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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PHP.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in verse 14; and in 3:1, 13, 17; 4:1, 8, 21.</span></span></span><span class="content"> that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">whole palace</span></span></span><span class="content"> and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PHP.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PHP.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PHP.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PHP.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PHP.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.1.18"><span class="content">Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PHP.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">for I know that through your prayers and God&#8217;s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">vindication</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">salvation</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PHP.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PHP.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PHP.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PHP.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PHP.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PHP.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PHP.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">so that through my being with you again your boasting in Christ Jesus will abound on account of me.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Life Worthy of the Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PHP.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PHP.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in one spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> striving together as one for the faith of the gospel </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PHP.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved&#8212;and that by God. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PHP.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PHP.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Lament Over Israel&#8217;s Princes</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;What a lioness was your mother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="content">among the lions!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="content">She lay down among them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="content">and reared her cubs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">She brought up one of her cubs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.19.3"><span class="content">and he became a strong lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.19.3"><span class="content">He learned to tear the prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.19.3"><span class="content">and he became a man-eater.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The nations heard about him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.19.4"><span class="content">and he was trapped in their pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.19.4"><span class="content">They led him with hooks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.19.4"><span class="content">to the land of Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;When she saw her hope unfulfilled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.19.5"><span class="content">her expectation gone,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.19.5"><span class="content">she took another of her cubs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.19.5"><span class="content">and made him a strong lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He prowled among the lions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.19.6"><span class="content">for he was now a strong lion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.19.6"><span class="content">He learned to tear the prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.19.6"><span class="content">and he became a man-eater.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He broke down</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:7 </span><span class="ft">Targum (see Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">He knew</span></span></span><span class="content"> their strongholds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.19.7"><span class="content">and devastated their towns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.19.7"><span class="content">The land and all who were in it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.19.7"><span class="content">were terrified by his roaring.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the nations came against him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.19.8"><span class="content">those from regions round about.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.19.8"><span class="content">They spread their net for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.19.8"><span class="content">and he was trapped in their pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With hooks they pulled him into a cage</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="content">and brought him to the king of Babylon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="content">They put him in prison,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="content">so his roar was heard no longer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="content">on the mountains of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:10 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">your blood</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.19.10"><span class="content">planted by the water;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.19.10"><span class="content">it was fruitful and full of branches</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.19.10"><span class="content">because of abundant water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Its branches were strong,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">fit for a ruler&#8217;s scepter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">It towered high</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">above the thick foliage,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">conspicuous for its height</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">and for its many branches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But it was uprooted in fury</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">and thrown to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">The east wind made it shrivel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">it was stripped of its fruit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">its strong branches withered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">and fire consumed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now it is planted in the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.19.13"><span class="content">in a dry and thirsty land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Fire spread from one of its main</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from under its</span></span></span><span class="content"> branches</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.19.14"><span class="content">and consumed its fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.19.14"><span class="content">No strong branch is left on it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.19.14"><span class="content">fit for a ruler&#8217;s scepter.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.19.14"><span class="content">&#8220;This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">48</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Stubborn Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">you who are called by the name of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">and come from the line of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">you who take oaths in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">and invoke the God of Israel&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">but not in truth or righteousness&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.48.2"><span class="content">and claim to rely on the God of Israel&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.48.2"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is his name:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.48.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I foretold the former things long ago,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.48.3"><span class="content">my mouth announced them and I made them known;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.48.3"><span class="content">then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.48.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For I knew how stubborn you were;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.48.4"><span class="content">your neck muscles were iron,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.48.4"><span class="content">your forehead was bronze.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.48.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore I told you these things long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="content">before they happened I announced them to you</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="content">so that you could not say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="content">&#8216;My images brought them about;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="content">my wooden image and metal god ordained them.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You have heard these things; look at them all.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.48.6"><span class="content">Will you not admit them?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.48.6"><span class="content">&#8220;From now on I will tell you of new things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.48.6"><span class="content">of hidden things unknown to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.48.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They are created now, and not long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.48.7"><span class="content">you have not heard of them before today.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.48.7"><span class="content">So you cannot say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.48.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Yes, I knew of them.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.48.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You have neither heard nor understood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.48.8"><span class="content">from of old your ears have not been open.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.48.8"><span class="content">Well do I know how treacherous you are;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.48.8"><span class="content">you were called a rebel from birth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.48.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For my own name&#8217;s sake I delay my wrath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.48.9"><span class="content">for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.48.9"><span class="content">so as not to destroy you completely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.48.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">See, I have refined you, though not as silver;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.48.10"><span class="content">I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.48.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="content">How can I let myself be defamed?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="content">I will not yield my glory to another.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Freed</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to me, Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">Israel, whom I have called:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">I am he;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">I am the first and I am the last.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="content">and my right hand spread out the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="content">when I summon them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="content">they all stand up together.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come together, all of you, and listen:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="content">Which of the idols has foretold these things?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s chosen ally</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="content">will carry out his purpose against Babylon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="content">his arm will be against the Babylonians.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 20</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.48.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I, even I, have spoken;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.48.15"><span class="content">yes, I have called him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.48.15"><span class="content">I will bring him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.48.15"><span class="content">and he will succeed in his mission.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.48.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come near me and listen to this:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="content">&#8220;From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="content">at the time it happens, I am there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="content">And now the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sent me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="content">endowed with his Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">&#8220;I am 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 v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">who teaches you what is best for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">who directs you in the way you should go.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If only you had paid attention to my commands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="content">your peace would have been like a river,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="content">your well-being like the waves of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.48.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Your descendants would have been like the sand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.48.19"><span class="content">your children like its numberless grains;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.48.19"><span class="content">their name would never be blotted out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.48.19"><span class="content">nor destroyed from before me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.48.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Leave Babylon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">flee from the Babylonians!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">Announce this with shouts of joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">and proclaim it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">Send it out to the ends of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has redeemed his servant Jacob.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.48.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.48.21"><span class="content">he made water flow for them from the rock;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.48.21"><span class="content">he split the rock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.48.21"><span class="content">and water gushed out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.48.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.48.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;There is no peace,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;for the wicked.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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