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         <div class="label">60</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Glory of Zion</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.60.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Arise, shine, for your light has come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.60.1"><span class="content">and the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rises upon you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.60.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.60.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">See, darkness covers the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.60.2"><span class="content">and thick darkness is over the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.60.2"><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rises upon you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.60.2"><span class="content">and his glory appears over you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.60.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.60.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Nations will come to your light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.60.3"><span class="content">and kings to the brightness of your dawn.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.60.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.60.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lift up your eyes and look about you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.60.4"><span class="content">All assemble and come to you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.60.4"><span class="content">your sons come from afar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.60.4"><span class="content">and your daughters are carried on the hip.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.60.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.60.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then you will look and be radiant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.60.5"><span class="content">your heart will throb and swell with joy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.60.5"><span class="content">the wealth on the seas will be brought to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.60.5"><span class="content">to you the riches of the nations will come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.60.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Herds of camels will cover your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="content">young camels of Midian and Ephah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="content">And all from Sheba will come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="content">bearing gold and incense</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="content">and proclaiming the praise of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.60.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.60.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All Kedar&#8217;s flocks will be gathered to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.60.7"><span class="content">the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.60.7"><span class="content">they will be accepted as offerings on my altar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.60.7"><span class="content">and I will adorn my glorious temple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.60.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.60.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who are these that fly along like clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.60.8"><span class="content">like doves to their nests?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.60.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely the islands look to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">60:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the trading ships</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">bringing your children from afar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">with their silver and gold,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">to the honor of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">the Holy One of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">for he has endowed you with splendor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.60.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.60.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Foreigners will rebuild your walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.60.10"><span class="content">and their kings will serve you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.60.10"><span class="content">Though in anger I struck you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.60.10"><span class="content">in favor I will show you compassion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.60.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.60.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Your gates will always stand open,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.60.11"><span class="content">they will never be shut, day or night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.60.11"><span class="content">so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.60.11"><span class="content">their kings led in triumphal procession.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.60.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.60.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.60.12"><span class="content">it will be utterly ruined.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.60.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.60.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The glory of Lebanon will come to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.60.13"><span class="content">the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.60.13"><span class="content">to adorn my sanctuary;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.60.13"><span class="content">and I will glorify the place for my feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.60.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.60.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The children of your oppressors will come bowing before you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.60.14"><span class="content">all who despise you will bow down at your feet</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.60.14"><span class="content">and will call you the City of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.60.14"><span class="content">Zion of the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.60.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.60.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Although you have been forsaken and hated,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.60.15"><span class="content">with no one traveling through,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.60.15"><span class="content">I will make you the everlasting pride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.60.15"><span class="content">and the joy of all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.60.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.60.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You will drink the milk of nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.60.16"><span class="content">and be nursed at royal breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.60.16"><span class="content">Then you will know that I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, am your Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.60.16"><span class="content">your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.60.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">and silver in place of iron.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">and iron in place of stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">I will make peace your governor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">and well-being your ruler.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.60.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.60.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">No longer will violence be heard in your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.60.18"><span class="content">nor ruin or destruction within your borders,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.60.18"><span class="content">but you will call your walls Salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.60.18"><span class="content">and your gates Praise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.60.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.60.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The sun will no more be your light by day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.60.19"><span class="content">nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.60.19"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be your everlasting light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.60.19"><span class="content">and your God will be your glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.60.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.60.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Your sun will never set again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.60.20"><span class="content">and your moon will wane no more;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.60.20"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be your everlasting light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.60.20"><span class="content">and your days of sorrow will end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.60.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then all your people will be righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="content">and they will possess the land forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="content">They are the shoot I have planted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="content">the work of my hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="content">for the display of my splendor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.60.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.60.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The least of you will become a thousand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.60.22"><span class="content">the smallest a mighty nation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.60.22"><span class="content">I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.60.22"><span class="content">in its time I will do this swiftly.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">61</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Year of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Favor</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Spirit of the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has anointed me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim good news to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim freedom for the captives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">and release from darkness for the prisoners,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">61:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">the blind</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">to proclaim the year of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">and the day of vengeance of our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">to comfort all who mourn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and provide for those who grieve in Zion&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">to bestow on them a crown of beauty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of ashes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">the oil of joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">and a garment of praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of a spirit of despair.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">They will be called oaks of righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">a planting of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">for the display of his splendor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will rebuild the ancient ruins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">and restore the places long devastated;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">they will renew the ruined cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">that have been devastated for generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Strangers will shepherd your flocks;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="content">foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you will be called priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">you will be named ministers of our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">You will feed on the wealth of nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">and in their riches you will boast.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Instead of your shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will receive a double portion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and instead of disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will rejoice in your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and everlasting joy will be yours.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;For I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, love justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">I hate robbery and wrongdoing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">In my faithfulness I will reward my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">and make an everlasting covenant with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their descendants will be known among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">and their offspring among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">All who see them will acknowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">that they are a people the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I delight greatly in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">my soul rejoices in my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">For he has clothed me with garments of salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For as the soil makes the sprout come up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and a garden causes seeds to grow,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">so the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and praise spring up before all nations.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch62" data-usfm="ISA.62">
         <div class="label">62</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zion&#8217;s New Name</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">For Zion&#8217;s sake I will not keep silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="content">for Jerusalem&#8217;s sake I will not remain quiet,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="content">till her vindication shines out like the dawn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="content">her salvation like a blazing torch.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.62.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The nations will see your vindication,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="content">and all kings your glory;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="content">you will be called by a new name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="content">that the mouth of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will bestow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.62.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.62.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You will be a crown of splendor in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.62.3"><span class="content">a royal diadem in the hand of your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.62.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">No longer will they call you Deserted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">or name your land Desolate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">But you will be called Hephzibah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">62:4 </span><span class="fq">Hephzibah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">my delight is in her.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">and your land Beulah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">62:4 </span><span class="fq">Beulah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">married</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will take delight in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">and your land will be married.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.62.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">As a young man marries a young woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="content">so will your Builder marry you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="content">as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="content">so will your God rejoice over you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.62.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="content">they will never be silent day or night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="content">You who call on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="content">give yourselves no rest,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.62.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.62.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.62.7"><span class="content">and makes her the praise of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.62.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sworn by his right hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">and by his mighty arm:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Never again will I give your grain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">as food for your enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">and never again will foreigners drink the new wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">for which you have toiled;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.62.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">but those who harvest it will eat it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="content">and praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="content">and those who gather the grapes will drink it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="content">in the courts of my sanctuary.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.62.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Pass through, pass through the gates!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Prepare the way for the people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Build up, build up the highway!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Remove the stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">Raise a banner for the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.62.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has made proclamation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">to the ends of the earth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Say to Daughter Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">&#8216;See, your Savior comes!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">See, his reward is with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">and his recompense accompanies him.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.62.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They will be called the Holy People,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="content">the Redeemed of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="content">and you will be called Sought After,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.62.12"><span class="content">the City No Longer Deserted.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch63" data-usfm="ISA.63">
         <div class="label">63</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Day of Vengeance and Redemption</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Who is this coming from Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">Who is this, robed in splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">striding forward in the greatness of his strength?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">&#8220;It is I, proclaiming victory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">mighty to save.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.63.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.63.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Why are your garments red,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.63.2"><span class="content">like those of one treading the winepress?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.63.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have trodden the winepress alone;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">from the nations no one was with me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">I trampled them in my anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">and trod them down in my wrath;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">their blood spattered my garments,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">and I stained all my clothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.63.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.63.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">It was for me the day of vengeance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.63.4"><span class="content">the year for me to redeem had come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.63.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I looked, but there was no one to help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">I was appalled that no one gave support;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">so my own arm achieved salvation for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">and my own wrath sustained me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.63.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I trampled the nations in my anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="content">in my wrath I made them drunk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="content">and poured their blood on the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Praise and Prayer</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.63.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will tell of the kindnesses of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">the deeds for which he is to be praised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">according to all the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done for us&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">yes, the many good things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">he has done for Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">according to his compassion and many kindnesses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.63.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;Surely they are my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="content">children who will be true to me&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="content">and so he became their Savior.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.63.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In all their distress he too was distressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">and the angel of his presence saved them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">63:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Savior </span><span class="fv">9 </span><span class="fqa">in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">In his love and mercy he redeemed them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">he lifted them up and carried them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">all the days of old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.63.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet they rebelled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">and grieved his Holy Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">So he turned and became their enemy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">and he himself fought against them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.63.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then his people recalled</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">63:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">But may he recall</span></span></span><span class="content"> the days of old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">the days of Moses and his people&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">where is he who brought them through the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">with the shepherd of his flock?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">Where is he who set</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">his Holy Spirit among them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.63.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">who sent his glorious arm of power</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">to be at Moses&#8217; right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">who divided the waters before them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">to gain for himself everlasting renown,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.63.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">who led them through the depths?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="content">Like a horse in open country,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="content">they did not stumble;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.63.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">like cattle that go down to the plain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">they were given rest by the Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">This is how you guided your people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">to make for yourself a glorious name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.63.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Look down from heaven and see,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">from your lofty throne, holy and glorious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">Where are your zeal and your might?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.63.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But you are our Father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">though Abraham does not know us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">or Israel acknowledge us;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are our Father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">our Redeemer from of old is your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.63.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Why, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do you make us wander from your ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">and harden our hearts so we do not revere you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">Return for the sake of your servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">the tribes that are your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.63.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.63.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For a little while your people possessed your holy place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.63.18"><span class="content">but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.63.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.63.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">We are yours from of old;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.63.19"><span class="content">but you have not ruled over them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.63.19"><span class="content">they have not been called</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">63:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called</span></span></span><span class="content"> by your name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">64</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 64:1 is numbered 63:19b, and 64:2-12 is numbered 64:1-11.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.64.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.64.1"><span class="content">that the mountains would tremble before you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.64.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.64.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As when fire sets twigs ablaze</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.64.2"><span class="content">and causes water to boil,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.64.2"><span class="content">come down to make your name known to your enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.64.2"><span class="content">and cause the nations to quake before you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.64.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.64.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For when you did awesome things that we did not expect,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.64.3"><span class="content">you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.64.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.64.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Since ancient times no one has heard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.64.4"><span class="content">no ear has perceived,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.64.4"><span class="content">no eye has seen any God besides you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.64.4"><span class="content">who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.64.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You come to the help of those who gladly do right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="content">who remember your ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="content">But when we continued to sin against them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="content">you were angry.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="content">How then can we be saved?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.64.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.64.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">All of us have become like one who is unclean,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.64.6"><span class="content">and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.64.6"><span class="content">we all shrivel up like a leaf,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.64.6"><span class="content">and like the wind our sins sweep us away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.64.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.64.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No one calls on your name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.64.7"><span class="content">or strives to lay hold of you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.64.7"><span class="content">for you have hidden your face from us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.64.7"><span class="content">and have given us over to</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">64:7 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">have made us melt because of</span></span></span><span class="content"> our sins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.64.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.64.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Yet you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are our Father.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.64.8"><span class="content">We are the clay, you are the potter;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.64.8"><span class="content">we are all the work of your hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.64.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.64.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not be angry beyond measure, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.64.9"><span class="content">do not remember our sins forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.64.9"><span class="content">Oh, look on us, we pray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.64.9"><span class="content">for we are all your people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.64.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.64.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Your sacred cities have become a wasteland;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.64.10"><span class="content">even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.64.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.64.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.64.11"><span class="content">has been burned with fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.64.11"><span class="content">and all that we treasured lies in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.64.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.64.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After all this, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will you hold yourself back?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.64.12"><span class="content">Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">65</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment and Salvation</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.65.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.65.1"><span class="content">I was found by those who did not seek me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.65.1"><span class="content">To a nation that did not call on my name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.65.1"><span class="content">I said, &#8216;Here am I, here am I.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.65.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.65.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">All day long I have held out my hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.65.2"><span class="content">to an obstinate people,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.65.2"><span class="content">who walk in ways not good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.65.2"><span class="content">pursuing their own imaginations&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.65.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.65.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">a people who continually provoke me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.65.3"><span class="content">to my very face,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.65.3"><span class="content">offering sacrifices in gardens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.65.3"><span class="content">and burning incense on altars of brick;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.65.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.65.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who sit among the graves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.65.4"><span class="content">and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.65.4"><span class="content">who eat the flesh of pigs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.65.4"><span class="content">and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.65.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.65.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">who say, &#8216;Keep away; don&#8217;t come near me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.65.5"><span class="content">for I am too sacred for you!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.65.5"><span class="content">Such people are smoke in my nostrils,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.65.5"><span class="content">a fire that keeps burning all day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.65.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.65.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, it stands written before me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.65.6"><span class="content">I will not keep silent but will pay back in full;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.65.6"><span class="content">I will pay it back into their laps&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.65.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">both your sins and the sins of your ancestors,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">and defied me on the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">I will measure into their laps</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">the full payment for their former deeds.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.65.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">&#8220;As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">and people say, &#8216;Don&#8217;t destroy it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">there is still a blessing in it,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">so will I do in behalf of my servants;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">I will not destroy them all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.65.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.65.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.65.9"><span class="content">and from Judah those who will possess my mountains;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.65.9"><span class="content">my chosen people will inherit them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.65.9"><span class="content">and there will my servants live.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.65.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.65.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Sharon will become a pasture for flocks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.65.10"><span class="content">and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.65.10"><span class="content">for my people who seek me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.65.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.65.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;But as for you who forsake the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.65.11"><span class="content">and forget my holy mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.65.11"><span class="content">who spread a table for Fortune</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.65.11"><span class="content">and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.65.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will destine you for the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">and all of you will fall in the slaughter;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">for I called but you did not answer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">I spoke but you did not listen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">You did evil in my sight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">and chose what displeases me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.65.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">&#8220;My servants will eat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">but you will go hungry;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">my servants will drink,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">but you will go thirsty;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">my servants will rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">but you will be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.65.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">My servants will sing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="content">out of the joy of their hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="content">but you will cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="content">from anguish of heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="content">and wail in brokenness of spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.65.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.65.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You will leave your name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.65.15"><span class="content">for my chosen ones to use in their curses;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.65.15"><span class="content">the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will put you to death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.65.15"><span class="content">but to his servants he will give another name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.65.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoever invokes a blessing in the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">will do so by the one true God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">whoever takes an oath in the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">will swear by the one true God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">For the past troubles will be forgotten</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">and hidden from my eyes.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">New Heavens and a New Earth</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.65.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will create</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">new heavens and a new earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">The former things will not be remembered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">nor will they come to mind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.65.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But be glad and rejoice forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">in what I will create,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">and its people a joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.65.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I will rejoice over Jerusalem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">and take delight in my people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">the sound of weeping and of crying</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">will be heard in it no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.65.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Never again will there be in it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">an infant who lives but a few days,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">or an old man who does not live out his years;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">the one who dies at a hundred</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">will be thought a mere child;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">the one who fails to reach</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">65:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the sinner who reaches</span></span></span><span class="content"> a hundred</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">will be considered accursed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.65.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.65.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They will build houses and dwell in them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.65.21"><span class="content">they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.65.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">No longer will they build houses and others live in them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">or plant and others eat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">For as the days of a tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">so will be the days of my people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">my chosen ones will long enjoy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">the work of their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.65.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They will not labor in vain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">for they will be a people blessed by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">they and their descendants with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.65.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.65.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Before they call I will answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.65.24"><span class="content">while they are still speaking I will hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.65.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The wolf and the lamb will feed together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">and the lion will eat straw like the ox,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">and dust will be the serpent&#8217;s food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">They will neither harm nor destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">on all my holy mountain,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.65.25"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">66</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment and Hope</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Heaven is my throne,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">and the earth is my footstool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">Where is the house you will build for me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">Where will my resting place be?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Has not my hand made all these things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">and so they came into being?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">&#8220;These are the ones I look on with favor:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">those who are humble and contrite in spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">and who tremble at my word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But whoever sacrifices a bull</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who kills a person,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">and whoever offers a lamb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who breaks a dog&#8217;s neck;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">whoever makes a grain offering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who presents pig&#8217;s blood,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">and whoever burns memorial incense</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who worships an idol.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">They have chosen their own ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">and they delight in their abominations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">so I also will choose harsh treatment for them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">and will bring on them what they dread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">For when I called, no one answered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">when I spoke, no one listened.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">They did evil in my sight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">and chose what displeases me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">you who tremble at his word:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Your own people who hate you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">and exclude you because of my name, have said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">&#8216;Let the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be glorified,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">that we may see your joy!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">Yet they will be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Hear that uproar from the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">hear that noise from the temple!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">It is the sound of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">repaying his enemies all they deserve.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Before she goes into labor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">she gives birth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">before the pains come upon her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">she delivers a son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Who has ever heard of such things?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">Who has ever seen things like this?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">Can a country be born in a day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">or a nation be brought forth in a moment?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">Yet no sooner is Zion in labor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">than she gives birth to her children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do I bring to the moment of birth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">and not give delivery?&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Do I close up the womb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">when I bring to delivery?&#8221; says your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">all you who love her;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">rejoice greatly with her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">all you who mourn over her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For you will nurse and be satisfied</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">at her comforting breasts;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">you will drink deeply</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">and delight in her overflowing abundance.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">&#8220;I will extend peace to her like a river,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">you will nurse and be carried on her arm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">and dandled on her knees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As a mother comforts her child,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="content">so will I comfort you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="content">and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When you see this, your heart will rejoice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">and you will flourish like grass;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be made known to his servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">but his fury will be shown to his foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming with fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">and his chariots are like a whirlwind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">he will bring down his anger with fury,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">and his rebuke with flames of fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For with fire and with his sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will execute judgment on all people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="content">and many will be those slain by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.66.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats and other unclean things&#8212;they will meet their end together with the one they follow,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.66.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.66.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about to come</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">66:18 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and gather the people of all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.66.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.66.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations&#8212;to Tarshish, to the Libyans</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">66:19 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Put </span><span class="ft">(Libyans); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Pul</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.66.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And they will bring all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in ceremonially clean vessels. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.66.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.66.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.66.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;so will your name and descendants endure. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.66.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.66.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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