, let them stand forth, they shall be terrified, they shall be put to shame together~~.

+

"and my servant whom I have chosen,

−

[12]

+

that you may know and believe me

−

+

and understand that I am He.

−

~~The ironsmith fashions it~~ and ~~works it over the coals; he shapes it with hammers~~, ~~and forges it with his strong arm~~; ~~he becomes hungry~~ and ~~his strength fails~~, ~~he drinks no water and is faint~~.

+

Before me no god was formed,

−

+

nor shall there be any after me.

−

[13] ~~The carpenter stretches a line~~, ~~he marks it out with a pencil~~; ~~he fashions it with planes,~~ and ~~marks~~ it ~~with a compass; he shapes it into~~ the ~~figure of a man~~, ~~with~~ the ~~beauty~~ of ~~a man,~~ to ~~dwell in a house.~~

+

[11] I, I am the LORD,

−

~~[14] He cuts~~ down ~~cedars; or he chooses a holm tree or an oak~~ and ~~lets it grow strong among~~ the ~~trees~~ of the ~~forest; he plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it~~.

+

and besides me there is no savior.

−

[15] ~~Then it becomes fuel for a man; he takes a part~~ of ~~it and warms himself~~, ~~he kindles a fire and bakes bread; also he makes a god and worships it, he makes it a graven image and falls down before it~~.

+

[12] I declared and saved and proclaimed,

−

[16] ~~Half of it he burns~~ in the ~~fire; over~~ the ~~half he eats flesh, he roasts meat and is satisfied; also he warms himself and says~~, ~~"Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!"~~

+

when there was no strange god among you;

−

[17] ~~And the rest of it he makes into a god~~, ~~his idol~~; ~~and falls~~ down ~~to it and worships it; he prays to it and says~~, ~~"Deliver me~~, ~~for thou art my god!"~~

+

and you are my witnesses," says the LORD.

−

[18]

+

[13] "I am God, and also henceforth I am He;

−

+

there is none who can deliver from my hand;

−

~~They know~~ not, nor ~~do they discern; for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their minds, so that they cannot understand~~.

+

I work and who can hinder it?"

−

+

[14] Thus says the LORD,

−

[19] ~~No one considers~~, ~~nor is there knowledge or discernment to say~~, ~~"Half of~~ it I ~~burned~~ in the ~~fire, I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted flesh~~ and ~~have eaten; and shall I make~~ the ~~residue of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?"~~

+

your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

−

[20] ~~He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray~~, and ~~he cannot deliver himself or say~~, ~~"Is there not a lie~~ in my ~~right hand?"~~

+

"For your sake I will send to Babylon

−

[21] ~~Remember these things~~, O Jacob,

+

and break down all the bars,

−

~~and Israel, for you are my servant~~;

+

and the shouting of the Chalde'ans will be turned to lamentations.

−

~~I formed~~ you, ~~you are my servant;~~

+

[15] I am the LORD, your Holy One,

−

O Israel~~, you will not be forgotten by me.~~

+

the Creator of Israel, your King."

−

[22] I have ~~swept away~~ your ~~transgressions like a cloud~~,

+

[16] Thus says the LORD,

−

~~and~~ your ~~sins like mist;~~

+

who makes a way in the sea,

−

~~return to me, for~~ I have ~~redeemed~~ you.

+

a path in the mighty waters,

−

[23] ~~Sing~~, ~~O heavens, for~~ the ~~LORD has done it;~~

+

[17] who brings forth chariot and horse,

−

~~shout, O depths~~ of ~~the earth;~~

+

army and warrior;

−

~~break forth into singing, O mountains,~~

+

they lie down, they cannot rise,

−

~~O forest, and every tree in it!~~

+

they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:

−

~~For the LORD has redeemed Jacob,~~

+

[18] "Remember not the former things,

−

~~and will be glorified in Israel~~.

+

nor consider the things of old.

−

~~[24] Thus says the LORD,~~ your ~~Redeemer~~,

+

[19] Behold, I am doing a new thing;

−

~~who formed~~ you ~~from the womb:~~

+

now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?

−

~~"I am the LORD, who made all things,~~

+

I will make a way in the wilderness

−

~~who stretched out the heavens alone,~~

+

and rivers in the desert.

−

~~who spread out the earth -- Who was~~ with ~~me? --~~

+

[20] The wild beasts will honor me,

−

[25] ~~who frustrates the omens of liars~~,

+

the jackals and the ostriches;

−

~~and makes fools of diviners;~~

+

for I give water in the wilderness,

−

who ~~turns wise men back~~,

+

rivers in the desert,

−

and ~~makes their knowledge foolish;~~

+

to give drink to my chosen people,

−

[26] ~~who confirms the word of his servant~~,

+

[21] the people whom I formed for myself

−

~~and performs the counsel of his messengers~~;

+

that they might declare my praise.

−

~~who says of Jerusalem~~, ~~`She shall~~ be ~~inhabited,'~~

+

[22] "Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;

−

~~and of the cities of Judah, `They shall be built,~~

+

but you have been weary of me, O Israel!

−

~~and I will raise up their ruins';~~

+

[23] You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,

−

[27] ~~who says to the deep, `Be dry~~,

+

or honored me with your sacrifices.

−

~~I will dry up~~ your ~~rivers';~~

+

I have not burdened you with offerings,

−

[28] ~~who says~~ of ~~Cyrus, `He is my shepherd~~,

+

or wearied you with frankincense.

−

~~and he shall fulfil all my purpose';~~

+

[24] You have not bought me sweet cane with money,

−

~~saying of Jerusalem, `She shall be built,'~~

+

or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.

−

and ~~of the temple, `Your foundation shall be laid~~.'"

+

But you have burdened me with your sins,

+

you have wearied me with your iniquities.

+

[25] "I, I am He

+

who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,

+

and I will not remember your sins.

+

[26] Put me in remembrance, let us argue together;

+

set forth your case, that you may be proved right.

+

[27] Your first father sinned,

+

and your mediators transgressed against me.

+

[28] Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary,

+

I delivered Jacob to utter destruction

+

and Israel to reviling.

−

~~Isa~~.45

+

==Chapter .44==

−

[1]

+

[1]"But now hear, O Jacob my servant,

+

Israel whom I have chosen!

+

[2] Thus says the LORD who made you,

+

who formed you from the womb and will help you:

+

Fear not, O Jacob my servant,

+

Jeshu'run whom I have chosen.

+

[3] For I will pour water on the thirsty land,

+

and streams on the dry ground;

+

I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants,

+

and my blessing on your offspring.

+

[4] They shall spring up like grass amid waters,

+

like willows by flowing streams.

+

[5] This one will say, `I am the LORD's,'

+

another will call himself by the name of Jacob,

+

and another will write on his hand, `The LORD's,'

+

and surname himself by the name of Israel."

+

[6] Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel

+

and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts:

+

"I am the first and I am the last;

+

besides me there is no god.

+

[7] Who is like me? Let him proclaim it,

+

let him declare and set it forth before me.

+

Who has announced from of old the things to come?

+

Let them tell us what is yet to be.

+

[8] Fear not, nor be afraid;

+

have I not told you from of old and declared it?

+

And you are my witnesses!

+

Is there a God besides me?

+

There is no Rock; I know not any."

+

[9]All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.

−

Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus,

+

[10] Who fashions a god or casts an image, that is profitable for nothing?

+

[11] Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are but men; let them all assemble, let them stand forth, they shall be terrified, they shall be put to shame together.

+

[12]The ironsmith fashions it and works it over the coals; he shapes it with hammers, and forges it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint.

+

[13] The carpenter stretches a line, he marks it out with a pencil; he fashions it with planes, and marks it with a compass; he shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.

+

[14] He cuts down cedars; or he chooses a holm tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it.

+

[15] Then it becomes fuel for a man; he takes a part of it and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread; also he makes a god and worships it, he makes it a graven image and falls down before it.

+

[16] Half of it he burns in the fire; over the half he eats flesh, he roasts meat and is satisfied; also he warms himself and says, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!"

+

[17] And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol; and falls down to it and worships it; he prays to it and says, "Deliver me, for thou art my god!"

+

[18]They know not, nor do they discern; for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their minds, so that they cannot understand.

+

[19] No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, "Half of it I burned in the fire, I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted flesh and have eaten; and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?"

+

[20] He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"

+

[21] Remember these things, O Jacob,

+

and Israel, for you are my servant;

+

I formed you, you are my servant;

+

O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

+

[22] I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,

+

and your sins like mist;

+

return to me, for I have redeemed you.

+

[23] Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it;

+

shout, O depths of the earth;

+

break forth into singing, O mountains,

+

O forest, and every tree in it!

+

For the LORD has redeemed Jacob,

+

and will be glorified in Israel.

+

[24] Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer,

+

who formed you from the womb:

+

"I am the LORD, who made all things,

+

who stretched out the heavens alone,

+

who spread out the earth -- Who was with me? --

+

[25] who frustrates the omens of liars,

+

and makes fools of diviners;

+

who turns wise men back,

+

and makes their knowledge foolish;

+

[26] who confirms the word of his servant,

+

and performs the counsel of his messengers;

+

who says of Jerusalem, `She shall be inhabited,'

+

and of the cities of Judah, `They shall be built,

+

and I will raise up their ruins';

+

[27] who says to the deep, `Be dry,

+

I will dry up your rivers';

+

[28] who says of Cyrus, `He is my shepherd,

+

and he shall fulfil all my purpose';

+

saying of Jerusalem, `She shall be built,'

+

and of the temple, `Your foundation shall be laid.'"

+

==Chapter .45==

+

[1]Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus,

whose right hand I have grasped,

to subdue nations before him

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you shall not be put to shame or confounded

to all eternity.

−

[18] For thus says the LORD,

+

[18] For thus says the LORD,

who created the heavens

(he is God!),

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(he established it;

he did not create it a chaos,

−

he formed it to be inhabited!):

+

he formed it to be inhabited!):

"I am the LORD, and there is no other.

[19] I did not speak in secret,

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and keep on praying to a god

that cannot save.

−

[21] Declare and present your case;

+

[21] Declare and present your case;

let them take counsel together!

Who told this long ago?

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And there is no other god besides me,

a righteous God and a Savior;

−

there is none besides me.

+

there is none besides me.

[22] "Turn to me and be saved,

all the ends of the earth!

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`To me every knee shall bow,

every tongue shall swear.'

−

[24] "Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me,

+

[24] "Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me,

are righteousness and strength;

to him shall come and be ashamed,

−

all who were incensed against him.

+

all who were incensed against him.

[25] In the LORD all the offspring of Israel

shall triumph and glory."

−

~~Isa~~.46

+

==Chapter .46==

−

[1]

+

[1]Bel bows down, Nebo stoops,

−

Bel bows down, Nebo stoops,

their idols are on beasts and cattle;

these things you carry are loaded

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for I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and there is none like me,

−

[10] declaring the end from the beginning

+

[10] declaring the end from the beginning

and from ancient times things not yet done,

saying, `My counsel shall stand,

−

and I will accomplish all my purpose,'

+

and I will accomplish all my purpose,'

[11] calling a bird of prey from the east,

the man of my counsel from a far country.

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for Israel my glory."

−

~~Isa~~.47

+

==Chapter .47==

[1]

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there is no one to save you.

−

~~Isa~~.48

+

==Chapter .48==

[1]

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[22] "There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."

−

~~Isa~~.49

+

==Chapter .49==

−

[1]

+

[1]Listen to me, O coastlands,

−

Listen to me, O coastlands,

and hearken, you peoples from afar.

The LORD called me from the womb,

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[14] But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me,

my Lord has forgotten me."

−

[15] "Can a woman forget her sucking child,

+

[15] "Can a woman forget her sucking child,

that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?

Even these may forget,

−

yet I will not forget you.

+

yet I will not forget you.

[16] Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands;

your walls are continually before me.

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and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."

−

~~Isa~~.50

+

==Chapter .50==

[1]

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you shall lie down in torment.

−

~~Isa~~.51

+

==Chapter .51==

−

[1]

+

[1]"Hearken to me, you who pursue deliverance,

−

"Hearken to me, you who pursue deliverance,

you who seek the LORD;

look to the rock from which you were hewn,

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for when he was but one I called him,

and I blessed him and made him many.

−

[3] For the LORD will comfort Zion;

+

[3] For the LORD will comfort Zion;

he will comfort all her waste places,

and will make her wilderness like Eden,

her desert like the garden of the LORD;

joy and gladness will be found in her,

−

thanksgiving and the voice of song.

+

thanksgiving and the voice of song.

[4] "Listen to me, my people,

and give ear to me, my nation;

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fear not the reproach of men,

and be not dismayed at their revilings.

−

[8] For the moth will eat them up like a garment,

+

[8] For the moth will eat them up like a garment,

and the worm will eat them like wool;

but my deliverance will be for ever,

−

and my salvation to all generations."

+

and my salvation to all generations."

[9] Awake, awake, put on strength,

O arm of the LORD;

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and like the street for them to pass over."

−

~~Isa~~.52

+

==Chapter .52==

[1]

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and that which they have not heard they shall understand.

−

~~Isa~~.53

+

==Chapter .53==

−

[1]

+

[1]Who has believed what we have heard?

−

Who has believed what we have heard?

And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

[2] For he grew up before him like a young plant,

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he had no form or comeliness that we should look at him,

and no beauty that we should desire him.

−

[3] He was despised and rejected by men;

+

[3] He was despised and rejected by men;

a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;

and as one from whom men hide their faces

−

he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

+

he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

[4] Surely he has borne our griefs

and carried our sorrows;

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and the LORD has laid on him

the iniquity of us all.

−

[7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,

+

[7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,

yet he opened not his mouth;

like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,

and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb,

−

so he opened not his mouth.

+

so he opened not his mouth.

[8] By oppression and judgment he was taken away;

and as for his generation, who considered

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and made intercession for the transgressors.

−

~~Isa~~.54

+

==Chapter .54==

−

[1]

+

[1]"Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;

−

"Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;

break forth into singing and cry aloud,

you who have not been in travail!

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your gates of carbuncles,

and all your wall of precious stones.

−

[13] All your sons shall be taught by the LORD,

+

[13] All your sons shall be taught by the LORD,

−

and great shall be the prosperity of your sons.

+

and great shall be the prosperity of your sons.

[14] In righteousness you shall be established;

you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;

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and their vindication from me, says the LORD."

−

~~Isa~~.55

+

==Chapter .55==

−

[1]

+

[1]"Ho, every one who thirsts,

−

"Ho, every one who thirsts,

come to the waters;

and he who has no money,

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because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,

for he has glorified you.

−

[6] "Seek the LORD while he may be found,

+

[6] "Seek the LORD while he may be found,

call upon him while he is near;

[7] let the wicked forsake his way,

and the unrighteous man his thoughts;

let him return to the LORD, that he may have mercy on him,

−

and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

+

and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

[8] For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD.

−

[9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

+

[9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways

−

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

+

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

[10] "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,

and return not thither but water the earth,

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for an everlasting sign which shall not be cut off."

−

~~Isa~~.56

+

==Chapter .56==

−

[1]

+

[1]Thus says the LORD:

−

Thus says the LORD:

"Keep justice, and do righteousness,

for soon my salvation will come,

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who choose the things that please me

and hold fast my covenant,

−

[5] I will give in my house and within my walls

+

[5] I will give in my house and within my walls

a monument and a name

better than sons and daughters;

I will give them an everlasting name

−

which shall not be cut off.

+

which shall not be cut off.

[6] "And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,

to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD,

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every one who keeps the sabbath, and does not profane it,

and holds fast my covenant --

−

[7] these I will bring to my holy mountain,

+

[7] these I will bring to my holy mountain,

and make them joyful in my house of prayer;

their burnt offerings and their sacrifices

will be accepted on my altar;

for my house shall be called a house of prayer

−

for all peoples.

+

for all peoples.

[8] Thus says the Lord GOD,

who gathers the outcasts of Israel,

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great beyond measure."

−

~~Isa~~.57

+

==Chapter .57==

−

[1]

+

[1]The righteous man perishes,

−

The righteous man perishes,

and no one lays it to heart;

devout men are taken away,

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"Build up, build up, prepare the way,

remove every obstruction from my people's way."

−

[15] For thus says the high and lofty One

+

[15] For thus says the high and lofty One

who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:

"I dwell in the high and holy place,

and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit,

to revive the spirit of the humble,

−

and to revive the heart of the contrite.

+

and to revive the heart of the contrite.

[16] For I will not contend for ever,

nor will I always be angry;

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[19] Peace, peace, to the far and to the near, says the LORD;

and I will heal him.

−

[20] But the wicked are like the tossing sea;

+

[20] But the wicked are like the tossing sea;

for it cannot rest,

and its waters toss up mire and dirt.

−

[21] There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked."

+

[21] There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked."

−

~~Isa~~.58

+

==Chapter .58==

−

[1]

+

[1]"Cry aloud, spare not,

−

"Cry aloud, spare not,

lift up your voice like a trumpet;

declare to my people their transgression,

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they ask of me righteous judgments,

they delight to draw near to God.

−

[3] `Why have we fasted, and thou seest it not?

+

[3] `Why have we fasted, and thou seest it not?

Why have we humbled ourselves, and thou takest no knowledge of it?'

Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,

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and your healing shall spring up speedily;

your righteousness shall go before you,

−

the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

+

the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

[9] Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;

you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am.

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and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,

then shall your light rise in the darkness

−

and your gloom be as the noonday.

+

and your gloom be as the noonday.

−

[11] And the LORD will guide you continually,

+

[11] And the LORD will guide you continually,

and satisfy your desire with good things,

and make your bones strong;

and you shall be like a watered garden,

like a spring of water,

−

whose waters fail not.

+

whose waters fail not.

[12] And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;

you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;

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for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

−

~~Isa~~.59

+

==Chapter .59==

−

[1]

+

[1]Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,

−

+

or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;

−

Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,

−

or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;

[2] but your iniquities have made a separation

between you and your God,

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to those in Jacob who turn from transgression, says the LORD.

[21] "And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD: my spirit which is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your children, or out of the mouth of your children's children, says the LORD, from this time forth and for evermore."

−

~~Isa.60~~

−

~~[1]~~

−

Arise, shine; for your light has come,

+

==Chapter .60==

−

and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

+

[1]Arise, shine; for your light has come,

+

and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

[2] For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,

and thick darkness the peoples;

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in its time I will hasten it.

−

~~Isa~~.61

+

==Chapter .61==

−

[1]

+

[1]The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,

−

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,

because the LORD has anointed me

to bring good tidings to the afflicted;

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the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit;

that they may be called oaks of righteousness,

−

the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

+

the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

[4] They shall build up the ancient ruins,

they shall raise up the former devastations;

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all who see them shall acknowledge them,

that they are a people whom the LORD has blessed.

−

[10] I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,

+

[10] I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,

my soul shall exult in my God;

for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation,

he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,

as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,

−

and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

+

and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

[11] For as the earth brings forth its shoots,

and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up,

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to spring forth before all the nations.

−

~~Isa~~.62

+

==Chapter .62==

−

[1]

+

[1]For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,

−

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,

and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,

until her vindication goes forth as brightness,

and her salvation as a burning torch.

−

[2] The nations shall see your vindication,

+

[2] The nations shall see your vindication,

and all the kings your glory;

and you shall be called by a new name

−

which the mouth of the LORD will give.

+

which the mouth of the LORD will give.

[3] You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD,

and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

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a city not forsaken.

−

~~Isa~~.63

+

==Chapter .63==

−

[1]

+

[1]Who is this that comes from Edom,

−

Who is this that comes from Edom,

in crimsoned garments from Bozrah,

he that is glorious in his apparel,

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sons who will not deal falsely;

and he became their Savior.

−

[9] In all their affliction he was afflicted,

+

[9] In all their affliction he was afflicted,

and the angel of his presence saved them;

in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;

−

he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

+

he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

[10] But they rebelled

and grieved his holy Spirit;

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like those who are not called by thy name.

−

~~Isa~~.64

+

==Chapter .64==

−

[1]

+

[1] O that thou wouldst rend the heavens and come down,

−

O that thou wouldst rend the heavens and come down,

that the mountains might quake at thy presence --

[2] as when fire kindles brushwood

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[3] When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for,

thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.

−

[4] From of old no one has heard

+

[4] From of old no one has heard

or perceived by the ear,

no eye has seen a God besides thee,

−

who works for those who wait for him.

+

who works for those who wait for him.

[5] Thou meetest him that joyfully works righteousness,

those that remember thee in thy ways.

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Wilt thou keep silent, and afflict us sorely?

−

~~Isa~~.65

+

==Chapter .65==

−

[1]

+

[1]I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;

−

I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;

I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.

I said, "Here am I, here am I,"

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in all my holy mountain, says the LORD."

−

~~Isa~~.66

+

==Chapter .66==

−

[1]

+

[1]Thus says the LORD:

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Thus says the LORD:

"Heaven is my throne

and the earth is my footstool;

what is the house which you would build for me,

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and what is the place of my rest?

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and what is the place of my rest?

[2] All these things my hand has made,

and so all these things are mine, says the LORD.

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she brought forth her sons.

[9] Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth?

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says the LORD;

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says the LORD;

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shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?

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shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?

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says your God.

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says your God.

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[10] "Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,

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[10] "Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,

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all you who love her;

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all you who love her;

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rejoice with her in joy,

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rejoice with her in joy,

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all you who mourn over her;

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all you who mourn over her;

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[11] that you may suck and be satisfied

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[11] that you may suck and be satisfied

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with her consoling breasts;

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with her consoling breasts;

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that you may drink deeply with delight

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that you may drink deeply with delight

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from the abundance of her glory."

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from the abundance of her glory."

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[12] For thus says the LORD:

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[12] For thus says the LORD:

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"Behold, I will extend prosperity to her like a river,

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"Behold, I will extend prosperity to her like a river,

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and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream;

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and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream;

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and you shall suck, you shall be carried upon her hip,

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and you shall suck, you shall be carried upon her hip,

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and dandled upon her knees.

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and dandled upon her knees.

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[13] As one whom his mother comforts,

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[13] As one whom his mother comforts,

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so I will comfort you;

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so I will comfort you;

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you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

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you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

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[14] You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;

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[14] You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;

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your bones shall flourish like the grass;

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your bones shall flourish like the grass;

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and it shall be known that the hand of the LORD is with his

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and it shall be known that the hand of the LORD is with his

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servants,

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servants,

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and his indignation is against his enemies.

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and his indignation is against his enemies.

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[15] "For behold, the LORD will come in fire,

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[15] "For behold, the LORD will come in fire,

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and his chariots like the stormwind,

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and his chariots like the stormwind,

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to render his anger in fury,

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to render his anger in fury,

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and his rebuke with flames of fire.

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and his rebuke with flames of fire.

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[16] For by fire will the LORD execute judgment,

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[16] For by fire will the LORD execute judgment,

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and by his sword, upon all flesh;

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and by his sword, upon all flesh;

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and those slain by the LORD shall be many.

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and those slain by the LORD shall be many.

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[17]"Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, eating swine's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, says the LORD.

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"Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, eating swine's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, says the LORD.

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[18]"For I know their works and their thoughts, and I am coming to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and shall see my glory,

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[18]

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[19] and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

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[20] And they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the LORD, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.

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[21] And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the LORD.

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[22] "For as the new heavens and the new earth

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which I will make

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shall remain before me, says the LORD;

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so shall your descendants and your name remain.

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[23] From new moon to new moon,

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and from sabbath to sabbath,

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all flesh shall come to worship before me,

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says the LORD.

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[24] "And they shall go forth and look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against me; for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."

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~~"For I know their works and their thoughts, and I am coming to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and shall see my glory,~~

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[19] and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

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[20] And they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the LORD, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.

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~~[21] And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the LORD.~~

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~~[22] "For as the new heavens and the new earth~~

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~~which I will make~~

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~~shall remain before me, says the LORD;~~

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~~so shall your descendants and your name remain.~~

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~~[23] From new moon to new moon,~~

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~~and from sabbath to sabbath,~~

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~~all flesh shall come to worship before me,~~

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~~says the LORD.~~

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~~[24]~~

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"And they shall go forth and look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against me; for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."

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