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         <div class="label">59</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sin, Confession and Redemption</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Surely the arm of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is not too short to save,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="content">nor his ear too dull to hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.59.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But your iniquities have separated</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">you from your God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">your sins have hidden his face from you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">so that he will not hear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.59.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For your hands are stained with blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">your fingers with guilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">Your lips have spoken falsely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">and your tongue mutters wicked things.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.59.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">No one calls for justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">no one pleads a case with integrity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.59.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They hatch the eggs of vipers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">and spin a spider&#8217;s web.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">Whoever eats their eggs will die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.59.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">they cannot cover themselves with what they make.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">Their deeds are evil deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">and acts of violence are in their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.59.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their feet rush into sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">they are swift to shed innocent blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">They pursue evil schemes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">acts of violence mark their ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.59.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The way of peace they do not know;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">there is no justice in their paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">They have turned them into crooked roads;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">no one who walks along them will know peace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.59.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So justice is far from us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">and righteousness does not reach us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">We look for light, but all is darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.59.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Like the blind we grope along the wall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">feeling our way like people without eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">At midday we stumble as if it were twilight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">among the strong, we are like the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.59.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We all growl like bears;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">we moan mournfully like doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">We look for justice, but find none;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">for deliverance, but it is far away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.59.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For our offenses are many in your sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">and our sins testify against us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">Our offenses are ever with us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">and we acknowledge our iniquities:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.59.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">rebellion and treachery against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">turning our backs on our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">inciting revolt and oppression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">uttering lies our hearts have conceived.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.59.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So justice is driven back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">and righteousness stands at a distance;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">truth has stumbled in the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">honesty cannot enter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.59.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Truth is nowhere to be found,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> looked and was displeased</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">that there was no justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.59.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He saw that there was no one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">so his own arm achieved salvation for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">and his own righteousness sustained him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.59.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He put on righteousness as his breastplate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">and the helmet of salvation on his head;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">he put on the garments of vengeance</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.59.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">According to what they have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">so will he repay</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">wrath to his enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">and retribution to his foes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">he will repay the islands their due.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.59.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">From the west, people will fear the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">For he will come like a pent-up flood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">that the breath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> drives along.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">59:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will put them to flight</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.59.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Redeemer will come to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.59.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.59.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for me, this is my covenant with them,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants&#8212;from this time on and forever,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch60" data-usfm="ISA.60">
         <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="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="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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