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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Isaiah and His Children as Signs</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:1 </span><span class="fq">Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 3.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So I called in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For before the boy knows how to say &#8216;My father&#8217; or &#8216;My mother,&#8217; the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to me again:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because this people has rejected</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.8.6"><span class="content">the gently flowing waters of Shiloah</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.8.6"><span class="content">and rejoices over Rezin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.8.6"><span class="content">and the son of Remaliah,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">therefore the Lord is about to bring against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="content">the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="content">the king of Assyria with all his pomp.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="content">It will overflow all its channels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="content">run over all its banks</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.8.8"><span class="content">passing through it and reaching up to the neck.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.8.8"><span class="content">Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.8.8"><span class="content">Immanuel</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:8 </span><span class="fq">Immanuel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">God with us.</span></span></span><span class="content">!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Raise the war cry,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Do your worst</span></span></span><span class="content"> you nations, and be shattered!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.8.9"><span class="content">Listen, all you distant lands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.8.9"><span class="content">Prepare for battle, and be shattered!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.8.9"><span class="content">Prepare for battle, and be shattered!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.8.10"><span class="content">propose your plan, but it will not stand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.8.10"><span class="content">for God is with us.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Immanuel</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not call conspiracy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.8.12"><span class="content">everything this people calls a conspiracy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.8.12"><span class="content">do not fear what they fear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.8.12"><span class="content">and do not dread it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.8.13"><span class="content">he is the one you are to fear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.8.13"><span class="content">he is the one you are to dread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He will be a holy place;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.8.14"><span class="content">for both Israel and Judah he will be</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.8.14"><span class="content">a stone that causes people to stumble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.8.14"><span class="content">and a rock that makes them fall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.8.14"><span class="content">And for the people of Jerusalem he will be</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.8.14"><span class="content">a trap and a snare.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.8.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Many of them will stumble;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.8.15"><span class="content">they will fall and be broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.8.15"><span class="content">they will be snared and captured.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Bind up this testimony of warning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.8.16"><span class="content">and seal up God&#8217;s instruction among my disciples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will wait for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.8.17"><span class="content">who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.8.17"><span class="content">I will put my trust in him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Here am I, and the children the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Darkness Turns to Light</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.8.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Consult God&#8217;s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="ISA.9">
         <div class="label">9</div><div class="p"><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 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-21 is numbered 9:1-20.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The people walking in darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="content">have seen a great light;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="content">on those living in the land of deep darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="content">a light has dawned.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You have enlarged the nation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">and increased their joy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">they rejoice before you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">as people rejoice at the harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">as warriors rejoice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">when dividing the plunder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For as in the day of Midian&#8217;s defeat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">you have shattered</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">the yoke that burdens them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">the bar across their shoulders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">the rod of their oppressor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every warrior&#8217;s boot used in battle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="content">and every garment rolled in blood</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="content">will be destined for burning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="content">will be fuel for the fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For to us a child is born,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">to us a son is given,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">and the government will be on his shoulders.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">And he will be called</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Of the greatness of his government and peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">there will be no end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">He will reign on David&#8217;s throne</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">and over his kingdom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">establishing and upholding it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">with justice and righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">from that time on and forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">The zeal of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">will accomplish this.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Anger Against Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Lord has sent a message against Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.9.8"><span class="content">it will fall on Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the people will know it&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.9.9"><span class="content">Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.9.9"><span class="content">who say with pride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.9.9"><span class="content">and arrogance of heart,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;The bricks have fallen down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.9.10"><span class="content">but we will rebuild with dressed stone;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.9.10"><span class="content">the fig trees have been felled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.9.10"><span class="content">but we will replace them with cedars.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has strengthened Rezin&#8217;s foes against them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.9.11"><span class="content">and has spurred their enemies on.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.9.12"><span class="content">have devoured Israel with open mouth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.9.12"><span class="content">Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.9.12"><span class="content">his hand is still upraised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But the people have not returned to him who struck them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.9.13"><span class="content">nor have they sought the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will cut off from Israel both head and tail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.9.14"><span class="content">both palm branch and reed in a single day;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">the elders and dignitaries are the head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.9.15"><span class="content">the prophets who teach lies are the tail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Those who guide this people mislead them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.9.16"><span class="content">and those who are guided are led astray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">nor will he pity the fatherless and widows,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">for everyone is ungodly and wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">every mouth speaks folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">his hand is still upraised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Surely wickedness burns like a fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.9.18"><span class="content">it consumes briers and thorns,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.9.18"><span class="content">it sets the forest thickets ablaze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.9.18"><span class="content">so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">By the wrath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.9.19"><span class="content">the land will be scorched</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.9.19"><span class="content">and the people will be fuel for the fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.9.19"><span class="content">they will not spare one another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">On the right they will devour,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="content">but still be hungry;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="content">on the left they will eat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="content">but not be satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="content">Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">arm</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.9.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.9.21"><span class="content">together they will turn against Judah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.9.21"><span class="content">Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.9.21"><span class="content">his hand is still upraised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The High Priest of a New Covenant</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: &#8220;See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 25:40</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But God found fault with the people and said</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:8 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts may be translated </span><span class="fqa">fault and said to the people.</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.8.8"><span class="content">&#8220;The days are coming, declares the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.8.8"><span class="content">when I will make a new covenant</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.8.8"><span class="content">with the people of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.8.8"><span class="content">and with the people of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It will not be like the covenant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.8.9"><span class="content">I made with their ancestors</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.8.9"><span class="content">when I took them by the hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.8.9"><span class="content">to lead them out of Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.8.9"><span class="content">because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.8.9"><span class="content">and I turned away from them,</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.8.9"><span class="content">declares the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.8.10"><span class="content">after that time, declares the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.8.10"><span class="content">I will put my laws in their minds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.8.10"><span class="content">and write them on their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.8.10"><span class="content">I will be their God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.8.10"><span class="content">and they will be my people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">No longer will they teach their neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.8.11"><span class="content">or say to one another, &#8216;Know the Lord,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.8.11"><span class="content">because they will all know me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.8.11"><span class="content">from the least of them to the greatest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For I will forgive their wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.8.12"><span class="content">and will remember their sins no more.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:12 </span><span class="ft">Jer. 31:31-34</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">By calling this covenant &#8220;new,&#8221; he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests dishonest scales,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="content">but accurate weights find favor with him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When pride comes, then comes disgrace,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="content">but with humility comes wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The integrity of the upright guides them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="content">but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="content">but righteousness delivers from death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="content">but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the upright delivers them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="content">but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Hopes placed in mortals die with them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="content">all the promise of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:7 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum </span><span class="fqa">When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from</span></span></span><span class="content"> their power comes to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The righteous person is rescued from trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="content">and it falls on the wicked instead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="content">but through knowledge the righteous escape.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="content">when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="content">but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A gossip betrays a confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For lack of guidance a nation falls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="content">but victory is won through many advisers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="content">but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A kindhearted woman gains honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="content">but ruthless men gain only wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Those who are kind benefit themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="content">but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A wicked person earns deceptive wages,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="content">but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Truly the righteous attain life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="content">but whoever pursues evil finds death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests those whose hearts are perverse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="content">but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="content">but those who are righteous will go free.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Like a gold ring in a pig&#8217;s snout</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="content">is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The desire of the righteous ends only in good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="content">but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">One person gives freely, yet gains even more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="content">another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A generous person will prosper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="content">whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">People curse the one who hoards grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="content">but they pray God&#8217;s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whoever seeks good finds favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="content">but evil comes to one who searches for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Those who trust in their riches will fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="content">but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="content">and the fool will be servant to the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="content">and the one who is wise saves lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">If the righteous receive their due on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="content">how much more the ungodly and the sinner!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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