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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Sea of Galilee</span></span></span><span class="content"> the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He saw at the water&#8217;s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Simon answered, &#8220;Master, we&#8217;ve worked hard all night and haven&#8217;t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus&#8217; knees and said, &#8220;Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon&#8217;s partners.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.5.10"><span class="content">Then Jesus said to Simon, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:12 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word traditionally translated </span><span class="fq">leprosy </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content"> When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, &#8220;Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am willing,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Be clean!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And immediately the leprosy left him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Jesus ordered him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw their faith, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Friend, your sins are forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, &#8220;Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Which is easier: to say, &#8216;Your sins are forgiven,&#8217; or to say, &#8216;Get up and walk&#8217;?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So he said to the paralyzed man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, &#8220;We have seen remarkable things today.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">48</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Division of the Land</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;These are the tribes, listed by name: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath will be part of its border from the east side to the west side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.48.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Asher will have one portion; it will border the territory of Dan from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.48.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Naphtali will have one portion; it will border the territory of Asher from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.48.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Manasseh will have one portion; it will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.48.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim will have one portion; it will border the territory of Manasseh from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.48.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Reuben will have one portion; it will border the territory of Ephraim from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.48.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Judah will have one portion; it will border the territory of Reuben from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.48.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bordering the territory of Judah from east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It will be 25,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:8 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 8 miles or about 13 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20 and 21</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide, and its length from east to west will equal one of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.48.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The special portion you are to offer to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13 and 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This will be the sacred portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites, who were faithful in serving me and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.48.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. Its total length will be 25,000 cubits and its width 10,000 cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.48.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.48.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The remaining area, 5,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 2/3 miles or about 2.7 kilometers</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for the common use of the city, for houses and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.48.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and will have these measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 1/2 miles or about 2.4 kilometers; also in verses 30, 32, 33 and 34</span></span></span><span class="content"> the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.48.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The pastureland for the city will be 250 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 440 feet or about 135 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the north, 250 cubits on the south, 250 cubits on the east, and 250 cubits on the west. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.48.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">What remains of the area, bordering on the sacred portion and running the length of it, will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.48.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The workers from the city who farm it will come from all the tribes of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.48.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits on each side. As a special gift you will set aside the sacred portion, along with the property of the city.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.48.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.48.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;What remains on both sides of the area formed by the sacred portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince. It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong to the prince, and the sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in the center of them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.48.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So the property of the Levites and the property of the city will lie in the center of the area that belongs to the prince. The area belonging to the prince will lie between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.48.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.48.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion; it will extend from the east side to the west side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.48.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.48.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Simeon will have one portion; it will border the territory of Benjamin from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.48.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.48.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Issachar will have one portion; it will border the territory of Simeon from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.48.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.48.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Zebulun will have one portion; it will border the territory of Issachar from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.48.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.48.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Gad will have one portion; it will border the territory of Zebulun from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.48.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.48.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.48.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.48.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Gates of the New City</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.48.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.48.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.48.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.48.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.48.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.48.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.48.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the south side, which measures 4,500 cubits, will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar and the gate of Zebulun.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.48.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.48.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate of Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.48.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:35 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 6 miles or about 9.5 kilometers</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="content">&#8220;And the name of the city from that time on will be:</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is there.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">66</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment and Hope</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Heaven is my throne,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">and the earth is my footstool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">Where is the house you will build for me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">Where will my resting place be?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.66.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Has not my hand made all these things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">and so they came into being?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">&#8220;These are the ones I look on with favor:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">those who are humble and contrite in spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">and who tremble at my word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.66.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But whoever sacrifices a bull</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who kills a person,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">and whoever offers a lamb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who breaks a dog&#8217;s neck;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">whoever makes a grain offering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who presents pig&#8217;s blood,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">and whoever burns memorial incense</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">is like one who worships an idol.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">They have chosen their own ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">and they delight in their abominations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.66.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">so I also will choose harsh treatment for them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">and will bring on them what they dread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">For when I called, no one answered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">when I spoke, no one listened.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">They did evil in my sight</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">and chose what displeases me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.66.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">you who tremble at his word:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Your own people who hate you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">and exclude you because of my name, have said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">&#8216;Let the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be glorified,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">that we may see your joy!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">Yet they will be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.66.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Hear that uproar from the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">hear that noise from the temple!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">It is the sound of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">repaying his enemies all they deserve.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.66.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Before she goes into labor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">she gives birth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">before the pains come upon her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">she delivers a son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.66.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Who has ever heard of such things?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">Who has ever seen things like this?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">Can a country be born in a day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">or a nation be brought forth in a moment?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">Yet no sooner is Zion in labor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">than she gives birth to her children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.66.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do I bring to the moment of birth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">and not give delivery?&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Do I close up the womb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">when I bring to delivery?&#8221; says your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.66.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">all you who love her;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">rejoice greatly with her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">all you who mourn over her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.66.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For you will nurse and be satisfied</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">at her comforting breasts;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">you will drink deeply</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">and delight in her overflowing abundance.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.66.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">&#8220;I will extend peace to her like a river,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">you will nurse and be carried on her arm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">and dandled on her knees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.66.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As a mother comforts her child,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="content">so will I comfort you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="content">and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.66.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When you see this, your heart will rejoice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">and you will flourish like grass;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be made known to his servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">but his fury will be shown to his foes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.66.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming with fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">and his chariots are like a whirlwind;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">he will bring down his anger with fury,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">and his rebuke with flames of fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.66.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For with fire and with his sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will execute judgment on all people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="content">and many will be those slain by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.66.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.66.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats and other unclean things&#8212;they will meet their end together with the one they follow,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.66.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.66.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about to come</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">66:18 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and gather the people of all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.66.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.66.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations&#8212;to Tarshish, to the Libyans</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">66:19 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Put </span><span class="ft">(Libyans); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Pul</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.66.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And they will bring all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in ceremonially clean vessels. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.66.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.66.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.66.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;so will your name and descendants endure. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.66.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.66.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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