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         <div class="label">39</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Envoys From Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses&#8212;the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine olive oil&#8212;his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.39.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, &#8220;What did those men say, and where did they come from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.39.3"><span class="content">&#8220;From a distant land,&#8221; Hezekiah replied. &#8220;They came to me from Babylon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.39.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The prophet asked, &#8220;What did they see in your palace?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.39.4"><span class="content">&#8220;They saw everything in my palace,&#8221; Hezekiah said. &#8220;There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.39.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, &#8220;Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty: </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.39.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> you have spoken is good,&#8221; Hezekiah replied. For he thought, &#8220;There will be peace and security in my lifetime.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Comfort, comfort my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"><span class="content">says your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.40.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">and proclaim to her</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that her hard service has been completed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that her sin has been paid for,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">that she has received from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">double for all her sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.40.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A voice of one calling:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">&#8220;In the wilderness prepare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">the way for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / &#8220;Prepare the way for the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">make straight in the desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">a highway for our God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">make straight the paths of our God</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.40.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Every valley shall be raised up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">every mountain and hill made low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">the rough ground shall become level,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">the rugged places a plain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.40.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be revealed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="content">and all people will see it together.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="content">For the mouth of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.40.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A voice says, &#8220;Cry out.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="content">And I said, &#8220;What shall I cry?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="content">&#8220;All people are like grass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="content">and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.40.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The grass withers and the flowers fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"><span class="content">because the breath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> blows on them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"><span class="content">Surely the people are grass.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.40.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The grass withers and the flowers fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.40.8"><span class="content">but the word of our God endures forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.40.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You who bring good news to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">go up on a high mountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">You who bring good news to Jerusalem,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Zion, bringer of good news, / go up on a high mountain. / Jerusalem, bringer of good news</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">lift up your voice with a shout,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">lift it up, do not be afraid;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">say to the towns of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Here is your God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.40.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">See, the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes with power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">and he rules with a mighty arm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">See, his reward is with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">and his recompense accompanies him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.40.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He tends his flock like a shepherd:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">He gathers the lambs in his arms</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">and carries them close to his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.40.11"><span class="content">he gently leads those that have young.</span></span></div>
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