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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">honor is not fitting for a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">an undeserved curse does not come to rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">and a rod for the backs of fools!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not answer a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">or you yourself will be just like him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Answer a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">or he will be wise in his own eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sending a message by the hands of a fool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">is like cutting off one&#8217;s feet or drinking poison.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Like the useless legs of one who is lame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like tying a stone in a sling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">is the giving of honor to a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Like a thornbush in a drunkard&#8217;s hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Like an archer who wounds at random</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As a dog returns to its vomit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">so fools repeat their folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">There is more hope for a fool than for them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A sluggard says, &#8220;There&#8217;s a lion in the road,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">a fierce lion roaming the streets!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As a door turns on its hinges,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">so a sluggard turns on his bed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">than seven people who answer discreetly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Like a maniac shooting</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">flaming arrows of death</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">is one who deceives their neighbor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">and says, &#8220;I was only joking!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Without wood a fire goes out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">without a gossip a quarrel dies down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">they go down to the inmost parts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">are fervent</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:23 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">smooth</span></span></span><span class="content"> lips with an evil heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Enemies disguise themselves with their lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">but in their hearts they harbor deceit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Though their speech is charming, do not believe them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">for seven abominations fill their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Their malice may be concealed by deception,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whoever digs a pit will fall into it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A lying tongue hates those it hurts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="content">and a flattering mouth works ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">91</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 91</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="content">will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">91:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will say of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;He is my refuge and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="content">my God, in whom I trust.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Surely he will save you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">from the fowler&#8217;s snare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">and from the deadly pestilence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will cover you with his feathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">and under his wings you will find refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You will not fear the terror of night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="content">nor the arrow that flies by day,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="content">nor the plague that destroys at midday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A thousand may fall at your side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">ten thousand at your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">but it will not come near you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You will only observe with your eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="content">and see the punishment of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my refuge,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="content">and you make the Most High your dwelling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">no harm will overtake you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="content">no disaster will come near your tent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For he will command his angels concerning you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="content">to guard you in all your ways;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">they will lift you up in their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="content">so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You will tread on the lion and the cobra;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="content">you will trample the great lion and the serpent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">91:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably the king</span></span></span><span class="content"> loves me,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;I will rescue him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="content">I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He will call on me, and I will answer him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">I will be with him in trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">I will deliver him and honor him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.91.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">With long life I will satisfy him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.91.16"><span class="content">and show him my salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Angel and the Little Scroll</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, &#8220;Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, &#8220;There will be no more delay! </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: &#8220;Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, &#8220;Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but &#8216;in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Ezek. 3:3</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I took the little scroll from the angel&#8217;s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then I was told, &#8220;You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Egypt</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Egypt:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rides on a swift cloud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="content">and is coming to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="content">The idols of Egypt tremble before him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="content">and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="content">brother will fight against brother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="content">neighbor against neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="content">city against city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="content">kingdom against kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The Egyptians will lose heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.19.3"><span class="content">and I will bring their plans to nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.19.3"><span class="content">they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.19.3"><span class="content">the mediums and the spiritists.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will hand the Egyptians over</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.19.4"><span class="content">to the power of a cruel master,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.19.4"><span class="content">and a fierce king will rule over them,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.19.4"><span class="content">declares the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The waters of the river will dry up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.19.5"><span class="content">and the riverbed will be parched and dry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The canals will stink;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.19.6"><span class="content">the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.19.6"><span class="content">The reeds and rushes will wither,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">also the plants along the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.19.7"><span class="content">at the mouth of the river.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.19.7"><span class="content">Every sown field along the Nile</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.19.7"><span class="content">will become parched, will blow away and be no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The fishermen will groan and lament,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.19.8"><span class="content">all who cast hooks into the Nile;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.19.8"><span class="content">those who throw nets on the water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.19.8"><span class="content">will pine away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those who work with combed flax will despair,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.19.9"><span class="content">the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The workers in cloth will be dejected,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.19.10"><span class="content">and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="content">the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="content">How can you say to Pharaoh,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="content">&#8220;I am one of the wise men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="content">a disciple of the ancient kings&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Where are your wise men now?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.19.12"><span class="content">Let them show you and make known</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.19.12"><span class="content">what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.19.12"><span class="content">has planned against Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The officials of Zoan have become fools,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.19.13"><span class="content">the leaders of Memphis are deceived;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.19.13"><span class="content">the cornerstones of her peoples</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.19.13"><span class="content">have led Egypt astray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has poured into them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.19.14"><span class="content">a spirit of dizziness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.19.14"><span class="content">they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.19.14"><span class="content">as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">There is nothing Egypt can do&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.19.15"><span class="content">head or tail, palm branch or reed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In that day the Egyptians will become weaklings. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty raises against them. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is planning against them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:18 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Symmachus and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">City of Destruction</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">In that day there will be an altar to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at its border. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">It will be a sign and witness to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and keep them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings </span><span class="ft">(see Gen. 48:20); or </span><span class="fqa">Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will bless them, saying, &#8220;Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Egypt and Cush</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the year that the supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">at that time the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him, &#8220;Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet.&#8221; And he did so, going around stripped and barefoot.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region; also in verse 5</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared&#8212;to Egypt&#8217;s shame. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be dismayed and put to shame. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In that day the people who live on this coast will say, &#8216;See what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.21.1"><span class="content">Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.21.1"><span class="content">an invader comes from the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.21.1"><span class="content">from a land of terror.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">A dire vision has been shown to me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.21.2"><span class="content">The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.21.2"><span class="content">Elam, attack! Media, lay siege!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.21.2"><span class="content">I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">At this my body is racked with pain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.21.3"><span class="content">pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.21.3"><span class="content">I am staggered by what I hear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.21.3"><span class="content">I am bewildered by what I see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My heart falters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.21.4"><span class="content">fear makes me tremble;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.21.4"><span class="content">the twilight I longed for</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.21.4"><span class="content">has become a horror to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They set the tables,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="content">they spread the rugs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="content">they eat, they drink!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="content">Get up, you officers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="content">oil the shields!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is what the Lord says to me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.21.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Go, post a lookout</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.21.6"><span class="content">and have him report what he sees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he sees chariots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">with teams of horses,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">riders on donkeys</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">or riders on camels,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">let him be alert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">fully alert.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And the lookout</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:8 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">A lion</span></span></span><span class="content"> shouted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.21.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.21.8"><span class="content">every night I stay at my post.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Look, here comes a man in a chariot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">with a team of horses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">And he gives back the answer:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">&#8216;Babylon has fallen, has fallen!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">All the images of its gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">lie shattered on the ground!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My people who are crushed on the threshing floor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.21.10"><span class="content">I tell you what I have heard</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.21.10"><span class="content">from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.21.10"><span class="content">from the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Edom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Dumah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:11 </span><span class="fq">Dumah</span><span class="ft">, a wordplay on </span><span class="fq">Edom</span><span class="ft">, means silence or stillness.</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.21.11"><span class="content">Someone calls to me from Seir,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.21.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Watchman, what is left of the night?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.21.11"><span class="content">Watchman, what is left of the night?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The watchman replies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.21.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Morning is coming, but also the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.21.12"><span class="content">If you would ask, then ask;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.21.12"><span class="content">and come back yet again.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Arabia</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Arabia:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.21.13"><span class="content">You caravans of Dedanites,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.21.13"><span class="content">who camp in the thickets of Arabia,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">bring water for the thirsty;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.21.14"><span class="content">you who live in Tema,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.21.14"><span class="content">bring food for the fugitives.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They flee from the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.21.15"><span class="content">from the drawn sword,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.21.15"><span class="content">from the bent bow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.21.15"><span class="content">and from the heat of battle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">This is what the Lord says to me: &#8220;Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.&#8221; The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, has spoken.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy About Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against the Valley of Vision:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.22.1"><span class="content">What troubles you now,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.22.1"><span class="content">that you have all gone up on the roofs,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.22.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">you town so full of commotion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.22.2"><span class="content">you city of tumult and revelry?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.22.2"><span class="content">Your slain were not killed by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.22.2"><span class="content">nor did they die in battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All your leaders have fled together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.22.3"><span class="content">they have been captured without using the bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.22.3"><span class="content">All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.22.3"><span class="content">having fled while the enemy was still far away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.22.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Therefore I said, &#8220;Turn away from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.22.4"><span class="content">let me weep bitterly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.22.4"><span class="content">Do not try to console me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.22.4"><span class="content">over the destruction of my people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, has a day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="content">of tumult and trampling and terror</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="content">in the Valley of Vision,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="content">a day of battering down walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="content">and of crying out to the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Elam takes up the quiver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.22.6"><span class="content">with her charioteers and horses;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.22.6"><span class="content">Kir uncovers the shield.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Your choicest valleys are full of chariots,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.22.7"><span class="content">and horsemen are posted at the city gates.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.22.8"><span class="content">and you looked in that day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.22.8"><span class="content">to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You saw that the walls of the City of David</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.22.9"><span class="content">were broken through in many places;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.22.9"><span class="content">you stored up water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.22.9"><span class="content">in the Lower Pool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You counted the buildings in Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.22.10"><span class="content">and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You built a reservoir between the two walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.22.11"><span class="content">for the water of the Old Pool,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.22.11"><span class="content">but you did not look to the One who made it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.22.11"><span class="content">or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.22.12"><span class="content">called you on that day</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.22.12"><span class="content">to weep and to wail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.22.12"><span class="content">to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But see, there is joy and revelry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="content">slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="content">eating of meat and drinking of wine!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Let us eat and drink,&#8221; you say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="content">&#8220;for tomorrow we die!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: &#8220;Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for,&#8221; says the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.22.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is what the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.22.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Go, say to this steward,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.22.15"><span class="content">to Shebna the palace administrator:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">What are you doing here and who gave you permission</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.22.16"><span class="content">to cut out a grave for yourself here,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.22.16"><span class="content">hewing your grave on the height</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.22.16"><span class="content">and chiseling your resting place in the rock?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Beware, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is about to take firm hold of you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.22.17"><span class="content">and hurl you away, you mighty man.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He will roll you up tightly like a ball</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.22.18"><span class="content">and throw you into a large country.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.22.18"><span class="content">There you will die</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.22.18"><span class="content">and there the chariots you were so proud of</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.22.18"><span class="content">will become a disgrace to your master&#8217;s house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.22.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I will depose you from your office,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.22.19"><span class="content">and you will be ousted from your position.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">throne</span></span></span><span class="content"> of honor for the house of his father. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots&#8212;all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.22.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8220;the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.&#8221; The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch23" data-usfm="ISA.23">
         <div class="label">23</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophecy Against Tyre</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy against Tyre:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.23.1"><span class="content">Wail, you ships of Tarshish!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.23.1"><span class="content">For Tyre is destroyed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.23.1"><span class="content">and left without house or harbor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.23.1"><span class="content">From the land of Cyprus</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.23.1"><span class="content">word has come to them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Be silent, you people of the island</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.23.2"><span class="content">and you merchants of Sidon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.23.2"><span class="content">whom the seafarers have enriched.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">On the great waters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.23.3"><span class="content">came the grain of the Shihor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.23.3"><span class="content">the harvest of the Nile</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:2,3 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls </span><span class="fqa">Sidon, / who cross over the sea; / your envoys </span><span class="fv">3 </span><span class="fqa">are on the great waters. / The grain of the Shihor, / the harvest of the Nile,</span></span></span><span class="content"> was the revenue of Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.23.3"><span class="content">and she became the marketplace of the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Be ashamed, Sidon, and you fortress of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.23.4"><span class="content">for the sea has spoken:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.23.4"><span class="content">&#8220;I have neither been in labor nor given birth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.23.4"><span class="content">I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When word comes to Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.23.5"><span class="content">they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Cross over to Tarshish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.23.6"><span class="content">wail, you people of the island.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.23.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Is this your city of revelry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.23.7"><span class="content">the old, old city,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.23.7"><span class="content">whose feet have taken her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.23.7"><span class="content">to settle in far-off lands?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Who planned this against Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.23.8"><span class="content">the bestower of crowns,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.23.8"><span class="content">whose merchants are princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.23.8"><span class="content">whose traders are renowned in the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.23.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty planned it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.23.9"><span class="content">to bring down her pride in all her splendor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.23.9"><span class="content">and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.23.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Till</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:10 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Go through</span></span></span><span class="content"> your land as they do along the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.23.10"><span class="content">Daughter Tarshish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.23.10"><span class="content">for you no longer have a harbor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.23.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has stretched out his hand over the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.23.11"><span class="content">and made its kingdoms tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.23.11"><span class="content">He has given an order concerning Phoenicia</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.23.11"><span class="content">that her fortresses be destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.23.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;No more of your reveling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.23.12"><span class="content">Virgin Daughter Sidon, now crushed!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.23.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Up, cross over to Cyprus;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.23.12"><span class="content">even there you will find no rest.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Look at the land of the Babylonians,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.23.13"><span class="content">this people that is now of no account!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.23.13"><span class="content">The Assyrians have made it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.23.13"><span class="content">a place for desert creatures;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.23.13"><span class="content">they raised up their siege towers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.23.13"><span class="content">they stripped its fortresses bare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.23.13"><span class="content">and turned it into a ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.23.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Wail, you ships of Tarshish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.23.14"><span class="content">your fortress is destroyed!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.23.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the span of a king&#8217;s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take up a harp, walk through the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.23.16"><span class="content">you forgotten prostitute;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.23.16"><span class="content">play the harp well, sing many a song,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.23.16"><span class="content">so that you will be remembered.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.23.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">At the end of seventy years, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for abundant food and fine clothes.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Devastation of the Earth</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is going to lay waste the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">and devastate it;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">he will ruin its face</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">and scatter its inhabitants&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">it will be the same</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for priest as for people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for the master as for his servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for the mistress as for her servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for seller as for buyer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for borrower as for lender,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">for debtor as for creditor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The earth will be completely laid waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="content">and totally plundered.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken this word.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The earth dries up and withers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="content">the world languishes and withers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="content">the heavens languish with the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The earth is defiled by its people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">they have disobeyed the laws,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">violated the statutes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">and broken the everlasting covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore a curse consumes the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">its people must bear their guilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">Therefore earth&#8217;s inhabitants are burned up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">and very few are left.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The new wine dries up and the vine withers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="content">all the merrymakers groan.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The joyful timbrels are stilled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="content">the noise of the revelers has stopped,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="content">the joyful harp is silent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">No longer do they drink wine with a song;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"><span class="content">the beer is bitter to its drinkers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The ruined city lies desolate;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"><span class="content">the entrance to every house is barred.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.24.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In the streets they cry out for wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="content">all joy turns to gloom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="content">all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.24.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The city is left in ruins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"><span class="content">its gate is battered to pieces.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So will it be on the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">and among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">as when an olive tree is beaten,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.24.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They raise their voices, they shout for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"><span class="content">from the west they acclaim the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore in the east give glory to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="content">exalt the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="content">in the islands of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.24.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">From the ends of the earth we hear singing:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">&#8220;Glory to the Righteous One.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">But I said, &#8220;I waste away, I waste away!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">Woe to me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">The treacherous betray!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">With treachery the treacherous betray!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Terror and pit and snare await you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"><span class="content">people of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever flees at the sound of terror</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">will fall into a pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">whoever climbs out of the pit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">will be caught in a snare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">The floodgates of the heavens are opened,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">the foundations of the earth shake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The earth is broken up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="content">the earth is split asunder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="content">the earth is violently shaken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The earth reels like a drunkard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">it sways like a hut in the wind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">that it falls&#8212;never to rise again.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In that day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will punish</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="content">the powers in the heavens above</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="content">and the kings on the earth below.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They will be herded together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">like prisoners bound in a dungeon;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">they will be shut up in prison</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">and be punished</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">24:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">released</span></span></span><span class="content"> after many days.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The moon will be dismayed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">the sun ashamed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will reign</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.24.23"><span class="content">and before its elders&#8212;with great glory.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you are my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">I will exalt you and praise your name,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">for in perfect faithfulness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">you have done wonderful things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">things planned long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You have made the city a heap of rubble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">the fortified town a ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">the foreigners&#8217; stronghold a city no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">it will never be rebuilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore strong peoples will honor you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="content">cities of ruthless nations will revere you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You have been a refuge for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">a refuge for the needy in their distress,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">a shelter from the storm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">and a shade from the heat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">For the breath of the ruthless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">is like a storm driving against a wall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and like the heat of the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">You silence the uproar of foreigners;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">so the song of the ruthless is stilled.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On this mountain the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will prepare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">a feast of rich food for all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">a banquet of aged wine&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">the best of meats and the finest of wines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On this mountain he will destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">the shroud that enfolds all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">the sheet that covers all nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">he will swallow up death forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will wipe away the tears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">from all faces;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">he will remove his people&#8217;s disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">from all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In that day they will say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely this is our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">we trusted in him, and he saved us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">This is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, we trusted in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rest on this mountain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">but Moab will be trampled in their land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">as straw is trampled down in the manure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will stretch out their hands in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">God will bring down their pride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">despite the cleverness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He will bring down your high fortified walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">and lay them low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">he will bring them down to the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">to the very dust.</span></span></div>
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