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\id ISA Isaiah
\h Isaiah
\toc1 The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
\toc2 Isaiah
\toc3 Isa
\mt1 The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
\c 1
\p
\v 1 The \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* of \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w*, which he \w saw|strong="H2372"\w* concerning \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*, \add and\add* \w Hezekiah|strong="H3169"\w*, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.
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\v 2 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, O \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and give \w ear|strong="H0238"\w*, O \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*, I have \w nourished|strong="H1431"\w* and brought \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and they have \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* against me.
\v 3 The \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* his \w owner|strong="H7069"\w*, and the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* his \w master’s|strong="H1167"\w* \w crib|strong="H0018"\w*: \add but\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* doth not \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* doth not \w consider|strong="H0995"\w*.
\v 4 \w Ah|strong="H1945"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2398"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w laden|strong="H3515"\w* with \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, a \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w evildoers|strong="H7489"\w*, \w children|strong="H1121"\w* that are \w corrupters|strong="H7843"\w*: they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, they have \w provoked|strong="H5006"\w* the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto \w anger|strong="H5006"\w*, they are gone \w away|strong="H2114"\w* \w backward|strong="H0268"\w*.\f + \fr 1.4 \ft laden: Heb. of heaviness\f*\f + \fr 1.4 \ft gone…: Heb. alienated, or, separated\f*
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\v 5 ¶ Why should ye be \w stricken|strong="H5221"\w* any more? ye will \w revolt|strong="H5627"\w* more and \w more|strong="H3254"\w*: the whole \w head|strong="H7218"\w* is \w sick|strong="H2483"\w*, and the whole \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w faint|strong="H1742"\w*.\f + \fr 1.5 \ft revolt…: Heb. increase revolt\f*
\v 6 From the \w sole|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* even unto the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \add there is\add* no \w soundness|strong="H4974"\w* in it; \add but\add* \w wounds|strong="H6482"\w*, and \w bruises|strong="H2250"\w*, and \w putrifying|strong="H2961"\w* \w sores|strong="H4347"\w*: they have not been \w closed|strong="H2115"\w*, neither bound \w up|strong="H2280"\w*, neither \w mollified|strong="H7401"\w* with \w ointment|strong="H8081"\w*.\f + \fr 1.6 \ft ointment: or, oil\f*
\v 7 Your \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \add is\add* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, your \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \add are\add* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: your \w land|strong="H0127"\w*, \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* it in your presence, and \add it is\add* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w*, as \w overthrown|strong="H4114"\w* by \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w*.\f + \fr 1.7 \ft overthrown…: Heb. the overthrow of\f*
\v 8 And the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* is \w left|strong="H3498"\w* as a \w cottage|strong="H5521"\w* in a \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*, as a \w lodge|strong="H4412"\w* in a garden of \w cucumbers|strong="H4750"\w*, as a \w besieged|strong="H5341"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.
\v 9 \w Except|strong="H3884"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* had \w left|strong="H3498"\w* unto us a very \w small|strong="H4592"\w* \w remnant|strong="H8300"\w*, we should have \w been|strong="H1961"\w* as \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, \add and\add* we should have been \w like|strong="H1819"\w* unto \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*.
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\v 10 ¶ \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, ye \w rulers|strong="H7101"\w* of \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*; give \w ear|strong="H0238"\w* unto the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, ye \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*.
\v 11 To \w what|strong="H4100"\w* purpose \add is\add* the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of your \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* unto me? \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: I am \w full|strong="H7646"\w* of the burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* of \w rams|strong="H0352"\w*, and the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* of fed \w beasts|strong="H4806"\w*; and I \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* not in the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w bullocks|strong="H6499"\w*, or of \w lambs|strong="H3532"\w*, or of he \w goats|strong="H6260"\w*.\f + \fr 1.11 \ft he goats: Heb. great he goats\f*
\v 12 When ye \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w appear|strong="H7200"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, who hath \w required|strong="H1245"\w* this at your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, to \w tread|strong="H7429"\w* my \w courts|strong="H2691"\w*?\f + \fr 1.12 \ft to appear: Heb. to be seen\f*
\v 13 \w Bring|strong="H0935"\w* no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w vain|strong="H7723"\w* \w oblations|strong="H4503"\w*; \w incense|strong="H7004"\w* is an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* unto me; the new \w moons|strong="H2320"\w* and \w sabbaths|strong="H7676"\w*, the \w calling|strong="H7121"\w* of \w assemblies|strong="H4744"\w*, I cannot away \w with|strong="H3201"\w*; \add it is\add* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*, even the solemn \w meeting|strong="H6116"\w*.\f + \fr 1.13 \ft iniquity: or, grief\f*
\v 14 Your new \w moons|strong="H2320"\w* and your appointed \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w hateth|strong="H8130"\w*: they are a \w trouble|strong="H2960"\w* unto me; I am \w weary|strong="H3811"\w* to \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* \add them\add*.
\v 15 And when ye spread \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* your \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, I will \w hide|strong="H5956"\w* mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* from you: yea, when ye make \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w prayers|strong="H8605"\w*, I will not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*: your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* are \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.\f + \fr 1.15 \ft make…: Heb. multiply prayer\f*\f + \fr 1.15 \ft blood: Heb. bloods\f*
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\v 16 ¶ \w Wash|strong="H7364"\w* you, make you \w clean|strong="H2135"\w*; put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7455"\w* of your \w doings|strong="H4611"\w* from \w before|strong="H5048"\w* mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*; \w cease|strong="H2308"\w* to do \w evil|strong="H7489"\w*;
\v 17 \w Learn|strong="H3925"\w* to do \w well|strong="H3190"\w*; \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, \w relieve|strong="H0833"\w* the \w oppressed|strong="H2541"\w*, \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*, \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* for the \w widow|strong="H0490"\w*.\f + \fr 1.17 \ft relieve: or, righten\f*
\v 18 Come \w now|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us reason \w together|strong="H3198"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: though your \w sins|strong="H2399"\w* be as \w scarlet|strong="H8144"\w*, they shall be as \w white|strong="H3835"\w* as \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*; though they be \w red|strong="H0119"\w* like \w crimson|strong="H8438"\w*, they shall be as \w wool|strong="H6785"\w*.
\v 19 If ye be \w willing|strong="H0014"\w* and \w obedient|strong="H8085"\w*, ye shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w good|strong="H2898"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*:
\v 20 But if ye \w refuse|strong="H3985"\w* and \w rebel|strong="H4784"\w*, ye shall be \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: for the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \add it\add*.
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\v 21 ¶ How is the \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w* become an \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*! it was \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*; \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* \w lodged|strong="H3885"\w* in it; but now \w murderers|strong="H7523"\w*.
\v 22 Thy \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* is become \w dross|strong="H5509"\w*, thy \w wine|strong="H5435"\w* \w mixed|strong="H4107"\w* with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*:
\v 23 Thy \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \add are\add* \w rebellious|strong="H5637"\w*, and \w companions|strong="H2270"\w* of \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w*: every one \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* \w gifts|strong="H7810"\w*, and \w followeth|strong="H7291"\w* after \w rewards|strong="H8021"\w*: they \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* not the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*, neither doth the \w cause|strong="H7379"\w* of the \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto them.
\v 24 Therefore \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the mighty \w One|strong="H0046"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Ah|strong="H1945"\w*, I will \w ease|strong="H5162"\w* me of mine \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*, and \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* me of mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*:
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\v 25 ¶ And I will \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon thee, and \w purely|strong="H1253"\w* purge \w away|strong="H6884"\w* thy \w dross|strong="H5509"\w*, and take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* all thy \w tin|strong="H0913"\w*:\f + \fr 1.25 \ft purely: Heb. according to pureness\f*
\v 26 And I will \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* thy \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* as at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, and thy \w counsellors|strong="H3289"\w* as at the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w*: \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w* thou shalt be \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, The \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, the \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w*.
\v 27 \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* shall be \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* with \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and her \w converts|strong="H7725"\w* with \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.\f + \fr 1.27 \ft her…: or, they that return of her\f*
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\v 28 ¶ And the \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* of the \w transgressors|strong="H6586"\w* and of the \w sinners|strong="H2400"\w* \add shall be\add* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, and they that \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*.\f + \fr 1.28 \ft destruction: Heb. breaking\f*
\v 29 For they shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* of the \w oaks|strong="H0352"\w* which ye have \w desired|strong="H2530"\w*, and ye shall be \w confounded|strong="H2659"\w* for the \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w* that ye have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*.
\v 30 For ye shall be as an \w oak|strong="H0424"\w* whose \w leaf|strong="H5929"\w* \w fadeth|strong="H5034"\w*, and as a \w garden|strong="H1593"\w* that hath no \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.
\v 31 And the \w strong|strong="H2634"\w* shall be as \w tow|strong="H5296"\w*, and the \w maker|strong="H6467"\w* of it as a \w spark|strong="H5213"\w*, and they shall \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w burn|strong="H1197"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, and none shall \w quench|strong="H3518"\w* \add them\add*.\f + \fr 1.31 \ft maker…: or, and his work\f*
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\v 1 The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w* \w saw|strong="H2372"\w* concerning \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.
\v 2 And it shall come to pass in the \w last|strong="H0319"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \add that\add* the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and shall be \w exalted|strong="H5375"\w* above the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*; and all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w flow|strong="H5102"\w* unto it.\f + \fr 2.2 \ft established: or, prepared\f*
\v 3 And \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* ye, and let us go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*; and he will \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* us of his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and we will \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in his \w paths|strong="H0734"\w*: for out of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, and the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.
\v 4 And he shall \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and shall \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: and they shall \w beat|strong="H3807"\w* their \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* into \w plowshares|strong="H0855"\w*, and their \w spears|strong="H2595"\w* into \w pruninghooks|strong="H4211"\w*: \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* shall not lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* against \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, neither shall they \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* any more.\f + \fr 2.4 \ft pruninghooks: or, scythes\f*
\v 5 O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w come|strong="H3212"\w* ye, and let us \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
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\v 6 ¶ Therefore thou hast \w forsaken|strong="H5203"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, because they be \w replenished|strong="H4390"\w* from the \w east|strong="H6924"\w*, and \add are\add* \w soothsayers|strong="H6049"\w* like the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and they \w please|strong="H5606"\w* themselves in the \w children|strong="H3206"\w* of \w strangers|strong="H5237"\w*.\f + \fr 2.6 \ft from…: or, more than the\f*\f + \fr 2.6 \ft please…: or, abound with the\f*
\v 7 Their \w land|strong="H0776"\w* also is \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, neither \add is there any\add* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of their \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*; their \w land|strong="H0776"\w* is also \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, neither \add is there any\add* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of their \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*:
\v 8 Their \w land|strong="H0776"\w* also is \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w idols|strong="H0457"\w*; they \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of their own \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, that which their own \w fingers|strong="H0676"\w* have \w made|strong="H6213"\w*:
\v 9 And the mean \w man|strong="H0120"\w* boweth \w down|strong="H7817"\w*, and the great \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w humbleth|strong="H8213"\w* himself: therefore \w forgive|strong="H5375"\w* them not.
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\v 10 ¶ \w Enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*, and \w hide|strong="H2934"\w* thee in the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and for the \w glory|strong="H1926"\w* of his \w majesty|strong="H1347"\w*.
\v 11 The \w lofty|strong="H1365"\w* \w looks|strong="H5869"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* shall be \w humbled|strong="H8213"\w*, and the \w haughtiness|strong="H7312"\w* of \w men|strong="H0582"\w* shall be bowed \w down|strong="H7817"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* alone shall be \w exalted|strong="H7682"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.
\v 12 For the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \add shall be\add* upon every \add one that is\add* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w* and \w lofty|strong="H7311"\w*, and upon every \add one that is\add* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w*; and he shall be brought \w low|strong="H8213"\w*:
\v 13 And upon all the \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, \add that are\add* \w high|strong="H7311"\w* and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and upon all the \w oaks|strong="H0437"\w* of \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*,
\v 14 And upon all the \w high|strong="H7311"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and upon all the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \add that are\add* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w*,
\v 15 And upon every \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w*, and upon every \w fenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*,
\v 16 And upon all the \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* of \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*, and upon all \w pleasant|strong="H2532"\w* \w pictures|strong="H7914"\w*.\f + \fr 2.16 \ft pleasant…: Heb. pictures of desire\f*
\v 17 And the \w loftiness|strong="H1365"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* shall be bowed \w down|strong="H7817"\w*, and the \w haughtiness|strong="H7312"\w* of \w men|strong="H0582"\w* shall be made \w low|strong="H8213"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* alone shall be \w exalted|strong="H7682"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.
\v 18 And the \w idols|strong="H0457"\w* he shall \w utterly|strong="H3632"\w* \w abolish|strong="H2498"\w*.\f + \fr 2.18 \ft he…: or, shall utterly pass away\f*
\v 19 And they shall \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w holes|strong="H4631"\w* of the \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w*, and into the \w caves|strong="H4247"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H6083"\w*, \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and for the \w glory|strong="H1926"\w* of his \w majesty|strong="H1347"\w*, when he \w ariseth|strong="H6965"\w* to shake \w terribly|strong="H6206"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 2.19 \ft of the earth: Heb. of the dust\f*
\v 20 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* shall \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* his \w idols|strong="H0457"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and his \w idols|strong="H0457"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, which they made \add each one\add* for \w himself|strong="H6213"\w* to \w worship|strong="H7812"\w*, to the \w moles|strong="H2661"\w* and to the \w bats|strong="H5847"\w*;\f + \fr 2.20 \ft his idols of silver…: Heb. the idols of his silver, etc\f*\f + \fr 2.20 \ft each…: or, for him\f*
\v 21 To \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w clefts|strong="H5366"\w* of the \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w*, and into the \w tops|strong="H5585"\w* of the ragged \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*, \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and for the \w glory|strong="H1926"\w* of his \w majesty|strong="H1347"\w*, when he \w ariseth|strong="H6965"\w* to shake \w terribly|strong="H6206"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.
\v 22 \w Cease|strong="H2308"\w* ye from \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, whose \w breath|strong="H5397"\w* \add is\add* in his \w nostrils|strong="H0639"\w*: for wherein is he to be accounted \w of|strong="H2803"\w*?
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\v 1 For, behold, the \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, doth take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* and from \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* the \w stay|strong="H4937"\w* and the \w staff|strong="H4938"\w*, the whole \w stay|strong="H4937"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and the \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w stay|strong="H4937"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*,
\v 2 The mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w*, and the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, the \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*, and the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and the \w prudent|strong="H7080"\w*, and the \w ancient|strong="H2205"\w*,
\v 3 The \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*, and the \w honourable|strong="H5375"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w*, and the \w counsellor|strong="H3289"\w*, and the \w cunning|strong="H2450"\w* \w artificer|strong="H2791"\w*, and the \w eloquent|strong="H0995"\w* \w orator|strong="H3908"\w*.\f + \fr 3.3 \ft the honourable…: Heb. a man eminent in countenance\f*\f + \fr 3.3 \ft eloquent…: or, skilful of speech\f*
\v 4 And I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H5288"\w* \add to be\add* their \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and \w babes|strong="H8586"\w* shall \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over them.
\v 5 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall be \w oppressed|strong="H5065"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* by \w another|strong="H0376"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* by his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*: the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* shall behave himself \w proudly|strong="H7292"\w* against the \w ancient|strong="H2205"\w*, and the \w base|strong="H7034"\w* against the \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w*.
\v 6 When a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall take \w hold|strong="H8610"\w* of his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \add saying\add*, Thou hast \w clothing|strong="H8071"\w*, be thou our \w ruler|strong="H7101"\w*, and \add let\add* this \w ruin|strong="H4384"\w* \add be\add* under thy \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*:
\v 7 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall he \w swear|strong="H5375"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not be an \w healer|strong="H2280"\w*; for in my \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \add is\add* neither \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* nor \w clothing|strong="H8071"\w*: \w make|strong="H7760"\w* me not a \w ruler|strong="H7101"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 3.7 \ft swear: Heb. lift up the hand\f*\f + \fr 3.7 \ft healer: Heb. binder up\f*
\v 8 For \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* is \w ruined|strong="H3782"\w*, and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* is \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*: because their \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* and their \w doings|strong="H4611"\w* \add are\add* against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to \w provoke|strong="H4784"\w* the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of his \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*.
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\v 9 ¶ The \w shew|strong="H1971"\w* of their \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* doth witness against \w them|strong="H6030"\w*; and they \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* their \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* as \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w*, they \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* \add it\add* not. \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto their \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*! for they have \w rewarded|strong="H1580"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* unto themselves.
\v 10 \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* ye to the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, that \add it shall be\add* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \add with him:\add* for they shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of their \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*.
\v 11 \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*! \add it shall be\add* \w ill|strong="H7451"\w* \add with him:\add* for the \w reward|strong="H1576"\w* of his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* shall be \w given|strong="H6213"\w* him.\f + \fr 3.11 \ft given…: Heb. done to him\f*
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\v 12 ¶ \add As for\add* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w children|strong="H5953"\w* \add are\add* their \w oppressors|strong="H5065"\w*, and \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over them. O my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, they which \w lead|strong="H0833"\w* thee cause \add thee\add* to \w err|strong="H8582"\w*, and \w destroy|strong="H1104"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of thy \w paths|strong="H0734"\w*.\f + \fr 3.12 \ft lead…: or, call thee blessed\f*\f + \fr 3.12 \ft destroy: Heb. swallow up\f*
\v 13 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* standeth \w up|strong="H5324"\w* to \w plead|strong="H7378"\w*, and \w standeth|strong="H5975"\w* to \w judge|strong="H1777"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.
\v 14 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* with the \w ancients|strong="H2205"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* thereof: for ye have eaten \w up|strong="H1197"\w* the \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*; the \w spoil|strong="H1500"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \add is\add* in your \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 3.14 \ft eaten: or, burnt\f*
\v 15 What mean ye \add that\add* ye \w beat|strong="H1792"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w pieces|strong="H1792"\w*, and \w grind|strong="H2912"\w* the \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w*? \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.
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\v 16 ¶ Moreover the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Because|strong="H3282"\w* the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* are \w haughty|strong="H1361"\w*, and \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* with stretched \w forth|strong="H5186"\w* \w necks|strong="H1627"\w* and \w wanton|strong="H8265"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* and \w mincing|strong="H2952"\w* \add as\add* they \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, and making a \w tinkling|strong="H5913"\w* with their \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*:\f + \fr 3.16 \ft wanton…: Heb. deceiving with their eyes\f*\f + \fr 3.16 \ft mincing: or, tripping nicely\f*
\v 17 Therefore the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* will smite with a \w scab|strong="H5596"\w* the crown of the \w head|strong="H6936"\w* of the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w discover|strong="H6168"\w* their secret \w parts|strong="H6596"\w*.\f + \fr 3.17 \ft discover: Heb. make naked\f*
\v 18 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* will take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w bravery|strong="H8597"\w* of \add their\add* tinkling \w ornaments|strong="H5914"\w* \add about their feet\add*, and \add their\add* \w cauls|strong="H7636"\w*, and \add their\add* round tires like the \w moon|strong="H7720"\w*,\f + \fr 3.18 \ft cauls: or, networks\f*
\v 19 The \w chains|strong="H5188"\w*, and the \w bracelets|strong="H8285"\w*, and the \w mufflers|strong="H7479"\w*,\f + \fr 3.19 \ft chains: or, sweet balls\f*\f + \fr 3.19 \ft mufflers: or, spangled ornaments\f*
\v 20 The \w bonnets|strong="H6287"\w*, and the ornaments of the \w legs|strong="H6807"\w*, and the \w headbands|strong="H7196"\w*, and the \w tablets|strong="H5315"\w*, and the \w earrings|strong="H3908"\w*,\f + \fr 3.20 \ft tablets: Heb. houses of the soul\f*
\v 21 The \w rings|strong="H2885"\w*, and \w nose|strong="H0639"\w* \w jewels|strong="H5141"\w*,
\v 22 The changeable suits of \w apparel|strong="H4254"\w*, and the \w mantles|strong="H4595"\w*, and the \w wimples|strong="H4304"\w*, and the crisping \w pins|strong="H2754"\w*,
\v 23 The \w glasses|strong="H1549"\w*, and the fine \w linen|strong="H5466"\w*, and the \w hoods|strong="H6797"\w*, and the \w vails|strong="H7289"\w*.
\v 24 And it shall come to pass, \add that\add* instead of sweet \w smell|strong="H1314"\w* there shall be \w stink|strong="H4716"\w*; and instead of a \w girdle|strong="H2290"\w* a \w rent|strong="H5364"\w*; and instead of well \w set|strong="H4639"\w* \w hair|strong="H4748"\w* \w baldness|strong="H7144"\w*; and instead of a \w stomacher|strong="H6614"\w* a \w girding|strong="H4228"\w* of \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*; \add and\add* \w burning|strong="H3587"\w* instead of \w beauty|strong="H3308"\w*.
\v 25 Thy \w men|strong="H4962"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and thy \w mighty|strong="H1369"\w* in the \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.\f + \fr 3.25 \ft mighty: Heb. might\f*
\v 26 And her \w gates|strong="H6607"\w* shall \w lament|strong="H0578"\w* and \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*; and she \add being\add* \w desolate|strong="H5352"\w* shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 3.26 \ft desolate: or, emptied: Heb. cleansed\f*
\c 4
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\v 1 And in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* shall take \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We will \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* our own \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w wear|strong="H3847"\w* our own \w apparel|strong="H8071"\w*: only let us be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, to take \w away|strong="H0622"\w* our \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*.\f + \fr 4.1 \ft let…: Heb. let thy name be called upon us\f*\f + \fr 4.1 \ft to take…: or, take thou away\f*
\p
\v 2 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall the \w branch|strong="H6780"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* be \w beautiful|strong="H6643"\w* and \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w*, and the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \add shall be\add* \w excellent|strong="H1347"\w* and comely \w for|strong="H8597"\w* them that are \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 4.2 \ft beautiful…: Heb. beauty and glory\f*\f + \fr 4.2 \ft them…: Heb. the escaping\f*
\v 3 And it shall come to pass, \add that he that is\add* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and \add he that\add* \w remaineth|strong="H3498"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, shall be \w called|strong="H0559"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w*, \add even\add* every one that is \w written|strong="H3789"\w* among the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*:\f + \fr 4.3 \ft among…: or, to life\f*
\v 4 When the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* shall have washed \w away|strong="H7364"\w* the \w filth|strong="H6675"\w* of the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and shall have \w purged|strong="H1740"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* from the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* thereof by the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and by the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w burning|strong="H1197"\w*.
\v 5 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w create|strong="H1254"\w* upon every dwelling \w place|strong="H4349"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and upon her \w assemblies|strong="H4744"\w*, a \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* and \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* by \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, and the \w shining|strong="H5051"\w* of a \w flaming|strong="H3852"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: for upon all the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \add shall be\add* a \w defence|strong="H2646"\w*.\f + \fr 4.5 \ft upon all: or, above all\f*\f + \fr 4.5 \ft defence: Heb. covering\f*
\v 6 And there shall be a \w tabernacle|strong="H5521"\w* for a \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* in the \w daytime|strong="H3119"\w* from the \w heat|strong="H2721"\w*, and for a place of \w refuge|strong="H4268"\w*, and for a \w covert|strong="H4563"\w* from \w storm|strong="H2230"\w* and from \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*.
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\v 1 Now will I \w sing|strong="H7891"\w* to my \w wellbeloved|strong="H3039"\w* a \w song|strong="H7892"\w* of my \w beloved|strong="H1730"\w* touching his \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*. My \w wellbeloved|strong="H3039"\w* hath a \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* in a very \w fruitful|strong="H1121"\w* \w hill|strong="H7161"\w*:\f + \fr 5.1 \ft a very…: Heb. the horn of the son of oil\f*
\v 2 And he \w fenced|strong="H5823"\w* it, and gathered out the \w stones|strong="H5619"\w* thereof, and \w planted|strong="H5193"\w* it with the choicest \w vine|strong="H8321"\w*, and \w built|strong="H1129"\w* a \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of it, and also \w made|strong="H2672"\w* a \w winepress|strong="H3342"\w* therein: and he \w looked|strong="H6960"\w* that it should bring \w forth|strong="H6213"\w* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w*, and it brought \w forth|strong="H6213"\w* wild \w grapes|strong="H0891"\w*.\f + \fr 5.2 \ft fenced: or, made a wall about\f*\f + \fr 5.2 \ft made: Heb. hewed\f*
\v 3 And now, O \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*, I pray you, betwixt me and my \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*.
\v 4 What could have been \w done|strong="H6213"\w* more to my \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*, that I have not \w done|strong="H6213"\w* in it? \w wherefore|strong="H4069"\w*, when I \w looked|strong="H6960"\w* that it should bring \w forth|strong="H6213"\w* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w*, brought it \w forth|strong="H6213"\w* wild \w grapes|strong="H0891"\w*?
\v 5 And now go to; I will \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* you what I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to my \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*: I will take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w hedge|strong="H4881"\w* thereof, and it shall be eaten \w up|strong="H1197"\w*; \add and\add* break \w down|strong="H6555"\w* the \w wall|strong="H1447"\w* thereof, and it shall be trodden \w down|strong="H4823"\w*:\f + \fr 5.5 \ft trodden…: Heb. for a treading\f*
\v 6 And I will \w lay|strong="H7896"\w* it \w waste|strong="H1326"\w*: it shall not be \w pruned|strong="H2168"\w*, nor \w digged|strong="H5737"\w*; but there shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w briers|strong="H8068"\w* and \w thorns|strong="H7898"\w*: I will also \w command|strong="H6680"\w* the \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* that they \w rain|strong="H4305"\w* no \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* upon it.
\v 7 For the \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \add is\add* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* his \w pleasant|strong="H8191"\w* \w plant|strong="H5194"\w*: and he \w looked|strong="H6960"\w* for \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, but behold \w oppression|strong="H4939"\w*; for \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, but behold a \w cry|strong="H6818"\w*.\f + \fr 5.7 \ft his…: Heb. plant of his pleasures\f*\f + \fr 5.7 \ft oppression: Heb. a scab\f*
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\v 8 ¶ \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto them that \w join|strong="H5060"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \add that\add* \w lay|strong="H7126"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* to \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, till \add there be\add* \w no|strong="H0657"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, that they may be \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* alone in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*!\f + \fr 5.8 \ft they: Heb. ye\f*
\v 9 In mine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* \add said\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, Of a \w truth|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w*, \add even\add* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and \w fair|strong="H2896"\w*, without \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*.\f + \fr 5.9 \ft In…: or, This is in mine ears, saith the \+nd LORD\+nd*, etc\f*\f + \fr 5.9 \ft Of a…: Heb. If not, etc\f*
\v 10 \w Yea|strong="H3588"\w*, \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w acres|strong="H6776"\w* of \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* shall \w yield|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w bath|strong="H1324"\w*, and the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of an \w homer|strong="H2563"\w* shall \w yield|strong="H6213"\w* an \w ephah|strong="H0374"\w*.
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\v 11 ¶ \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto them that rise up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \add that\add* they may \w follow|strong="H7291"\w* strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*; that \w continue|strong="H0309"\w* until \w night|strong="H5399"\w*, \add till\add* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w inflame|strong="H1814"\w* them!\f + \fr 5.11 \ft inflame: of, pursue\f*
\v 12 And the \w harp|strong="H3658"\w*, and the \w viol|strong="H5035"\w*, the \w tabret|strong="H8596"\w*, and \w pipe|strong="H2485"\w*, and \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, are in their \w feasts|strong="H4960"\w*: but they \w regard|strong="H5027"\w* not the \w work|strong="H6467"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, neither \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* the \w operation|strong="H4639"\w* of his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.
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\v 13 ¶ Therefore my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* are gone into \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w*, because \add they have\add* no \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*: and their \w honourable|strong="H3519"\w* \w men|strong="H4962"\w* \add are\add* \w famished|strong="H7458"\w*, and their \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* dried \w up|strong="H6704"\w* with \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*.\f + \fr 5.13 \ft honourable…: Heb. glory are men of famine\f*
\v 14 Therefore \w hell|strong="H7585"\w* hath \w enlarged|strong="H7337"\w* \w herself|strong="H5315"\w*, and \w opened|strong="H6473"\w* her \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* without \w measure|strong="H2706"\w*: and their \w glory|strong="H1926"\w*, and their \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*, and their \w pomp|strong="H7588"\w*, and he that \w rejoiceth|strong="H5938"\w*, shall \w descend|strong="H3381"\w* into it.
\v 15 And the mean \w man|strong="H0120"\w* shall be brought \w down|strong="H7817"\w*, and the mighty \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall be \w humbled|strong="H8213"\w*, and the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w lofty|strong="H1364"\w* shall be \w humbled|strong="H8213"\w*:
\v 16 But the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* shall be \w exalted|strong="H1361"\w* in \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w God|strong="H0410"\w* that is \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* shall be \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* in \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.\f + \fr 5.16 \ft God…: or, the holy God: Heb. the God the holy\f*
\v 17 Then shall the \w lambs|strong="H3532"\w* \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* after their \w manner|strong="H1699"\w*, and the waste \w places|strong="H2723"\w* of the fat \w ones|strong="H4220"\w* shall \w strangers|strong="H1481"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.
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\v 18 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto them that \w draw|strong="H4900"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* with \w cords|strong="H2256"\w* of \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w*, and \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* as it were with a \w cart|strong="H5699"\w* \w rope|strong="H5688"\w*:
\v 19 That \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Let him make \w speed|strong="H4116"\w*, \add and\add* \w hasten|strong="H2363"\w* his \w work|strong="H4639"\w*, that we may \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add it:\add* and let the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* draw \w nigh|strong="H7126"\w* and \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that we may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add it\add*!
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\v 20 ¶ \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto them that \w call|strong="H0559"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, and \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*; that \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* for \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, and \w light|strong="H0216"\w* for \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*; that \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* for \w sweet|strong="H4966"\w*, and \w sweet|strong="H4966"\w* for \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w*!\f + \fr 5.20 \ft call…: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc\f*
\v 21 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto \add them that are\add* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* in their own \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w prudent|strong="H0995"\w* in their own \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*!\f + \fr 5.21 \ft in their own sight: Heb. before their face\f*
\v 22 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto \add them that are\add* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w strength|strong="H2428"\w* to \w mingle|strong="H4537"\w* strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*:
\v 23 Which \w justify|strong="H6663"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w for|strong="H6118"\w* \w reward|strong="H7810"\w*, and take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* of the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* from him!
\v 24 Therefore as the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w devoureth|strong="H0398"\w* the \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w*, and the \w flame|strong="H3956"\w* \w consumeth|strong="H7503"\w* the \w chaff|strong="H2842"\w*, \add so\add* their \w root|strong="H8328"\w* shall be as \w rottenness|strong="H4716"\w*, and their \w blossom|strong="H6525"\w* shall go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* as \w dust|strong="H0080"\w*: because they have cast \w away|strong="H3988"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, and \w despised|strong="H5006"\w* the \w word|strong="H0565"\w* of the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 5.24 \ft fire: Heb. tongue of fire\f*
\v 25 Therefore is the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and he hath stretched \w forth|strong="H5186"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against them, and hath \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* them: and the \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* did \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w*, and their \w carcases|strong="H5038"\w* \add were\add* \w torn|strong="H5478"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*. For all this his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* is not turned \w away|strong="H7725"\w*, but his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add is\add* stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* still.\f + \fr 5.25 \ft torn: or, as dung\f*
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\v 26 ¶ And he will lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* an \w ensign|strong="H5251"\w* to the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* from \w far|strong="H7350"\w*, and will \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w* unto them from the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: and, behold, they shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with \w speed|strong="H4120"\w* \w swiftly|strong="H7031"\w*:
\v 27 None shall be \w weary|strong="H5889"\w* nor \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* among them; none shall \w slumber|strong="H5123"\w* nor \w sleep|strong="H3462"\w*; neither shall the \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w* of their \w loins|strong="H2504"\w* be \w loosed|strong="H6605"\w*, nor the \w latchet|strong="H8288"\w* of their \w shoes|strong="H5275"\w* be \w broken|strong="H5423"\w*:
\v 28 Whose \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \add are\add* \w sharp|strong="H8150"\w*, and all their \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* \w bent|strong="H1869"\w*, their \w horses’|strong="H5483"\w* \w hoofs|strong="H6541"\w* shall be \w counted|strong="H2803"\w* like \w flint|strong="H6862"\w*, and their \w wheels|strong="H1534"\w* like a \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*:
\v 29 Their \w roaring|strong="H7581"\w* \add shall be\add* like a \w lion|strong="H3833"\w*, they shall \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* like young \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*: yea, they shall \w roar|strong="H5098"\w*, and lay \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* of the \w prey|strong="H2964"\w*, and shall carry \add it\add* away \w safe|strong="H6403"\w*, and none shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \add it\add*.
\v 30 And in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* they shall \w roar|strong="H5098"\w* against them like the \w roaring|strong="H5100"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*: and if \add one\add* \w look|strong="H5027"\w* unto the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, behold \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \add and\add* \w sorrow|strong="H6862"\w*, and the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* is \w darkened|strong="H2821"\w* in the \w heavens|strong="H6183"\w* thereof.\f + \fr 5.30 \ft sorrow: or, distress\f*\f + \fr 5.30 \ft and the light…: or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the destructions thereof\f*
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\v 1 In the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* that \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w* I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* upon a \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w high|strong="H7311"\w* and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and his \w train|strong="H7757"\w* \w filled|strong="H4392"\w* the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*.\f + \fr 6.1 \ft his…: or, the skirts thereof\f*
\v 2 \w Above|strong="H4605"\w* it \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* the \w seraphims|strong="H8314"\w*: each \w one|strong="H0259"\w* had \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*; with \w twain|strong="H8147"\w* he \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and with \w twain|strong="H8147"\w* he \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and with \w twain|strong="H8147"\w* he did \w fly|strong="H5774"\w*.
\v 3 And one \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto another, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w*, \w holy|strong="H6918"\w*, \w holy|strong="H6918"\w*, \add is\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*: the whole \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \add is\add* \w full|strong="H4393"\w* of his \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*.\f + \fr 6.3 \ft one…: Heb. this cried to this\f*\f + \fr 6.3 \ft the whole…: Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth\f*
\v 4 And the \w posts|strong="H0520"\w* of the \w door|strong="H5592"\w* \w moved|strong="H5128"\w* at the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of him that \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* was \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w*.\f + \fr 6.4 \ft door: Heb. thresholds\f*
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\v 5 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I, \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* \add is\add* me! for I am \w undone|strong="H1820"\w*; because I \add am\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*, and I \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*: for mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* the \w King|strong="H4428"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.\f + \fr 6.5 \ft undone: Heb. cut off\f*
\v 6 Then \w flew|strong="H5774"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w seraphims|strong="H8314"\w* unto me, having a live \w coal|strong="H7531"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \add which\add* he had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* with the \w tongs|strong="H4457"\w* from off the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*:\f + \fr 6.6 \ft having…: Heb. and in his hand a live coal\f*
\v 7 And he \w laid|strong="H5060"\w* \add it\add* upon my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Lo, this hath \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* thy \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*; and thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* is taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, and thy \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w purged|strong="H3722"\w*.\f + \fr 6.7 \ft laid…: Heb. caused it to touch\f*
\v 8 Also I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Whom shall I \w send|strong="H7971"\w*, and who will \w go|strong="H3212"\w* for us? Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I, Here \add am\add* I; \w send|strong="H7971"\w* me.\f + \fr 6.8 \ft Here…: Heb. behold me\f*
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\v 9 ¶ And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye \w indeed|strong="H8085"\w*, but \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* not; and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* ye \w indeed|strong="H7200"\w*, but \w perceive|strong="H3045"\w* not.\f + \fr 6.9 \ft indeed, but understand: or, without ceasing, etc: Heb. in hearing, etc\f*
\v 10 Make the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fat|strong="H8080"\w*, and make their \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*, and \w shut|strong="H8173"\w* their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*; lest they \w see|strong="H7200"\w* with their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* with their \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, and \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* with their \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and \w convert|strong="H7725"\w*, and be \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*.
\v 11 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I, \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, how long? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Until the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* be \w wasted|strong="H7582"\w* without \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w*, and the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* without \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* be \w utterly|strong="H8077"\w* \w desolate|strong="H7582"\w*,\f + \fr 6.11 \ft utterly…: Heb. desolate with desolation\f*
\v 12 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* have \w removed|strong="H7368"\w* \w men|strong="H0120"\w* far \w away|strong="H7368"\w*, and \add there be\add* a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w forsaking|strong="H5805"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.
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\v 13 ¶ But yet in it \add shall be\add* a \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w*, and \add it\add* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and shall be \w eaten|strong="H1197"\w*: as a teil \w tree|strong="H0424"\w*, and as an \w oak|strong="H0437"\w*, whose \w substance|strong="H4678"\w* \add is\add* in them, when they \w cast|strong="H7995"\w* \add their leaves: so\add* the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \add shall be\add* the \w substance|strong="H4678"\w* thereof.\f + \fr 6.13 \ft and it…: or, when it is returned, and hath been broused\f*\f + \fr 6.13 \ft substance: or, stock, or, stem\f*
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\v 1 And it came to pass in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \add that\add* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* toward \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w war|strong="H4421"\w* against it, but \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w prevail|strong="H3898"\w* against it.
\v 2 And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* is \w confederate|strong="H5117"\w* with \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. And his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* was \w moved|strong="H5128"\w*, and the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, as the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w* are \w moved|strong="H5128"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.\f + \fr 7.2 \ft is confederate…: Heb. resteth on\f*
\v 3 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* unto \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, Go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* now to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*, thou, and \w Shear-jashub|strong="H7610"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, at the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w conduit|strong="H8585"\w* of the \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* in the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* of the \w fuller’s|strong="H3526"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*;\f + \fr 7.3 \ft Shear-jashub: that is, The remnant shall return\f*\f + \fr 7.3 \ft highway: or, causeway\f*
\v 4 And \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Take \w heed|strong="H8104"\w*, and be \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*; \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not, neither be \w fainthearted|strong="H7401"\w* for the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w tails|strong="H2180"\w* of these \w smoking|strong="H6226"\w* \w firebrands|strong="H0181"\w*, for the \w fierce|strong="H2750"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* with \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and of the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*.\f + \fr 7.4 \ft neither…: Heb. let not thy heart be tender\f*
\v 5 Because \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*, have taken \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* against thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,
\v 6 Let us go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w vex|strong="H6973"\w* it, and let us make a \w breach|strong="H1234"\w* therein for us, and \w set|strong="H4427"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of it, \add even\add* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tabeal|strong="H2870"\w*:\f + \fr 7.6 \ft vex: or, waken\f*
\v 7 \w Thus|strong="H3541"\w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*, It shall not \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*, neither shall it come to pass.
\v 8 For the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \add is\add* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, and the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \add is\add* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w*; and within \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* shall \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* be \w broken|strong="H2865"\w*, that it be not a \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 7.8 \ft that…: Heb. from a people\f*
\v 9 And the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \add is\add* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add is\add* \w Remaliah’s|strong="H7425"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. If ye will not \w believe|strong="H0539"\w*, surely ye shall not be \w established|strong="H0539"\w*.\f + \fr 7.9 \ft If…: or, Do ye not believe? it is because ye are not stable\f*
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\v 10 ¶ Moreover the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* unto \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,\f + \fr 7.10 \ft Moreover…: Heb. And the \+nd LORD\+nd* added to speak\f*
\v 11 \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* thee a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* it either in the \w depth|strong="H6009"\w*, or in the \w height|strong="H1361"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*.\f + \fr 7.11 \ft ask it…: or, make thy petition deep\f*
\v 12 But \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not \w ask|strong="H7592"\w*, neither will I \w tempt|strong="H5254"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 13 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye now, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; \add Is it\add* a small \w thing|strong="H4592"\w* for you to \w weary|strong="H3811"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, but will ye \w weary|strong="H3811"\w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* also?
\v 14 Therefore the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* himself shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* you a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w*; Behold, a \w virgin|strong="H5959"\w* shall \w conceive|strong="H2030"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and shall \w call|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Immanuel|strong="H6005"\w*.\f + \fr 7.14 \ft shall call: or, thou, O virgin, shalt call\f*
\v 15 \w Butter|strong="H2529"\w* and \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* shall he \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, that he may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* to \w refuse|strong="H3988"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* the \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.
\v 16 For before the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* to \w refuse|strong="H3988"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* the \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* that thou \w abhorrest|strong="H6973"\w* shall \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* of \w both|strong="H8147"\w* her \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.
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\v 17 ¶ The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon thee, and upon thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and upon thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w days|strong="H3117"\w* that have not \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, from the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; \add even\add* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.
\v 18 And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add that\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w* for the \w fly|strong="H2070"\w* that \add is\add* in the uttermost \w part|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w rivers|strong="H2975"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and for the \w bee|strong="H1682"\w* that \add is\add* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.
\v 19 And they shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and shall \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* all of them in the \w desolate|strong="H1327"\w* \w valleys|strong="H5158"\w*, and in the \w holes|strong="H5357"\w* of the \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*, and upon all \w thorns|strong="H5285"\w*, and upon all \w bushes|strong="H5097"\w*.\f + \fr 7.19 \ft bushes: or, commendable trees\f*
\v 20 In the same \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w shave|strong="H1548"\w* with a \w razor|strong="H8593"\w* that is \w hired|strong="H7917"\w*, \add namely\add*, by them \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, by the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, the \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and the \w hair|strong="H8181"\w* of the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*: and it shall also \w consume|strong="H5595"\w* the \w beard|strong="H2206"\w*.
\v 21 And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add that\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall \w nourish|strong="H2421"\w* a \w young|strong="H1241"\w* \w cow|strong="H5697"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*;
\v 22 And it shall come to pass, for the \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w* of \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* \add that\add* they shall \w give|strong="H6213"\w* he shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w butter|strong="H2529"\w*: for \w butter|strong="H2529"\w* and \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* shall every one \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* that is \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w in|strong="H7130"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 7.22 \ft the land: Heb. the midst of the land\f*
\v 23 And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add that\add* every \w place|strong="H4725"\w* shall be, where there were a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w vines|strong="H1612"\w* at a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w silverlings|strong="H3701"\w*, it shall \add even\add* be for \w briers|strong="H8068"\w* and \w thorns|strong="H7898"\w*.
\v 24 With \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* and with \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* shall \add men\add* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* thither; because all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall become \w briers|strong="H8068"\w* and \w thorns|strong="H7898"\w*.
\v 25 And \add on\add* all \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* that shall be \w digged|strong="H5737"\w* with the \w mattock|strong="H4576"\w*, there shall not come \w thither|strong="H0935"\w* the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of \w briers|strong="H8068"\w* and \w thorns|strong="H7898"\w*: but it shall be for the sending \w forth|strong="H4916"\w* of \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w*, and for the \w treading|strong="H4823"\w* of lesser \w cattle|strong="H7716"\w*.
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\v 1 Moreover the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* thee a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w roll|strong="H1549"\w*, and \w write|strong="H3789"\w* in it with a \w man’s|strong="H0582"\w* \w pen|strong="H2747"\w* concerning \w Maher-shalal-hash-baz|strong="H4122"\w*.\f + \fr 8.1 \ft Maher-shalal-hash-baz: Heb. In making speed to the spoil he hasteneth the prey, or, Make speed, etc\f*
\v 2 And I \w took|strong="H5749"\w* unto me \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* to \w record|strong="H5749"\w*, \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeberechiah|strong="H3000"\w*.
\v 3 And I \w went|strong="H7126"\w* unto the \w prophetess|strong="H5031"\w*; and she \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to me, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Maher-shalal-hash-baz|strong="H4122"\w*.\f + \fr 8.3 \ft went: Heb. approached\f*
\v 4 For before the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* shall have \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w* to \w cry|strong="H7121"\w*, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, the \w riches|strong="H2428"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* and the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* shall be taken \w away|strong="H5375"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.\f + \fr 8.4 \ft the riches…: or, he that is before the king of Assyria shall take away the riches, etc\f*
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\v 5 ¶ The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* also unto me \w again|strong="H3254"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,
\v 6 \w Forasmuch|strong="H3282"\w* as this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w refuseth|strong="H3988"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of \w Shiloah|strong="H7975"\w* that \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w softly|strong="H0328"\w*, and \w rejoice|strong="H4885"\w* in \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* and \w Remaliah’s|strong="H7425"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*;
\v 7 Now therefore, behold, the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* bringeth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* upon them the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, \w strong|strong="H6099"\w* and \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, \add even\add* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and all his \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*: and he shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* over all his \w channels|strong="H0650"\w*, and go \w over|strong="H1980"\w* all his \w banks|strong="H1415"\w*:
\v 8 And he shall \w pass|strong="H2498"\w* through \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; he shall \w overflow|strong="H7857"\w* and go \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, he shall \w reach|strong="H5060"\w* \add even\add* to the \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*; and the stretching \w out|strong="H4298"\w* of his \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* shall \w fill|strong="H4393"\w* the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* of thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, O \w Immanuel|strong="H6005"\w*.\f + \fr 8.8 \ft stretching…: Heb. fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings\f*
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\v 9 ¶ \w Associate|strong="H7489"\w* yourselves, O ye \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and ye shall be broken in \w pieces|strong="H2865"\w*; and give \w ear|strong="H0238"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* ye of \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*: \w gird|strong="H0247"\w* yourselves, and ye shall be broken in \w pieces|strong="H2865"\w*; \w gird|strong="H0247"\w* yourselves, and ye shall be broken in \w pieces|strong="H2865"\w*.\f + \fr 8.9 \ft people, and: or, people, yet\f*
\v 10 \w Take|strong="H5779"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w together|strong="H5779"\w*, and it shall come to \w nought|strong="H6565"\w*; \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, and it shall not \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*: for \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \add is\add* with us.
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\v 11 ¶ For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* thus to me with a \w strong|strong="H2393"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w instructed|strong="H3256"\w* me that I should not \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,\f + \fr 8.11 \ft with…: Heb. in strength of hand\f*
\v 12 \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* ye not, A \w confederacy|strong="H7195"\w*, to all \add them to\add* whom this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, A \w confederacy|strong="H7195"\w*; neither \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* ye their \w fear|strong="H4172"\w*, nor be \w afraid|strong="H6206"\w*.
\v 13 \w Sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* himself; and \add let\add* him \add be\add* your \w fear|strong="H4172"\w*, and \add let\add* him \add be\add* your \w dread|strong="H6206"\w*.
\v 14 And he shall be for a \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*; but for a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* of \w stumbling|strong="H5063"\w* and for a \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* of \w offence|strong="H4383"\w* to \w both|strong="H8147"\w* the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, for a \w gin|strong="H6341"\w* and for a \w snare|strong="H4170"\w* to the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.
\v 15 And \w many|strong="H7227"\w* among them shall \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*, and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, and be \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*, and be \w snared|strong="H3369"\w*, and be \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*.
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\v 16 Bind \w up|strong="H6887"\w* the \w testimony|strong="H8584"\w*, \w seal|strong="H2856"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* among my \w disciples|strong="H3928"\w*.
\v 17 And I will \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* upon the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that \w hideth|strong="H5641"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and I will \w look|strong="H6960"\w* for him.
\v 18 Behold, I and the \w children|strong="H3206"\w* whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me \add are\add* for \w signs|strong="H0226"\w* and for \w wonders|strong="H4159"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, which \w dwelleth|strong="H7931"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.
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\v 19 ¶ And when they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto you, \w Seek|strong="H1875"\w* unto them that have familiar \w spirits|strong="H0178"\w*, and unto \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w* that \w peep|strong="H6850"\w*, and that \w mutter|strong="H1897"\w*: should not a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* unto their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? for the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* to the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*?
\v 20 To the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* and to the \w testimony|strong="H8584"\w*: if they \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* not according to this \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \add it is\add* because \add there is\add* no \w light|strong="H7837"\w* in them.\f + \fr 8.20 \ft no…: Heb. no morning\f*
\v 21 And they shall \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through it, hardly \w bestead|strong="H7185"\w* and \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w*, they shall \w fret|strong="H7107"\w* themselves, and \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* their \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w look|strong="H6437"\w* \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*.
\v 22 And they shall \w look|strong="H5027"\w* unto the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and behold \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w* and \w darkness|strong="H2825"\w*, \w dimness|strong="H4588"\w* of \w anguish|strong="H6695"\w*; and \add they shall be\add* \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* to \w darkness|strong="H0653"\w*.
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\v 1 Nevertheless the \w dimness|strong="H4155"\w* \add shall\add* not \add be\add* such as \add was\add* in her \w vexation|strong="H4164"\w*, \w when|strong="H6256"\w* at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* he lightly \w afflicted|strong="H7043"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, and \w afterward|strong="H0314"\w* did more grievously \w afflict|strong="H3513"\w* \add her by\add* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, in \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.\f + \fr 9.1 \ft of the nations: or, populous\f*
\v 2 The \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*: they that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the shadow of \w death|strong="H6757"\w*, upon them hath the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* \w shined|strong="H5050"\w*.
\v 3 Thou hast \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* the \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, \add and\add* not \w increased|strong="H1431"\w* the \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*: they \w joy|strong="H8055"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee according to the \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* in \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, \add and\add* as \add men\add* \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w* when they \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*.\f + \fr 9.3 \ft not: or, to him\f*
\v 4 For thou hast \w broken|strong="H2865"\w* the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* of his \w burden|strong="H5448"\w*, and the \w staff|strong="H4294"\w* of his \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w*, the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of his \w oppressor|strong="H5065"\w*, as in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*.\f + \fr 9.4 \ft For…: or, When thou brakest\f*
\v 5 For every \w battle|strong="H5430"\w* of the \w warrior|strong="H5431"\w* \add is\add* with confused \w noise|strong="H7494"\w*, and \w garments|strong="H8071"\w* \w rolled|strong="H1556"\w* in \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*; but \add this\add* shall be with \w burning|strong="H8316"\w* \add and\add* \w fuel|strong="H3980"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.\f + \fr 9.5 \ft For…: or, When the whole battle of the warrior was, etc\f*\f + \fr 9.5 \ft but…: or, and it was, etc\f*\f + \fr 9.5 \ft fuel: Heb. meat\f*
\v 6 For unto us a \w child|strong="H3206"\w* is \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, unto us a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* is \w given|strong="H5414"\w*: and the \w government|strong="H4951"\w* shall be upon his \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w*: and his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* shall be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Wonderful|strong="H6382"\w*, \w Counsellor|strong="H3289"\w*, The \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, The \w everlasting|strong="H5703"\w* \w Father|strong="H0001"\w*, The \w Prince|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w*.
\v 7 Of the \w increase|strong="H4766"\w* of \add his\add* \w government|strong="H4951"\w* and \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \add there shall be\add* no \w end|strong="H7093"\w*, upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and upon his \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*, to \w order|strong="H3559"\w* it, and to \w establish|strong="H5582"\w* it with \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* and with \w justice|strong="H6666"\w* from henceforth even \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*. The \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* will \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* this.
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\v 8 ¶ The \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* a \w word|strong="H1697"\w* into \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and it hath \w lighted|strong="H5307"\w* upon \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 9 And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, \add even\add* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* and the \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, that \w say|strong="H0559"\w* in the \w pride|strong="H1346"\w* and \w stoutness|strong="H1433"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*,
\v 10 The \w bricks|strong="H3843"\w* are fallen \w down|strong="H5307"\w*, but we will \w build|strong="H1129"\w* with hewn \w stones|strong="H1496"\w*: the \w sycomores|strong="H8256"\w* are cut \w down|strong="H1438"\w*, but we will \w change|strong="H2498"\w* \add them into\add* \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w*.
\v 11 Therefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall set \w up|strong="H7682"\w* the \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w* of \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* against him, and \w join|strong="H5526"\w* his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w together|strong="H5526"\w*;\f + \fr 9.11 \ft join: Heb. mingle\f*
\v 12 The \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w before|strong="H6924"\w*, and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w behind|strong="H0268"\w*; and they shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with open \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*. For all this his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* is not turned \w away|strong="H7725"\w*, but his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add is\add* stretched out \w still|strong="H5186"\w*.\f + \fr 9.12 \ft open: Heb. whole\f*
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\v 13 ¶ For the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w turneth|strong="H7725"\w* not unto him that \w smiteth|strong="H5221"\w* them, neither do they \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.
\v 14 Therefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* and \w tail|strong="H2180"\w*, \w branch|strong="H3712"\w* and \w rush|strong="H0100"\w*, in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.
\v 15 The \w ancient|strong="H2205"\w* and \w honourable|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \add is\add* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; and the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that \w teacheth|strong="H3384"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, he \add is\add* the \w tail|strong="H2180"\w*.
\v 16 For the \w leaders|strong="H0833"\w* of this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* cause \add them\add* to \w err|strong="H8582"\w*; and \add they that are\add* \w led|strong="H0833"\w* of them \add are\add* \w destroyed|strong="H1104"\w*.\f + \fr 9.16 \ft the leaders: or, they that call them blessed\f*\f + \fr 9.16 \ft led of: or, called blessed of\f*\f + \fr 9.16 \ft destroyed: Heb. swallowed up\f*
\v 17 Therefore the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* shall have no \w joy|strong="H8055"\w* in their young \w men|strong="H0970"\w*, neither shall have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* on their \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w* and \w widows|strong="H0490"\w*: for every one \add is\add* an \w hypocrite|strong="H2611"\w* and an \w evildoer|strong="H7489"\w*, and every \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w* \w folly|strong="H5039"\w*. For all this his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* is not turned \w away|strong="H7725"\w*, but his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add is\add* stretched out \w still|strong="H5186"\w*.\f + \fr 9.17 \ft folly: or, villany\f*
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\v 18 ¶ For \w wickedness|strong="H7564"\w* \w burneth|strong="H1197"\w* as the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: it shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w briers|strong="H8068"\w* and \w thorns|strong="H7898"\w*, and shall \w kindle|strong="H3341"\w* in the \w thickets|strong="H5442"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, and they shall mount \w up|strong="H0055"\w* \add like\add* the lifting \w up|strong="H1348"\w* of \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w*.
\v 19 Through the \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* is the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w darkened|strong="H6272"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall be as the \w fuel|strong="H3980"\w* of the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall \w spare|strong="H2550"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.\f + \fr 9.19 \ft fuel: Heb. meat\f*
\v 20 And he shall \w snatch|strong="H1504"\w* on the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, and be \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*; and he shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* on the left \w hand|strong="H8040"\w*, and they shall not be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*: they shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of his own \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*:\f + \fr 9.20 \ft snatch: Heb cut\f*
\v 21 \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*; and \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*: \add and\add* they \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \add shall be\add* against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. For all this his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* is not turned \w away|strong="H7725"\w*, but his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add is\add* stretched out \w still|strong="H5186"\w*.
\c 10
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\v 1 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto them that \w decree|strong="H2710"\w* \w unrighteous|strong="H0205"\w* \w decrees|strong="H2711"\w*, and that \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w grievousness|strong="H5999"\w* \add which\add* they have \w prescribed|strong="H3789"\w*;\f + \fr 10.1 \ft that write…: or, to the writers that write grievousness\f*
\v 2 To turn \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* the \w needy|strong="H1800"\w* from \w judgment|strong="H1779"\w*, and to take \w away|strong="H1497"\w* the \w right|strong="H4941"\w* from the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that \w widows|strong="H0490"\w* may be their \w prey|strong="H7998"\w*, and \add that\add* they may \w rob|strong="H0962"\w* the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*!
\v 3 And what will ye \w do|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w*, and in the \w desolation|strong="H7722"\w* \add which\add* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from \w far|strong="H4801"\w*? to whom will ye \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* for \w help|strong="H5833"\w*? and where will ye \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* your \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*?
\v 4 Without me they \w shall|strong="H1115"\w* bow \w down|strong="H3766"\w* under the \w prisoners|strong="H0616"\w*, and they shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* under the \w slain|strong="H2026"\w*. For all this his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* is not turned \w away|strong="H7725"\w*, but his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add is\add* stretched out \w still|strong="H5186"\w*.
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\v 5 ¶ \w O|strong="H1945"\w* \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w*, the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and the \w staff|strong="H4294"\w* in their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* is mine \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*.\f + \fr 10.5 \ft O…: or, Woe to the Assyrian: Heb. Asshur\f*\f + \fr 10.5 \ft and: or, though\f*
\v 6 I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* him against an \w hypocritical|strong="H2611"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, and against the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of my \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* will I give him a \w charge|strong="H6680"\w*, to \w take|strong="H7997"\w* the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*, and to \w take|strong="H0962"\w* the \w prey|strong="H0957"\w*, and to tread them \w down|strong="H7760"\w* like the \w mire|strong="H2563"\w* of the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*.\f + \fr 10.6 \ft tread…: Heb. lay them a treading\f*
\v 7 Howbeit he \w meaneth|strong="H1819"\w* not so, neither doth his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w think|strong="H2803"\w* so; but \add it is\add* in his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* and cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* not a \w few|strong="H4592"\w*.
\v 8 For he \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Are\add* not my \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3162"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*?
\v 9 \add Is\add* not \w Calno|strong="H3641"\w* as \w Carchemish|strong="H3751"\w*? \add is\add* not \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* as \w Arpad|strong="H0774"\w*? \add is\add* not \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* as \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*?
\v 10 As my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* hath \w found|strong="H4672"\w* the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w idols|strong="H0457"\w*, and whose graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w* did excel them of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* and of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*;
\v 11 Shall I not, as I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* and her \w idols|strong="H0457"\w*, so \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* and her \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*?
\v 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, \add that\add* when the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* hath \w performed|strong="H1214"\w* his whole \w work|strong="H4639"\w* upon \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* and on \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of the \w stout|strong="H1433"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and the \w glory|strong="H8597"\w* of his \w high|strong="H7312"\w* \w looks|strong="H5869"\w*.\f + \fr 10.12 \ft punish: Heb. visit upon\f*\f + \fr 10.12 \ft stout…: Heb. greatness of the heart\f*
\v 13 For he \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, By the \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* of my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add*, and by my \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*; for I am \w prudent|strong="H0995"\w*: and I have \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* the \w bounds|strong="H1367"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and have \w robbed|strong="H8154"\w* their \w treasures|strong="H6259"\w*, and I have put \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* like a \w valiant|strong="H0047"\w* \add man:\add*\f + \fr 10.13 \ft a valiant…: or, many people\f*
\v 14 And my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* hath \w found|strong="H4672"\w* as a \w nest|strong="H7064"\w* the \w riches|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: and as one \w gathereth|strong="H0622"\w* \w eggs|strong="H1000"\w* \add that are\add* \w left|strong="H5800"\w*, have I \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and there was none that \w moved|strong="H5074"\w* the \w wing|strong="H3671"\w*, or \w opened|strong="H6475"\w* the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, or \w peeped|strong="H6850"\w*.
\v 15 Shall the \w axe|strong="H1631"\w* \w boast|strong="H6286"\w* itself against him that \w heweth|strong="H2672"\w* therewith? \add or\add* shall the \w saw|strong="H4883"\w* \w magnify|strong="H1431"\w* itself against him that \w shaketh|strong="H5130"\w* it? as if the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* should \w shake|strong="H5130"\w* \add itself\add* against them that lift it \w up|strong="H7311"\w*, \add or\add* as if the \w staff|strong="H4294"\w* should lift \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \add itself, as if it were\add* no \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.\f + \fr 10.15 \ft the rod…: or, a rod should shake them that lift it up\f*\f + \fr 10.15 \ft itself, as if…: or, that which is not wood\f*
\v 16 Therefore shall the \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w*, the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w send|strong="H7971"\w* among his fat \w ones|strong="H4924"\w* \w leanness|strong="H7332"\w*; and under his \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* he shall \w kindle|strong="H3344"\w* a \w burning|strong="H3350"\w* like the burning of a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.
\v 17 And the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be for a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and his Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* for a \w flame|strong="H3852"\w*: and it shall \w burn|strong="H1197"\w* and \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* his \w thorns|strong="H7898"\w* and his \w briers|strong="H8068"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*;
\v 18 And shall \w consume|strong="H3615"\w* the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of his \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, and of his fruitful \w field|strong="H3759"\w*, both \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* and \w body|strong="H1320"\w*: and they shall be as when a \w standardbearer|strong="H5263"\w* \w fainteth|strong="H4549"\w*.\f + \fr 10.18 \ft both…: Heb. from the soul, and even to the flesh\f*
\v 19 And the \w rest|strong="H7605"\w* of the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* of his \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* shall be \w few|strong="H4557"\w*, that a \w child|strong="H5288"\w* may \w write|strong="H3789"\w* them.\f + \fr 10.19 \ft few: Heb. number\f*
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\v 20 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add that\add* the \w remnant|strong="H7605"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and such as are \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, shall no more \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w stay|strong="H8172"\w* upon him that \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them; but shall \w stay|strong="H8172"\w* upon the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*.
\v 21 The \w remnant|strong="H7605"\w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, \add even\add* the \w remnant|strong="H7605"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, unto the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*.
\v 22 For though thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \add yet\add* a \w remnant|strong="H7605"\w* of them shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w*: the \w consumption|strong="H3631"\w* \w decreed|strong="H2782"\w* shall \w overflow|strong="H7857"\w* with \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.\f + \fr 10.22 \ft of them: Heb. in, or, among, etc\f*\f + \fr 10.22 \ft with: or, in\f*
\v 23 For the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* shall \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a \w consumption|strong="H3617"\w*, even \w determined|strong="H2782"\w*, in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.
\p
\v 24 ¶ Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, O my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w dwellest|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of the \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w*: he shall \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* thee with a \w rod|strong="H7626"\w*, and shall lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w staff|strong="H4294"\w* against thee, after the \w manner|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.\f + \fr 10.24 \ft and shall…: or, but he shall lift up his staff for\f*
\v 25 For yet a \w very|strong="H4213"\w* little \w while|strong="H4592"\w*, and the \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w* shall \w cease|strong="H3615"\w*, and mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* in their \w destruction|strong="H8399"\w*.
\v 26 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* shall stir \w up|strong="H5782"\w* a \w scourge|strong="H7752"\w* for him according to the \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* at the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* of \w Oreb|strong="H6159"\w*: and \add as\add* his \w rod|strong="H4294"\w* \add was\add* upon the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, so shall he lift it \w up|strong="H5375"\w* after the \w manner|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.
\v 27 And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add that\add* his \w burden|strong="H5448"\w* shall be taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from off thy \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w*, and his \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* from off thy \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*, and the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* shall be \w destroyed|strong="H2254"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w anointing|strong="H8081"\w*.\f + \fr 10.27 \ft be taken…: Heb. remove\f*
\v 28 He is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Aiath|strong="H5857"\w*, he is \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Migron|strong="H4051"\w*; at \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w* he hath laid \w up|strong="H6485"\w* his \w carriages|strong="H3627"\w*:
\v 29 They are gone \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w passage|strong="H4569"\w*: they have taken up their \w lodging|strong="H4411"\w* at \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w*; \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* is \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*; \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* is \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.
\v 30 Lift \w up|strong="H6670"\w* thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1530"\w* \w Gallim|strong="H1554"\w*: cause it to be \w heard|strong="H7181"\w* unto \w Laish|strong="H3919"\w*, O \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*.\f + \fr 10.30 \ft Lift…: Heb. Cry shrill with\f*
\v 31 \w Madmenah|strong="H4088"\w* is \w removed|strong="H5074"\w*; the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Gebim|strong="H1374"\w* gather themselves to \w flee|strong="H5756"\w*.
\v 32 As yet shall he \w remain|strong="H5975"\w* at \w Nob|strong="H5011"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: he shall \w shake|strong="H5130"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add against\add* the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.
\v 33 Behold, the \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, shall \w lop|strong="H5586"\w* the \w bough|strong="H6288"\w* with \w terror|strong="H4637"\w*: and the high \w ones|strong="H7311"\w* of \w stature|strong="H6967"\w* \add shall be\add* hewn \w down|strong="H1438"\w*, and the \w haughty|strong="H1364"\w* shall be \w humbled|strong="H8213"\w*.
\v 34 And he shall cut \w down|strong="H5362"\w* the \w thickets|strong="H5442"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* with \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, and \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by a mighty \w one|strong="H0117"\w*.\f + \fr 10.34 \ft by…: or, mightily\f*
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\p
\v 1 And there shall come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w rod|strong="H2415"\w* out of the \w stem|strong="H1503"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, and a \w Branch|strong="H5342"\w* shall \w grow|strong="H6509"\w* out of his \w roots|strong="H8328"\w*:
\v 2 And the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* upon him, the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* and \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*, the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* and \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* and of the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*;
\v 3 And shall make him of quick \w understanding|strong="H7306"\w* in the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and he shall not \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* after the \w sight|strong="H4758"\w* of his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, neither \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* after the \w hearing|strong="H4926"\w* of his \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*:\f + \fr 11.3 \ft quick…: Heb. scent or, smell\f*
\v 4 But with \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* shall he \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*, and \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* with \w equity|strong="H4334"\w* for the \w meek|strong="H6035"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: and he shall \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* with the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and with the \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* of his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* shall he \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.\f + \fr 11.4 \ft reprove: or, argue\f*
\v 5 And \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* shall be the \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w* of his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w faithfulness|strong="H0530"\w* the \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w* of his \w reins|strong="H2504"\w*.
\v 6 The \w wolf|strong="H2061"\w* also shall \w dwell|strong="H1481"\w* with the \w lamb|strong="H3532"\w*, and the \w leopard|strong="H5246"\w* shall lie \w down|strong="H7257"\w* with the \w kid|strong="H1423"\w*; and the \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* and the young \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* and the \w fatling|strong="H4806"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*; and a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* shall \w lead|strong="H5090"\w* them.
\v 7 And the \w cow|strong="H6510"\w* and the \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* shall \w feed|strong="H7462"\w*; their young \w ones|strong="H3206"\w* shall lie \w down|strong="H7257"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: and the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* like the \w ox|strong="H1241"\w*.
\v 8 And the sucking \w child|strong="H3243"\w* shall \w play|strong="H8173"\w* on the \w hole|strong="H2352"\w* of the \w asp|strong="H6620"\w*, and the weaned \w child|strong="H1580"\w* shall \w put|strong="H1911"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* on the \w cockatrice’|strong="H6848"\w* \w den|strong="H3975"\w*.\f + \fr 11.8 \ft cockatrice’: or, adder’s\f*
\v 9 They shall not \w hurt|strong="H7489"\w* nor \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* in all my \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*: for the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of the \w knowledge|strong="H1844"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, as the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.
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\v 10 ¶ And in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* there shall be a \w root|strong="H8328"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, which shall \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* for an \w ensign|strong="H5251"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; to it shall the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w*: and his \w rest|strong="H4496"\w* shall be \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w*.\f + \fr 11.10 \ft glorious: Heb. glory\f*
\v 11 And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add that\add* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* shall \w set|strong="H3254"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* the second \w time|strong="H8145"\w* to \w recover|strong="H7069"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H7605"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, which shall be \w left|strong="H7604"\w*, from \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and from \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and from \w Pathros|strong="H6624"\w*, and from \w Cush|strong="H3568"\w*, and from \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, and from \w Shinar|strong="H8152"\w*, and from \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, and from the \w islands|strong="H0339"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.
\v 12 And he shall set \w up|strong="H5375"\w* an \w ensign|strong="H5251"\w* for the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and shall \w assemble|strong="H0622"\w* the \w outcasts|strong="H1760"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and gather \w together|strong="H6908"\w* the \w dispersed|strong="H5310"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* from the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w corners|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 11.12 \ft corners: Heb. wings\f*
\v 13 The \w envy|strong="H7068"\w* also of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* shall \w depart|strong="H5493"\w*, and the \w adversaries|strong="H6887"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*: \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* shall not \w envy|strong="H7065"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall not \w vex|strong="H6887"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*.
\v 14 But they shall \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* upon the \w shoulders|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* toward the \w west|strong="H3220"\w*; they shall \w spoil|strong="H0962"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: they shall \w lay|strong="H4916"\w* their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* and \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* shall \w obey|strong="H4928"\w* them.\f + \fr 11.14 \ft them of: Heb. the children of\f*\f + \fr 11.14 \ft they shall lay…: Heb. Edom and Moab shall be the laying on of their hand\f*\f + \fr 11.14 \ft shall obey…: Heb. their obedience\f*
\v 15 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall utterly \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* of the \w Egyptian|strong="H4714"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*; and with his \w mighty|strong="H5868"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* shall he \w shake|strong="H5130"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* over the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, and shall \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* it in the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w streams|strong="H5158"\w*, and make \add men\add* go \w over|strong="H1869"\w* \w dryshod|strong="H5275"\w*.\f + \fr 11.15 \ft dryshod: Heb. in shoes\f*
\v 16 And there shall be an \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* for the \w remnant|strong="H7605"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* shall be \w left|strong="H7604"\w*, from \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*; like as it was to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that he came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.
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\p
\v 1 And in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I will \w praise|strong="H3034"\w* thee: though thou wast \w angry|strong="H0599"\w* with me, thine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* is turned \w away|strong="H7725"\w*, and thou \w comfortedst|strong="H5162"\w* me.
\v 2 Behold, \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \add is\add* my \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*; I will \w trust|strong="H0982"\w*, and not be \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3050"\+w*\nd* \nd \+w JEHOVAH|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* my \w strength|strong="H5797"\w* and \add my\add* \w song|strong="H2176"\w*; he also is become my \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*.
\v 3 Therefore with \w joy|strong="H8342"\w* shall ye \w draw|strong="H7579"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* out of the \w wells|strong="H4599"\w* of \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*.
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\v 4 And in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Praise|strong="H3034"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w call|strong="H7121"\w* upon his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w declare|strong="H3045"\w* his \w doings|strong="H5949"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, make \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* that his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* is \w exalted|strong="H7682"\w*.\f + \fr 12.4 \ft call…: or, proclaim\f*
\v 5 \w Sing|strong="H2167"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; for he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* excellent \w things|strong="H1348"\w*: this \add is\add* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* in all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.
\v 6 Cry \w out|strong="H6670"\w* and \w shout|strong="H7442"\w*, thou \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: for \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \add is\add* the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of thee.\f + \fr 12.6 \ft inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress\f*
\c 13
\p
\v 1 The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, which \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w* did \w see|strong="H2372"\w*.
\v 2 Lift ye \w up|strong="H5375"\w* a \w banner|strong="H5251"\w* upon the \w high|strong="H8192"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* unto them, \w shake|strong="H5130"\w* the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that they may \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w gates|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w nobles|strong="H5081"\w*.
\v 3 I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* my sanctified \w ones|strong="H6942"\w*, I have also \w called|strong="H7121"\w* my mighty \w ones|strong="H1368"\w* for mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, \add even\add* them that \w rejoice|strong="H5947"\w* in my \w highness|strong="H1346"\w*.
\v 4 The \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* in the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, like \w as|strong="H1823"\w* of a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; a \w tumultuous|strong="H7588"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w*: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w mustereth|strong="H6485"\w* the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.\f + \fr 13.4 \ft like…: Heb. the likeness of\f*
\v 5 They \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from a \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, from the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \add even\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of his \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*, to \w destroy|strong="H2254"\w* the whole \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.
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\v 6 ¶ \w Howl|strong="H3213"\w* ye; for the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* at \w hand|strong="H7138"\w*; it shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* as a \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w* from the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.
\v 7 Therefore shall all \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* be \w faint|strong="H7503"\w*, and every \w man’s|strong="H0582"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* shall \w melt|strong="H4549"\w*:\f + \fr 13.7 \ft be faint: or, fall down\f*
\v 8 And they shall be \w afraid|strong="H0926"\w*: \w pangs|strong="H6735"\w* and \w sorrows|strong="H2256"\w* shall take \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* of them; they shall be in \w pain|strong="H2342"\w* as a woman that \w travaileth|strong="H3205"\w*: they shall be \w amazed|strong="H8539"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* at \w another|strong="H7453"\w*; their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* \add shall be as\add* \w flames|strong="H3851"\w*.\f + \fr 13.8 \ft be amazed: Heb. wonder\f*\f + \fr 13.8 \ft one…: Heb. every man at his neighbour\f*\f + \fr 13.8 \ft flames: Heb. faces of the flames\f*
\v 9 Behold, the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*, \w cruel|strong="H0394"\w* both with \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* and \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, to \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8047"\w*: and he shall \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* the \w sinners|strong="H2400"\w* thereof out of it.
\v 10 For the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and the \w constellations|strong="H3685"\w* thereof shall not \w give|strong="H1984"\w* their \w light|strong="H0216"\w*: the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* shall be \w darkened|strong="H2821"\w* in his going \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and the \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* shall not cause her \w light|strong="H0216"\w* to \w shine|strong="H5050"\w*.
\v 11 And I will \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* for \add their\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* for their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*; and I will cause the \w arrogancy|strong="H1347"\w* of the \w proud|strong="H2086"\w* to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*, and will lay \w low|strong="H8213"\w* the \w haughtiness|strong="H1346"\w* of the \w terrible|strong="H6184"\w*.
\v 12 I will make a \w man|strong="H0582"\w* more \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* than fine \w gold|strong="H6337"\w*; even a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* than the golden \w wedge|strong="H3800"\w* of \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w*.
\v 13 Therefore I will \w shake|strong="H7264"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w remove|strong="H7493"\w* out of her \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, in the \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, and in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*.
\v 14 And it shall be as the \w chased|strong="H5080"\w* \w roe|strong="H6643"\w*, and as a \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* that no man taketh \w up|strong="H6908"\w*: they shall every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* to his own \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* into his own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.
\v 15 Every one that is \w found|strong="H4672"\w* shall be thrust \w through|strong="H1856"\w*; and every one that is \w joined|strong="H5595"\w* \add unto them\add* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.
\v 16 Their \w children|strong="H5768"\w* also shall be dashed to \w pieces|strong="H7376"\w* before their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*; their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* shall be \w spoiled|strong="H8155"\w*, and their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w ravished|strong="H7901"\w*.
\v 17 Behold, I will stir \w up|strong="H5782"\w* the \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w* against them, which shall not \w regard|strong="H2803"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*; and \add as for\add* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, they shall not \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* in it.
\v 18 \add Their\add* \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* also shall \w dash|strong="H7376"\w* the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* to \w pieces|strong="H7376"\w*; and they shall have no \w pity|strong="H7355"\w* on the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*; their \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* shall not \w spare|strong="H2347"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.
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\v 19 ¶ And \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, the \w glory|strong="H6643"\w* of \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*, the \w beauty|strong="H8597"\w* of the \w Chaldees’|strong="H3778"\w* \w excellency|strong="H1347"\w*, shall be as when \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w overthrew|strong="H4114"\w* \w Sodom|strong="H5467"\w* and \w Gomorrah|strong="H6017"\w*.\f + \fr 13.19 \ft as…: Heb. as the overthrowing\f*
\v 20 It shall \w never|strong="H5331"\w* be \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w*, neither shall it be \w dwelt|strong="H7931"\w* in from \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* to \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*: neither shall the \w Arabian|strong="H6163"\w* pitch \w tent|strong="H0167"\w* there; neither shall the \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* make their \w fold|strong="H7257"\w* there.
\v 21 But wild beasts of the \w desert|strong="H6728"\w* shall \w lie|strong="H7257"\w* there; and their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* shall be \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of doleful \w creatures|strong="H0255"\w*; and \w owls|strong="H1323"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* there, and \w satyrs|strong="H8163"\w* shall \w dance|strong="H7540"\w* there.\f + \fr 13.21 \ft wild…: Heb. Ziim\f*\f + \fr 13.21 \ft doleful…: Heb. Ochim\f*\f + \fr 13.21 \ft owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl\f*
\v 22 And the wild beasts of the \w islands|strong="H0338"\w* shall \w cry|strong="H6030"\w* in their desolate \w houses|strong="H0490"\w*, and \w dragons|strong="H8577"\w* in \add their\add* \w pleasant|strong="H6027"\w* \w palaces|strong="H1964"\w*: and her \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \add is\add* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and her \w days|strong="H3117"\w* shall not be \w prolonged|strong="H4900"\w*.\f + \fr 13.22 \ft the wild…: Heb. Iim\f*\f + \fr 13.22 \ft desolate…: or, palaces\f*
\c 14
\p
\v 1 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* on \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and will yet \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3240"\w* them in their own \w land|strong="H0127"\w*: and the \w strangers|strong="H1616"\w* shall be \w joined|strong="H3867"\w* with them, and they shall \w cleave|strong="H5596"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.
\v 2 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w take|strong="H3947"\w* them, and \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* them to their \w place|strong="H4725"\w*: and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w possess|strong="H5157"\w* them in the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* for \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* and \w handmaids|strong="H8198"\w*: and they shall take them \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*, whose \w captives|strong="H7617"\w* they were; and they shall \w rule|strong="H7287"\w* over their \w oppressors|strong="H5065"\w*.\f + \fr 14.2 \ft whose…: Heb. that had taken them captives\f*
\v 3 And it shall come to pass in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall give thee \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* from thy \w sorrow|strong="H6090"\w*, and from thy \w fear|strong="H7267"\w*, and from the \w hard|strong="H7186"\w* \w bondage|strong="H5656"\w* wherein thou wast made to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*,
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\v 4 ¶ That thou shalt take \w up|strong="H5375"\w* this \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, How hath the \w oppressor|strong="H5065"\w* \w ceased|strong="H7673"\w*! the golden \w city|strong="H4062"\w* \w ceased|strong="H7673"\w*!\f + \fr 14.4 \ft proverb: or, taunting speech\f*\f + \fr 14.4 \ft golden…: or, exactress of gold\f*
\v 5 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* the \w staff|strong="H4294"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, \add and\add* the \w sceptre|strong="H7626"\w* of the \w rulers|strong="H4910"\w*.
\v 6 He who \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* with a \w continual|strong="H1115"\w* \w stroke|strong="H4347"\w*, he that \w ruled|strong="H7287"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* in \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, is \w persecuted|strong="H4783"\w*, \add and\add* \w none|strong="H1097"\w* \w hindereth|strong="H2820"\w*. \f + \fr 14.6 \ft a continual…: Heb. a stroke without removing\f*
\v 7 The whole \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* is at \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*, \add and\add* is \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*: they break \w forth|strong="H6476"\w* into \w singing|strong="H7440"\w*.
\v 8 Yea, the fir \w trees|strong="H1265"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* at thee, \add and\add* the \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, \add saying\add*, Since thou art laid \w down|strong="H7901"\w*, no \w feller|strong="H3772"\w* is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against us.
\v 9 \w Hell|strong="H7585"\w* from beneath is \w moved|strong="H7264"\w* for thee to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \add thee\add* at thy \w coming|strong="H0935"\w*: it stirreth \w up|strong="H5782"\w* the \w dead|strong="H7496"\w* for thee, \add even\add* all the chief \w ones|strong="H6260"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; it hath raised \w up|strong="H6965"\w* from their \w thrones|strong="H3678"\w* all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.\f + \fr 14.9 \ft Hell: or, The grave\f*\f + \fr 14.9 \ft chief…: Heb. leaders, or, great goats\f*
\v 10 All they shall \w speak|strong="H6030"\w* and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, Art thou also become \w weak|strong="H2470"\w* as we? art thou become \w like|strong="H4911"\w* unto us?
\v 11 Thy \w pomp|strong="H1347"\w* is brought \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*, \add and\add* the \w noise|strong="H1998"\w* of thy \w viols|strong="H5035"\w*: the \w worm|strong="H7415"\w* is \w spread|strong="H3331"\w* under thee, and the \w worms|strong="H8438"\w* \w cover|strong="H4374"\w* thee.
\v 12 How art thou \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, O \w Lucifer|strong="H1966"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w morning|strong="H7837"\w*! \add how\add* art thou cut \w down|strong="H1438"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, which didst \w weaken|strong="H2522"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*!\f + \fr 14.12 \ft O Lucifer: or, O day star\f*
\v 13 For thou hast \w said|strong="H0559"\w* in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, I will \w ascend|strong="H5927"\w* into \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, I will \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* of \w God|strong="H0410"\w*: I will \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* also upon the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of the \w congregation|strong="H4150"\w*, in the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*:
\v 14 I will \w ascend|strong="H5927"\w* above the \w heights|strong="H1116"\w* of the \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w*; I will be \w like|strong="H1819"\w* the most \w High|strong="H5945"\w*.
\v 15 Yet thou shalt be brought \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w hell|strong="H7585"\w*, to the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w pit|strong="H0953"\w*.
\v 16 They that \w see|strong="H7200"\w* thee shall narrowly \w look|strong="H7688"\w* upon thee, \add and\add* \w consider|strong="H0995"\w* thee, \add saying, Is\add* this the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that made the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* to \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w*, that did \w shake|strong="H7493"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*;
\v 17 \add That\add* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* as a \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* thereof; \add that\add* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* not the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his \w prisoners|strong="H0615"\w*?\f + \fr 14.17 \ft opened…: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward?\f*
\v 18 All the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \add even\add* all of them, \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* in \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* in his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.
\v 19 But thou art cast \w out|strong="H7993"\w* of thy \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* like an \w abominable|strong="H8581"\w* \w branch|strong="H5342"\w*, \add and as\add* the \w raiment|strong="H3830"\w* of those that are \w slain|strong="H2026"\w*, thrust \w through|strong="H2944"\w* with a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, that go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* of the \w pit|strong="H0953"\w*; as a \w carcase|strong="H6297"\w* trodden under \w feet|strong="H0947"\w*.
\v 20 Thou shalt not be \w joined|strong="H3161"\w* with them in \w burial|strong="H6900"\w*, because thou hast \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \add and\add* \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w evildoers|strong="H7489"\w* shall \w never|strong="H5769"\w* be \w renowned|strong="H7121"\w*.
\v 21 \w Prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4293"\w* for his \w children|strong="H1121"\w* for the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; that they do \w not|strong="H1077"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w*, nor \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, nor \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* with \w cities|strong="H6145"\w*.
\v 22 For I will rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against them, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, and cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w remnant|strong="H7605"\w*, and \w son|strong="H5209"\w*, and \w nephew|strong="H5220"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 23 I will also \w make|strong="H7760"\w* it a \w possession|strong="H4180"\w* for the \w bittern|strong="H7090"\w*, and \w pools|strong="H0098"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: and I will \w sweep|strong="H2894"\w* it with the \w besom|strong="H4292"\w* of \w destruction|strong="H8045"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.
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\v 24 ¶ The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* hath \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely as I have \w thought|strong="H1819"\w*, so shall it come to pass; and as I have \w purposed|strong="H3289"\w*, \add so\add* shall it \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*:
\v 25 That I will \w break|strong="H7665"\w* the \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w* in my \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and upon my \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* tread him under \w foot|strong="H0947"\w*: then shall his \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from off them, and his \w burden|strong="H5448"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from off their \w shoulders|strong="H7926"\w*.
\v 26 This \add is\add* the \w purpose|strong="H6098"\w* that is \w purposed|strong="H3289"\w* upon the whole \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: and this \add is\add* the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* that is stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* upon all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.
\v 27 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* hath \w purposed|strong="H3289"\w*, and who shall \w disannul|strong="H6565"\w* \add it\add*? and his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add is\add* stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w*, and who shall turn it \w back|strong="H7725"\w*?
\v 28 In the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* that \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w* was this \w burden|strong="H4853"\w*.
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\v 29 ¶ \w Rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* not thou, whole \w Palestina|strong="H6429"\w*, because the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of him that \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* thee is \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*: for out of the \w serpent’s|strong="H5175"\w* \w root|strong="H8328"\w* shall come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w cockatrice|strong="H6848"\w*, and his \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \add shall be\add* a \w fiery|strong="H8314"\w* \w flying|strong="H5774"\w* \w serpent|strong="H8314"\w*.\f + \fr 14.29 \ft cockatrice: or, adder\f*
\v 30 And the \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* shall \w feed|strong="H7462"\w*, and the \w needy|strong="H0034"\w* shall lie \w down|strong="H7257"\w* in \w safety|strong="H0983"\w*: and I will \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* thy \w root|strong="H8328"\w* with \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and he shall \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* thy \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w*.
\v 31 \w Howl|strong="H3213"\w*, O \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*; \w cry|strong="H2199"\w*, O \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; thou, whole \w Palestina|strong="H6429"\w*, \add art\add* \w dissolved|strong="H4127"\w*: for there shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* a \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w*, and none \add shall be\add* \w alone|strong="H0909"\w* in his appointed \w times|strong="H4151"\w*.\f + \fr 14.31 \ft none…: or, he shall not be alone\f*\f + \fr 14.31 \ft appointed…: or, assemblies\f*
\v 32 What shall \add one\add* then \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of the \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*? That the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w founded|strong="H3245"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w trust|strong="H2620"\w* in it.\f + \fr 14.32 \ft trust…: or, betake themselves unto it\f*
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\v 1 The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*. Because in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w Ar|strong="H6144"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* is laid \w waste|strong="H7703"\w*, \add and\add* brought to \w silence|strong="H1820"\w*; because in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w Kir|strong="H7024"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* is laid \w waste|strong="H7703"\w*, \add and\add* brought to \w silence|strong="H1820"\w*;\f + \fr 15.1 \ft brought…: or, cut off\f*
\v 2 He is gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Bajith|strong="H1006"\w*, and to \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w*, the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, to \w weep|strong="H1065"\w*: \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* shall \w howl|strong="H3213"\w* over \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w*, and over \w Medeba|strong="H4311"\w*: on all their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \add shall be\add* \w baldness|strong="H7144"\w*, \add and\add* every \w beard|strong="H2206"\w* cut \w off|strong="H1438"\w*.
\v 3 In their \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* they shall \w gird|strong="H2296"\w* themselves with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*: on the \w tops|strong="H1406"\w* of their houses, and in their \w streets|strong="H7339"\w*, every one shall \w howl|strong="H3213"\w*, \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* \w abundantly|strong="H3381"\w*.\f + \fr 15.3 \ft weeping…: Heb. descending into weeping, or, coming down with weeping\f*
\v 4 And \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* shall \w cry|strong="H2199"\w*, and \w Elealeh|strong="H0500"\w*: their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* shall be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add even\add* unto \w Jahaz|strong="H3096"\w*: therefore the armed \w soldiers|strong="H2502"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* shall cry \w out|strong="H7321"\w*; his \w life|strong="H5315"\w* shall be \w grievous|strong="H3415"\w* unto him.
\v 5 My \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall cry \w out|strong="H2199"\w* for \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; his \w fugitives|strong="H1280"\w* \add shall flee\add* unto \w Zoar|strong="H6820"\w*, an \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w* of three years \w old|strong="H7992"\w*: for by the mounting \w up|strong="H4608"\w* of \w Luhith|strong="H3872"\w* with \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* shall they go it \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; for in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Horonaim|strong="H2773"\w* they shall raise \w up|strong="H5782"\w* a \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* of \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*.\f + \fr 15.5 \ft his…: or, to the borders thereof, even to Zoar, as an heifer\f*\f + \fr 15.5 \ft destruction: Heb. breaking\f*
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\v 6 For the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of \w Nimrim|strong="H5249"\w* shall be \w desolate|strong="H4923"\w*: for the \w hay|strong="H2682"\w* is withered \w away|strong="H3001"\w*, the \w grass|strong="H1877"\w* \w faileth|strong="H3615"\w*, there is no green \w thing|strong="H3418"\w*.\f + \fr 15.6 \ft desolate: Heb. desolations\f*
\v 7 Therefore the \w abundance|strong="H3502"\w* they have \w gotten|strong="H6213"\w*, and that which they have laid \w up|strong="H6486"\w*, shall they carry \w away|strong="H5375"\w* to the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* of the \w willows|strong="H6155"\w*.\f + \fr 15.7 \ft brook…: or, valley of the Arabians\f*
\v 8 For the \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* is gone round \w about|strong="H5362"\w* the \w borders|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; the \w howling|strong="H3215"\w* thereof unto \w Eglaim|strong="H0097"\w*, and the \w howling|strong="H3215"\w* thereof unto \w Beer-elim|strong="H0879"\w*.
\v 9 For the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of \w Dimon|strong="H1775"\w* shall be \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*: for I will \w bring|strong="H7896"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* upon \w Dimon|strong="H1775"\w*, \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* upon him that \w escapeth|strong="H6413"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and upon the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0127"\w*.\f + \fr 15.9 \ft more: Heb. additions\f*
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\v 1 \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* ye the \w lamb|strong="H3733"\w* to the \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* from \w Sela|strong="H5554"\w* to the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, unto the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.\f + \fr 16.1 \ft Sela: or, Petra: Heb. A rock\f*
\v 2 For it shall be, \add that\add*, as a \w wandering|strong="H5074"\w* \w bird|strong="H5775"\w* cast \w out|strong="H7971"\w* of the \w nest|strong="H7064"\w*, \add so\add* the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* shall be at the \w fords|strong="H4569"\w* of \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w*.\f + \fr 16.2 \ft cast…: or, a nest forsaken\f*
\v 3 \w Take|strong="H0935"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*, \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H6415"\w*; \w make|strong="H7896"\w* thy \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* as the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w noonday|strong="H6672"\w*; \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* the \w outcasts|strong="H5080"\w*; \w bewray|strong="H1540"\w* not him that \w wandereth|strong="H5074"\w*.\f + \fr 16.3 \ft Take: Heb. Bring\f*
\v 4 Let mine \w outcasts|strong="H5080"\w* \w dwell|strong="H1481"\w* with thee, \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; \w be|strong="H1933"\w* thou a \w covert|strong="H5643"\w* to them from the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w spoiler|strong="H7703"\w*: for the \w extortioner|strong="H4160"\w* is at an \w end|strong="H0656"\w*, the \w spoiler|strong="H7701"\w* \w ceaseth|strong="H3615"\w*, the \w oppressors|strong="H7429"\w* are \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 16.4 \ft extortioner: Heb. wringer\f*\f + \fr 16.4 \ft the oppressors: Heb. the treaders down\f*
\v 5 And in \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* shall the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* be \w established|strong="H3559"\w*: and he shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon it in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* in the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w judging|strong="H8199"\w*, and \w seeking|strong="H1875"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w hasting|strong="H4106"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*.\f + \fr 16.5 \ft established: or, prepared\f*
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\v 6 ¶ We have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of the \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; \add he is\add* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w proud|strong="H1341"\w*: \add even\add* of his \w haughtiness|strong="H1346"\w*, and his \w pride|strong="H1347"\w*, and his \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*: \add but\add* his \w lies|strong="H0907"\w* \add shall\add* not \add be\add* so.
\v 7 Therefore shall \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w howl|strong="H3213"\w* for \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, every one shall \w howl|strong="H3213"\w*: for the \w foundations|strong="H0808"\w* of \w Kir-hareseth|strong="H7025"\w* shall ye \w mourn|strong="H1897"\w*; surely \add they are\add* \w stricken|strong="H5218"\w*.\f + \fr 16.7 \ft mourn: or, mutter\f*
\v 8 For the \w fields|strong="H7709"\w* of \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* \w languish|strong="H0535"\w*, \add and\add* the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* of \w Sibmah|strong="H7643"\w*: the \w lords|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* have broken \w down|strong="H1986"\w* the principal \w plants|strong="H8291"\w* thereof, they are \w come|strong="H5060"\w* \add even\add* unto \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*, they \w wandered|strong="H8582"\w* \add through\add* the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*: her \w branches|strong="H7976"\w* are stretched \w out|strong="H5203"\w*, they are gone \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.\f + \fr 16.8 \ft stretched…: or, plucked up\f*
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\v 9 ¶ Therefore I will \w bewail|strong="H1058"\w* with the \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* of \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w* the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* of \w Sibmah|strong="H7643"\w*: I will \w water|strong="H7301"\w* thee with my \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*, O \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, and \w Elealeh|strong="H0500"\w*: for the \w shouting|strong="H1959"\w* for thy summer \w fruits|strong="H7019"\w* and for thy \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* is \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*.\f + \fr 16.9 \ft the shouting…: or, the alarm is fallen upon, etc\f*
\v 10 And \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w* is taken \w away|strong="H0622"\w*, and \w joy|strong="H1524"\w* out of the plentiful \w field|strong="H3759"\w*; and in the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* there shall be no \w singing|strong="H7442"\w*, neither shall there be \w shouting|strong="H7321"\w*: the \w treaders|strong="H1869"\w* shall tread \w out|strong="H1869"\w* no \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* in \add their\add* \w presses|strong="H3342"\w*; I have made \add their vintage\add* \w shouting|strong="H1959"\w* to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*.
\v 11 Wherefore my \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w* shall \w sound|strong="H1993"\w* like an \w harp|strong="H3658"\w* for \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and mine inward \w parts|strong="H7130"\w* for \w Kir-haresh|strong="H7025"\w*.
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\v 12 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when it is \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* is \w weary|strong="H3811"\w* on the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*, that he shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to his \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w* to \w pray|strong="H6419"\w*; but he shall not \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w*.
\v 13 This \add is\add* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* concerning \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* since that \w time|strong="H0227"\w*.
\v 14 But now the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Within \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, as the \w years|strong="H8141"\w* of an \w hireling|strong="H7916"\w*, and the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* shall be \w contemned|strong="H7034"\w*, with all that \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*; and the \w remnant|strong="H7605"\w* \add shall be\add* \w very|strong="H4592"\w* \w small|strong="H4213"\w* \add and\add* \w feeble|strong="H3808"\w*.\f + \fr 16.14 \ft feeble: or, not many\f*
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\v 1 The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*. Behold, \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* is taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from \add being\add* a \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and it shall be a \w ruinous|strong="H4654"\w* \w heap|strong="H4596"\w*.
\v 2 The \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \add are\add* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w*: they shall be for \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w*, which shall lie \w down|strong="H7257"\w*, and none shall make \add them\add* \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*.
\v 3 The \w fortress|strong="H4013"\w* also shall \w cease|strong="H7673"\w* from \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* from \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, and the \w remnant|strong="H7605"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*: they shall be as the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.
\v 4 And in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* it shall come to pass, \add that\add* the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* shall be made \w thin|strong="H1809"\w*, and the \w fatness|strong="H4924"\w* of his \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* shall wax \w lean|strong="H7329"\w*.
\v 5 And it shall be as when the \w harvestman|strong="H7105"\w* \w gathereth|strong="H0622"\w* the \w corn|strong="H7054"\w*, and \w reapeth|strong="H7114"\w* the \w ears|strong="H7641"\w* with his \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*; and it shall be as he that \w gathereth|strong="H3950"\w* \w ears|strong="H7641"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w*.
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\v 6 ¶ Yet gleaning \w grapes|strong="H5955"\w* shall be \w left|strong="H7604"\w* in it, as the \w shaking|strong="H5363"\w* of an olive \w tree|strong="H2132"\w*, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \add or\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w berries|strong="H1620"\w* in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the uppermost \w bough|strong="H0534"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \add or\add* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* in the outmost \w fruitful|strong="H6509"\w* \w branches|strong="H5585"\w* thereof, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 7 At that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w look|strong="H8159"\w* to his \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall have \w respect|strong="H7200"\w* to the \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* One of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 8 And he shall not \w look|strong="H8159"\w* to the \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, neither shall \w respect|strong="H7200"\w* \add that\add* which his \w fingers|strong="H0676"\w* have \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, either the \w groves|strong="H0842"\w*, or the \w images|strong="H2553"\w*.\f + \fr 17.8 \ft images: or, sun images\f*
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\v 9 ¶ In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall his \w strong|strong="H4581"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* be as a \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w bough|strong="H2793"\w*, and an uppermost \w branch|strong="H0534"\w*, which they \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and there shall be \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w*.
\v 10 Because thou hast \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of thy \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*, and hast not been \w mindful|strong="H2142"\w* of the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* of thy \w strength|strong="H4581"\w*, therefore shalt thou \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w pleasant|strong="H5282"\w* \w plants|strong="H5194"\w*, and shalt \w set|strong="H2232"\w* it with \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* \w slips|strong="H2156"\w*:
\v 11 In the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shalt thou make thy \w plant|strong="H5194"\w* to \w grow|strong="H7735"\w*, and in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* shalt thou make thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* to \w flourish|strong="H6524"\w*: \add but\add* the \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \add shall be\add* a \w heap|strong="H5067"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w grief|strong="H2470"\w* and of \w desperate|strong="H0605"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H3511"\w*.\f + \fr 17.11 \ft a heap…: or, removed in the day of inheritance, and there shall be deadly sorrow\f*
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\v 12 ¶ \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add which\add* make a \w noise|strong="H1993"\w* like the \w noise|strong="H1993"\w* of the \w seas|strong="H3220"\w*; and to the \w rushing|strong="H7588"\w* of \w nations|strong="H3816"\w*, \add that\add* make a rushing like the \w rushing|strong="H7582"\w* of \w mighty|strong="H3524"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*!\f + \fr 17.12 \ft multitude: or, noise\f*\f + \fr 17.12 \ft mighty: or, many\f*
\v 13 The \w nations|strong="H3816"\w* shall \w rush|strong="H7582"\w* like the \w rushing|strong="H7588"\w* of \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*: but \add God\add* shall \w rebuke|strong="H1605"\w* them, and they shall \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* far \w off|strong="H4801"\w*, and shall be \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* as the \w chaff|strong="H4671"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, and like a rolling \w thing|strong="H1534"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*.\f + \fr 17.13 \ft a rolling…: or, thistledown\f*
\v 14 And behold at \w eveningtide|strong="H6256"\w* \w trouble|strong="H1091"\w*; \add and\add* before the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* he \add is\add* not. This \add is\add* the \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* of them that \w spoil|strong="H8154"\w* us, and the \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* of them that \w rob|strong="H0962"\w* us.
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\v 1 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w shadowing|strong="H6767"\w* with \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*, which \add is\add* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w*:
\v 2 That \w sendeth|strong="H7971"\w* \w ambassadors|strong="H6735"\w* by the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, even in \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w bulrushes|strong="H1573"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \add saying\add*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, ye \w swift|strong="H7031"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, to a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w scattered|strong="H4900"\w* and \w peeled|strong="H4178"\w*, to a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w* from their beginning \w hitherto|strong="H1973"\w*; a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* meted \w out|strong="H6978"\w* and trodden \w down|strong="H4001"\w*, whose \w land|strong="H0776"\w* the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* have \w spoiled|strong="H0958"\w*!\f + \fr 18.2 \ft scattered…: or, outspread and polished\f*\f + \fr 18.2 \ft meted…: or, that meteth out and treadeth down: Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot\f*\f + \fr 18.2 \ft have…: or, despise\f*
\v 3 All ye \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w world|strong="H8398"\w*, and \w dwellers|strong="H7931"\w* on the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w see|strong="H7200"\w* ye, when he lifteth \w up|strong="H5375"\w* an \w ensign|strong="H5251"\w* on the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*; and when he \w bloweth|strong="H8628"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye.
\v 4 For \w so|strong="H3541"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, I will take my \w rest|strong="H8252"\w*, and I will \w consider|strong="H5027"\w* in my dwelling \w place|strong="H4349"\w* like a \w clear|strong="H6703"\w* \w heat|strong="H2527"\w* upon \w herbs|strong="H0216"\w*, \add and\add* like a \w cloud|strong="H5645"\w* of \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* in the \w heat|strong="H2527"\w* of \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*.\f + \fr 18.4 \ft consider…: or, regard my set dwelling\f*\f + \fr 18.4 \ft upon…: or, after rain\f*
\v 5 For \w afore|strong="H6440"\w* the \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, when the \w bud|strong="H6525"\w* is \w perfect|strong="H8552"\w*, and the sour \w grape|strong="H1155"\w* is \w ripening|strong="H1580"\w* in the \w flower|strong="H5328"\w*, he shall both cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w sprigs|strong="H2150"\w* with pruning \w hooks|strong="H4211"\w*, and take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \add and\add* cut \w down|strong="H8456"\w* the \w branches|strong="H5189"\w*.
\v 6 They shall be \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* unto the \w fowls|strong="H5861"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and to the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: and the \w fowls|strong="H5861"\w* shall \w summer|strong="H6972"\w* upon them, and all the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w winter|strong="H2778"\w* upon them.
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\v 7 ¶ In that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* shall the \w present|strong="H7862"\w* be \w brought|strong="H2986"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* of a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w scattered|strong="H4900"\w* and \w peeled|strong="H4178"\w*, and from a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w* from their beginning \w hitherto|strong="H1973"\w*; a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* meted \w out|strong="H6978"\w* and trodden under \w foot|strong="H4001"\w*, whose \w land|strong="H0776"\w* the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* have \w spoiled|strong="H0958"\w*, to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.\f + \fr 18.7 \ft scattered…: or, outspread and polished\f*
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\v 1 The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. Behold, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w rideth|strong="H7392"\w* upon a \w swift|strong="H7031"\w* \w cloud|strong="H5645"\w*, and shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: and the \w idols|strong="H0457"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* shall be \w moved|strong="H5128"\w* at his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, and the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* shall \w melt|strong="H4549"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of it.
\v 2 And I will \w set|strong="H5526"\w* the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* against the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w*: and they shall \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* against his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* against his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*; \w city|strong="H5892"\w* against \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \add and\add* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* against \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*.\f + \fr 19.2 \ft set: Heb. mingle\f*
\v 3 And the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* shall \w fail|strong="H1238"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* thereof; and I will \w destroy|strong="H1104"\w* the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* thereof: and they shall \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* to the \w idols|strong="H0457"\w*, and to the \w charmers|strong="H0328"\w*, and to them that have familiar \w spirits|strong="H0178"\w*, and to the \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w*.\f + \fr 19.3 \ft fail: Heb. be emptied\f*\f + \fr 19.3 \ft destroy: Heb. swallow up\f*
\v 4 \w And|strong="H0853"\w* the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* will I give \w over|strong="H5534"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of a \w cruel|strong="H7186"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*; and a \w fierce|strong="H5794"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over them, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.\f + \fr 19.4 \ft give…: or, shut up\f*
\v 5 And the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* shall \w fail|strong="H5405"\w* from the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* shall be \w wasted|strong="H2717"\w* and dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w*.
\v 6 And they shall \w turn|strong="H2186"\w* the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* far \w away|strong="H2186"\w*; \add and\add* the \w brooks|strong="H2975"\w* of \w defence|strong="H4693"\w* shall be \w emptied|strong="H1809"\w* and dried \w up|strong="H2717"\w*: the \w reeds|strong="H7070"\w* and \w flags|strong="H5488"\w* shall \w wither|strong="H7060"\w*.
\v 7 The paper \w reeds|strong="H6169"\w* by the \w brooks|strong="H2975"\w*, by the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w brooks|strong="H2975"\w*, and every thing \w sown|strong="H4218"\w* by the \w brooks|strong="H2975"\w*, shall \w wither|strong="H3001"\w*, be driven \w away|strong="H5086"\w*, and be no \add more\add*.\f + \fr 19.7 \ft and be…: Heb. and shall not be\f*
\v 8 The \w fishers|strong="H1771"\w* also shall \w mourn|strong="H0578"\w*, and all they that \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w angle|strong="H2443"\w* into the \w brooks|strong="H2975"\w* shall \w lament|strong="H0056"\w*, and they that \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w nets|strong="H4365"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* shall \w languish|strong="H0535"\w*.
\v 9 Moreover they that \w work|strong="H5647"\w* in \w fine|strong="H8305"\w* \w flax|strong="H6593"\w*, and they that \w weave|strong="H0707"\w* \w networks|strong="H2355"\w*, shall be \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w*.\f + \fr 19.9 \ft networks: or, white works\f*
\v 10 And they shall be \w broken|strong="H1792"\w* in the \w purposes|strong="H8356"\w* thereof, all that \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w sluices|strong="H7938"\w* \add and\add* \w ponds|strong="H0099"\w* for \w fish|strong="H5315"\w*.\f + \fr 19.10 \ft purposes: Heb. foundations\f*\f + \fr 19.10 \ft for fish: Heb. of living things\f*
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\v 11 ¶ Surely the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Zoan|strong="H6814"\w* \add are\add* \w fools|strong="H0191"\w*, the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w counsellors|strong="H3289"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* is become \w brutish|strong="H1197"\w*: how \w say|strong="H0559"\w* ye unto \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, I \add am\add* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w ancient|strong="H6924"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*?
\v 12 \w Where|strong="H0335"\w* \add are\add* they? \w where|strong="H0645"\w* \add are\add* thy \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add men\add*? and let them \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee now, and let them \w know|strong="H3045"\w* what the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* hath \w purposed|strong="H3289"\w* upon \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.
\v 13 The \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Zoan|strong="H6814"\w* are become \w fools|strong="H2973"\w*, the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Noph|strong="H5297"\w* are \w deceived|strong="H5377"\w*; they have also \w seduced|strong="H8582"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \add even they that are\add* the \w stay|strong="H6438"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* thereof.\f + \fr 19.13 \ft they that…: or, governors: Heb. corners\f*
\v 14 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w mingled|strong="H4537"\w* a \w perverse|strong="H5773"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* thereof: and they have caused \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* to \w err|strong="H8582"\w* in every \w work|strong="H4639"\w* thereof, as a \w drunken|strong="H7910"\w* \add man\add* \w staggereth|strong="H8582"\w* in his \w vomit|strong="H6892"\w*.\f + \fr 19.14 \ft a perverse…: Heb. a spirit of perversities\f*
\v 15 Neither shall there be \add any\add* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* for \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, which the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* or \w tail|strong="H2180"\w*, \w branch|strong="H3712"\w* or \w rush|strong="H0100"\w*, may \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.
\v 16 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* be like unto \w women|strong="H0802"\w*: and it shall be \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w* and \w fear|strong="H6342"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w shaking|strong="H8573"\w* of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, which he \w shaketh|strong="H5130"\w* over it.
\v 17 And the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall be a \w terror|strong="H2283"\w* unto \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, every one that maketh \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* thereof shall be \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w* in himself, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, which he hath \w determined|strong="H3289"\w* against it.
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\v 18 ¶ In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* the \w language|strong="H8193"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, and \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; \w one|strong="H0259"\w* shall be \w called|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w destruction|strong="H2041"\w*.\f + \fr 19.18 \ft the language: Heb. the lip\f*\f + \fr 19.18 \ft of destruction: or, of Heres, or, of the sun\f*
\v 19 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall there be an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and a \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \w at|strong="H0681"\w* the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* thereof to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 20 And it shall be for a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* and for a \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: for they shall \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w oppressors|strong="H3905"\w*, and he shall \w send|strong="H7971"\w* them a \w saviour|strong="H3467"\w*, and a great \w one|strong="H7227"\w*, and he shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* them.
\v 21 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be \w known|strong="H3045"\w* to \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and shall \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* and \w oblation|strong="H4503"\w*; yea, they shall \w vow|strong="H5087"\w* a \w vow|strong="H5088"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w perform|strong="H7999"\w* \add it\add*.
\v 22 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w smite|strong="H5062"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: he shall \w smite|strong="H5062"\w* and \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \add it:\add* and they shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \add even\add* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and he shall be \w intreated|strong="H6279"\w* of them, and shall \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* them.
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\v 23 ¶ In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall there be a \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* to \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and the \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and the \w Egyptian|strong="H4714"\w* into \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* shall \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* with the \w Assyrians|strong="H0804"\w*.
\v 24 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* with \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* and with \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \add even\add* a \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*:
\v 25 Whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* shall \w bless|strong="H1288"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of my \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* mine \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*.
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\v 1 In the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* that \w Tartan|strong="H8661"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w*, (when \w Sargon|strong="H5623"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him,) and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* it;
\v 2 At the same \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w loose|strong="H6605"\w* the \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* from off thy \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and put \w off|strong="H2502"\w* thy \w shoe|strong="H5275"\w* from thy \w foot|strong="H7272"\w*. And he did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* and \w barefoot|strong="H3182"\w*.\f + \fr 20.2 \ft by: Heb. by the hand of\f*
\v 3 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Like as my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* hath \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* and \w barefoot|strong="H3182"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \add for\add* a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* and \w wonder|strong="H4159"\w* upon \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* and upon \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w*;
\v 4 So shall the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* lead \w away|strong="H5090"\w* the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* \w prisoners|strong="H7628"\w*, and the \w Ethiopians|strong="H3568"\w* \w captives|strong="H1546"\w*, \w young|strong="H5288"\w* and \w old|strong="H2205"\w*, \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* and \w barefoot|strong="H3182"\w*, even with \add their\add* \w buttocks|strong="H8357"\w* \w uncovered|strong="H2834"\w*, to the \w shame|strong="H6172"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.\f + \fr 20.4 \ft the Egyptians…: Heb. the captivity of Egypt\f*\f + \fr 20.4 \ft shame: Heb. nakedness\f*
\v 5 And they shall be \w afraid|strong="H2865"\w* and \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* of \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w* their \w expectation|strong="H4007"\w*, and of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* their \w glory|strong="H8597"\w*.
\v 6 And the \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of this \w isle|strong="H0339"\w* shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, Behold, \w such|strong="H3541"\w* \add is\add* our \w expectation|strong="H4007"\w*, whither we \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* for \w help|strong="H5833"\w* to be \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*: and how shall we \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*?\f + \fr 20.6 \ft isle: or, country\f*
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\v 1 The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of the \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. As \w whirlwinds|strong="H5492"\w* in the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w pass|strong="H2498"\w* through; \add so\add* it \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* from the \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*, from a \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.
\v 2 A \w grievous|strong="H7186"\w* \w vision|strong="H2380"\w* is \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* unto me; the treacherous \w dealer|strong="H0898"\w* dealeth \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w*, and the \w spoiler|strong="H7703"\w* \w spoileth|strong="H7703"\w*. Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, O \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*: \w besiege|strong="H6696"\w*, O \w Media|strong="H4074"\w*; all the \w sighing|strong="H0585"\w* thereof have I made to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*.\f + \fr 21.2 \ft grievous: Heb. hard\f*
\v 3 Therefore are my \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w pain|strong="H2479"\w*: \w pangs|strong="H6735"\w* have taken \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* upon me, as the \w pangs|strong="H6735"\w* of a woman that \w travaileth|strong="H3205"\w*: I was bowed \w down|strong="H5753"\w* at the \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* \add of it;\add* I was \w dismayed|strong="H0926"\w* at the \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \add of it\add*.
\v 4 My \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w panted|strong="H8582"\w*, \w fearfulness|strong="H6427"\w* \w affrighted|strong="H1204"\w* me: the \w night|strong="H5399"\w* of my \w pleasure|strong="H2837"\w* hath he \w turned|strong="H7760"\w* into \w fear|strong="H2731"\w* unto me.\f + \fr 21.4 \ft heart…: or, mind wandered\f*\f + \fr 21.4 \ft turned: Heb. put\f*
\v 5 \w Prepare|strong="H6186"\w* the \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, \w watch|strong="H6822"\w* in the \w watchtower|strong="H6844"\w*, \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*: \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, ye \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, \add and\add* \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* the \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*.
\v 6 For thus hath the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w set|strong="H5975"\w* a \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w*, let him \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* what he \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w*.
\v 7 And he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* a \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \add with\add* a \w couple|strong="H6776"\w* of \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, a \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* of \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*, \add and\add* a \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* of \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*; and he \w hearkened|strong="H7181"\w* \w diligently|strong="H7182"\w* with \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w heed|strong="H7182"\w*:
\v 8 And he \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, A \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*: My \w lord|strong="H0136"\w*, I \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* upon the \w watchtower|strong="H4707"\w* in the \w daytime|strong="H3119"\w*, and I am \w set|strong="H5324"\w* in my \w ward|strong="H4931"\w* whole \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*:\f + \fr 21.8 \ft he…: or, cried as a lion\f*\f + \fr 21.8 \ft whole…: or, every night\f*
\v 9 And, behold, here \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* a \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* of \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, \add with\add* a \w couple|strong="H6776"\w* of \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* is \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*, is \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*; and all the graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w* of her \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* he hath \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* unto the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.
\v 10 O my \w threshing|strong="H4098"\w*, and the \w corn|strong="H1121"\w* of my \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*: that which I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, have I \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* unto you.\f + \fr 21.10 \ft corn: Heb. son\f*
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\v 11 ¶ The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of \w Dumah|strong="H1746"\w*. He \w calleth|strong="H7121"\w* to me out of \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*, \w Watchman|strong="H8104"\w*, what of the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*? \w Watchman|strong="H8104"\w*, what of the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*?
\v 12 The \w watchman|strong="H8104"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0857"\w*, and also the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: if ye will \w enquire|strong="H1158"\w*, \w enquire|strong="H1158"\w* ye: \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, \w come|strong="H0857"\w*.
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\v 13 ¶ The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* upon \w Arabia|strong="H6152"\w*. In the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* in \w Arabia|strong="H6152"\w* shall ye \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w*, O ye travelling \w companies|strong="H0736"\w* of \w Dedanim|strong="H1720"\w*.
\v 14 The \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Tema|strong="H8485"\w* \w brought|strong="H0857"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* to \w him|strong="H7125"\w* that was \w thirsty|strong="H6771"\w*, they \w prevented|strong="H6923"\w* with their \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* him that \w fled|strong="H5074"\w*.\f + \fr 21.14 \ft brought: or, bring ye\f*
\v 15 For they \w fled|strong="H5074"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*, \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w drawn|strong="H5203"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w bent|strong="H1869"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, and \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w grievousness|strong="H3514"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.\f + \fr 21.15 \ft from the swords: or, for fear, etc: Heb. from the face, etc\f*
\v 16 For thus hath the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Within a \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, according to the \w years|strong="H8141"\w* of an \w hireling|strong="H7916"\w*, and all the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w* shall \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*:
\v 17 And the \w residue|strong="H7605"\w* of the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of \w archers|strong="H7198"\w*, the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w*, shall be \w diminished|strong="H4591"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \add it\add*.\f + \fr 21.17 \ft archers: Heb. bows\f*
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\v 1 The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w vision|strong="H2384"\w*. What aileth thee \w now|strong="H0645"\w*, that thou art wholly gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w housetops|strong="H1406"\w*?
\v 2 Thou that art \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w stirs|strong="H8663"\w*, a \w tumultuous|strong="H1993"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, a \w joyous|strong="H5947"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w*: thy \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* \add men are\add* not \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, nor \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* in \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.
\v 3 All thy \w rulers|strong="H7101"\w* are \w fled|strong="H5074"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, they are \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* by the \w archers|strong="H7198"\w*: all that are \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in thee are \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, \add which\add* have \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* from \w far|strong="H7350"\w*.\f + \fr 22.3 \ft by…: Heb. of the bow\f*
\v 4 Therefore \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I, Look \w away|strong="H8159"\w* from me; I will \w weep|strong="H1065"\w* \w bitterly|strong="H4843"\w*, \w labour|strong="H0213"\w* not to \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* me, because of the \w spoiling|strong="H7701"\w* of the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 22.4 \ft weep…: Heb. be bitter in weeping\f*
\v 5 For \add it is\add* a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H4103"\w*, and of treading \w down|strong="H4001"\w*, and of \w perplexity|strong="H3998"\w* by the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w vision|strong="H2384"\w*, \w breaking|strong="H6979"\w* down the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w*, and of \w crying|strong="H7771"\w* to the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.
\v 6 And \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w* \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* the \w quiver|strong="H0827"\w* with \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w* \add and\add* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w Kir|strong="H7024"\w* \w uncovered|strong="H6168"\w* the \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*.\f + \fr 22.6 \ft uncovered: Heb. made naked\f*
\v 7 And it shall come to pass, \add that\add* thy \w choicest|strong="H4005"\w* \w valleys|strong="H6010"\w* shall be \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and the \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* shall \w set|strong="H7896"\w* themselves in \w array|strong="H7896"\w* at the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.\f + \fr 22.7 \ft thy…: Heb. the choice of thy valleys\f*\f + \fr 22.7 \ft at: or, toward\f*
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\v 8 ¶ And he \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w* the \w covering|strong="H4539"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and thou didst \w look|strong="H5027"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to the \w armour|strong="H5402"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*.
\v 9 Ye have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* also the \w breaches|strong="H1233"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, that they are \w many|strong="H7231"\w*: and ye gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of the \w lower|strong="H8481"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*.
\v 10 And ye have \w numbered|strong="H5608"\w* the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* have ye broken \w down|strong="H5422"\w* to \w fortify|strong="H1219"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.
\v 11 Ye \w made|strong="H6213"\w* also a \w ditch|strong="H4724"\w* between the two \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* for the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* of the \w old|strong="H3465"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*: but ye have not \w looked|strong="H5027"\w* unto the \w maker|strong="H6213"\w* thereof, neither had \w respect|strong="H7200"\w* unto him that \w fashioned|strong="H3335"\w* it long \w ago|strong="H7350"\w*.
\v 12 And in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* did the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* to \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w*, and to \w mourning|strong="H4553"\w*, and to \w baldness|strong="H7144"\w*, and to \w girding|strong="H2296"\w* with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*:
\v 13 And behold \w joy|strong="H8342"\w* and \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*, \w slaying|strong="H2026"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w killing|strong="H7819"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*: let us \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*; for to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* we shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.
\v 14 And it was \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* in mine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* by the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, Surely this \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* shall not be \w purged|strong="H3722"\w* from you till ye \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.
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\v 15 ¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w get|strong="H0935"\w* thee unto this \w treasurer|strong="H5532"\w*, \add even\add* unto \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w*, which \add is\add* over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \add and say\add*,
\v 16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee \w out|strong="H2672"\w* a \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \add as\add* he that heweth him \w out|strong="H2672"\w* a \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*, \add and\add* that \w graveth|strong="H2710"\w* an \w habitation|strong="H4908"\w* for himself in a \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*?\f + \fr 22.16 \ft as…: or, O he\f*
\v 17 Behold, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will carry thee \w away|strong="H2904"\w* with a \w mighty|strong="H1397"\w* \w captivity|strong="H2925"\w*, and will \w surely|strong="H5844"\w* \w cover|strong="H5844"\w* thee.\f + \fr 22.17 \ft will carry…: or, who covered thee with an excellent covering, and clothed thee gorgeously, (next verse) shall surely, etc\f*\f + \fr 22.17 \ft a mighty…: Heb. the captivity of a man\f*
\v 18 He will \w surely|strong="H6801"\w* violently \w turn|strong="H6801"\w* and \w toss|strong="H6802"\w* thee \add like\add* a \w ball|strong="H1754"\w* into a \w large|strong="H7342"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*: there shalt thou \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, and there the \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* of thy \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \add shall be\add* the \w shame|strong="H7036"\w* of thy \w lord’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 22.18 \ft large: Heb. large of spaces\f*
\v 19 And I will \w drive|strong="H1920"\w* thee from thy \w station|strong="H4673"\w*, and from thy \w state|strong="H4612"\w* shall he pull thee \w down|strong="H2040"\w*.
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\v 20 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that I will \w call|strong="H7121"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*:
\v 21 And I will \w clothe|strong="H3847"\w* him with thy \w robe|strong="H3801"\w*, and \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* him with thy \w girdle|strong="H0073"\w*, and I will \w commit|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w government|strong="H4475"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and he shall be a \w father|strong="H0001"\w* to the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.
\v 22 And the \w key|strong="H4668"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* will I \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* upon his \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w*; so he shall \w open|strong="H6605"\w*, and none shall \w shut|strong="H5462"\w*; and he shall \w shut|strong="H5462"\w*, and none shall \w open|strong="H6605"\w*.
\v 23 And I will \w fasten|strong="H8628"\w* him \add as\add* a \w nail|strong="H3489"\w* in a \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*; and he shall be for a \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* to his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.
\v 24 And they shall \w hang|strong="H8518"\w* upon him all the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, the \w offspring|strong="H6631"\w* and the \w issue|strong="H6849"\w*, all \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w small|strong="H6996"\w* quantity, from the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w cups|strong="H0101"\w*, even to all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w flagons|strong="H5035"\w*.\f + \fr 22.24 \ft vessels of flagons: or, instruments of viols\f*
\v 25 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, shall the \w nail|strong="H3489"\w* that is \w fastened|strong="H8628"\w* in the \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* be \w removed|strong="H4185"\w*, and be cut \w down|strong="H1438"\w*, and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*; and the \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* that \add was\add* upon it shall be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \add it\add*.
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\v 1 The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*. \w Howl|strong="H3213"\w*, ye \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* of \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*; for it is laid \w waste|strong="H7703"\w*, so that there is no \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, no entering \w in|strong="H0935"\w*: from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Chittim|strong="H3794"\w* it is \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* to them.
\v 2 Be \w still|strong="H1826"\w*, ye \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w isle|strong="H0339"\w*; thou whom the \w merchants|strong="H5503"\w* of \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, that pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, have \w replenished|strong="H4390"\w*.\f + \fr 23.2 \ft still: Heb. silent\f*
\v 3 And by \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Sihor|strong="H7883"\w*, the \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* of the \w river|strong="H2975"\w*, \add is\add* her \w revenue|strong="H8393"\w*; and she is a \w mart|strong="H5505"\w* of \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.
\v 4 Be thou \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, O \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*: for the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* hath \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w*, \add even\add* the \w strength|strong="H4581"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w travail|strong="H2342"\w* not, nor bring forth \w children|strong="H3205"\w*, neither do I nourish \w up|strong="H1431"\w* young \w men|strong="H0970"\w*, \add nor\add* bring \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w*.
\v 5 As at the \w report|strong="H8088"\w* concerning \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \add so\add* shall they be sorely \w pained|strong="H2342"\w* at the \w report|strong="H8088"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*.
\v 6 Pass ye \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*; \w howl|strong="H3213"\w*, ye \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w isle|strong="H0339"\w*.
\v 7 \add Is\add* this your \w joyous|strong="H5947"\w* \add city\add*, whose \w antiquity|strong="H6927"\w* \add is\add* of \w ancient|strong="H6924"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*? her own \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* shall \w carry|strong="H2986"\w* her afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w*.\f + \fr 23.7 \ft afar…: Heb. from afar off\f*
\v 8 Who hath taken this \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* against \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*, the \w crowning|strong="H5849"\w* \add city\add*, whose \w merchants|strong="H5503"\w* \add are\add* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, whose \w traffickers|strong="H3667"\w* \add are\add* the \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*?
\v 9 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* hath \w purposed|strong="H3289"\w* it, to \w stain|strong="H2490"\w* the \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* of all \w glory|strong="H6643"\w*, \add and\add* to bring into \w contempt|strong="H7043"\w* all the \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 23.9 \ft to stain: Heb. to pollute\f*
\v 10 \w Pass|strong="H5674"\w* through thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w* as a \w river|strong="H2975"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*: \add there is\add* no more \w strength|strong="H4206"\w*.\f + \fr 23.10 \ft strength: Heb. girdle\f*
\v 11 He stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* over the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, he \w shook|strong="H7264"\w* the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath given a \w commandment|strong="H6680"\w* against the \w merchant|strong="H3667"\w* \add city\add*, to \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* the \w strong|strong="H4581"\w* \w holds|strong="H4581"\w* thereof.\f + \fr 23.11 \ft against…: or, concerning a merchantman\f*\f + \fr 23.11 \ft the merchant city: Heb. Canaan\f*\f + \fr 23.11 \ft strong…: or, strengths\f*
\v 12 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H5937"\w*, O thou \w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*, \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*: \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Chittim|strong="H3794"\w*; there also shalt thou have no \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*.
\v 13 Behold the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*; this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* was not, \add till\add* the \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w* \w founded|strong="H3245"\w* it for them that dwell in the \w wilderness|strong="H6728"\w*: they set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w towers|strong="H0971"\w* thereof, they raised \w up|strong="H6209"\w* the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* thereof; \add and\add* he \w brought|strong="H7760"\w* it to \w ruin|strong="H4654"\w*.
\v 14 \w Howl|strong="H3213"\w*, ye \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* of \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*: for your \w strength|strong="H4581"\w* is laid \w waste|strong="H7703"\w*.
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\v 15 And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* shall be \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, according to the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: after the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* of \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* shall \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w sing|strong="H7892"\w* as an \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w*.\f + \fr 23.15 \ft shall Tyre…: Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot\f*
\v 16 \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* an \w harp|strong="H3658"\w*, go \w about|strong="H5437"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, thou \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w* that hast been \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w*; make \w sweet|strong="H3190"\w* \w melody|strong="H5059"\w*, sing \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w songs|strong="H7892"\w*, that thou mayest be \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w*.
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\v 17 ¶ And it shall come to pass after the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* of \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*, and she shall \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* to her \w hire|strong="H0868"\w*, and shall commit \w fornication|strong="H2181"\w* with all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w world|strong="H0776"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.
\v 18 And her \w merchandise|strong="H5504"\w* and her \w hire|strong="H0868"\w* shall be \w holiness|strong="H6944"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: it shall not be \w treasured|strong="H0686"\w* nor laid \w up|strong="H2630"\w*; for her \w merchandise|strong="H5504"\w* shall be for them that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w sufficiently|strong="H7654"\w*, and for \w durable|strong="H6266"\w* \w clothing|strong="H4374"\w*.\f + \fr 23.18 \ft durable: Heb. old\f*
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\v 1 Behold, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* maketh the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w empty|strong="H1238"\w*, and maketh it \w waste|strong="H1110"\w*, and \w turneth|strong="H5753"\w* it upside \w down|strong="H6440"\w*, and scattereth \w abroad|strong="H6327"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof.\f + \fr 24.1 \ft turneth…: Heb. perverteth the face thereof\f*
\v 2 And it shall be, as with the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, so with the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*; as with the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, so with his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*; as with the \w maid|strong="H8198"\w*, so with her \w mistress|strong="H1404"\w*; as with the \w buyer|strong="H7069"\w*, so with the \w seller|strong="H4376"\w*; as with the \w lender|strong="H3867"\w*, so with the \w borrower|strong="H3867"\w*; as with the taker of \w usury|strong="H5383"\w*, \w so|strong="H0834"\w* with the giver of \w usury|strong="H5378"\w* to him.\f + \fr 24.2 \ft priest: or, prince\f*
\v 3 The \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w utterly|strong="H1238"\w* \w emptied|strong="H1238"\w*, and \w utterly|strong="H0962"\w* \w spoiled|strong="H0962"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* this \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.
\v 4 The \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w mourneth|strong="H0056"\w* \add and\add* fadeth \w away|strong="H5034"\w*, the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* \w languisheth|strong="H0535"\w* \add and\add* fadeth \w away|strong="H5034"\w*, the \w haughty|strong="H4791"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* do \w languish|strong="H0535"\w*.\f + \fr 24.4 \ft the haughty…: Heb. the height of the people\f*
\v 5 The \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* also is \w defiled|strong="H2610"\w* under the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof; because they have \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* the \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*, \w changed|strong="H2498"\w* the \w ordinance|strong="H2706"\w*, \w broken|strong="H6565"\w* the \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.
\v 6 Therefore hath the \w curse|strong="H0423"\w* \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and they that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein are \w desolate|strong="H0816"\w*: therefore the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* are \w burned|strong="H2787"\w*, and \w few|strong="H4213"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w*.
\v 7 The new \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w mourneth|strong="H0056"\w*, the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w languisheth|strong="H0535"\w*, all the \w merryhearted|strong="H8056"\w* do \w sigh|strong="H0584"\w*.
\v 8 The \w mirth|strong="H4885"\w* of \w tabrets|strong="H8596"\w* \w ceaseth|strong="H7673"\w*, the \w noise|strong="H7588"\w* of them that \w rejoice|strong="H5947"\w* \w endeth|strong="H2308"\w*, the \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* of the \w harp|strong="H3658"\w* \w ceaseth|strong="H7673"\w*.
\v 9 They shall not \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* with a \w song|strong="H7892"\w*; strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w* shall be \w bitter|strong="H4843"\w* to them that \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* it.
\v 10 The \w city|strong="H7151"\w* of \w confusion|strong="H8414"\w* is broken \w down|strong="H7665"\w*: every \w house|strong="H1004"\w* is shut \w up|strong="H5462"\w*, that no man may come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.
\v 11 \add There is\add* a \w crying|strong="H6682"\w* for \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*; all \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* is \w darkened|strong="H6150"\w*, the \w mirth|strong="H4885"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* is \w gone|strong="H1540"\w*.
\v 12 In the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* is \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w*, and the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* is \w smitten|strong="H3807"\w* with \w destruction|strong="H7591"\w*.
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\v 13 ¶ When thus it shall be in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add there shall be\add* as the \w shaking|strong="H5363"\w* of an olive \w tree|strong="H2132"\w*, \add and\add* as the gleaning \w grapes|strong="H5955"\w* when the \w vintage|strong="H1210"\w* is \w done|strong="H3615"\w*.
\v 14 They shall lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, they shall \w sing|strong="H7442"\w* for the \w majesty|strong="H1347"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, they shall cry \w aloud|strong="H6670"\w* from the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.
\v 15 Wherefore \w glorify|strong="H3513"\w* ye the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in the \w fires|strong="H0217"\w*, \add even\add* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.\f + \fr 24.15 \ft fires: or, valleys\f*
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\v 16 ¶ From the uttermost \w part|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* have we \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w songs|strong="H2158"\w*, \add even\add* \w glory|strong="H6643"\w* to the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*. But I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w leanness|strong="H7334"\w*, my \w leanness|strong="H7334"\w*, \w woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto me! the treacherous \w dealers|strong="H0898"\w* have dealt \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w*; yea, the treacherous \w dealers|strong="H0898"\w* have dealt \w very|strong="H0899"\w* \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w*.\f + \fr 24.16 \ft uttermost…: Heb. wing\f*\f + \fr 24.16 \ft My leanness: Heb. Leanness to me, or, My secret to me\f*
\v 17 \w Fear|strong="H6343"\w*, and the \w pit|strong="H6354"\w*, and the \w snare|strong="H6341"\w*, \add are\add* upon thee, O \w inhabitant|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.
\v 18 And it shall come to pass, \add that\add* he who \w fleeth|strong="H5127"\w* from the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* into the \w pit|strong="H6354"\w*; and he that cometh \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w pit|strong="H6354"\w* shall be \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* in the \w snare|strong="H6341"\w*: for the \w windows|strong="H0699"\w* from on \w high|strong="H4791"\w* are \w open|strong="H6605"\w*, and the \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* do \w shake|strong="H7493"\w*.
\v 19 The \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* is \w utterly|strong="H7489"\w* broken \w down|strong="H7489"\w*, the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* is \w clean|strong="H6565"\w* \w dissolved|strong="H6565"\w*, the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* is \w moved|strong="H4131"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H4131"\w*.
\v 20 The \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w reel|strong="H5128"\w* to and \w fro|strong="H5128"\w* like a \w drunkard|strong="H7910"\w*, and shall be \w removed|strong="H5110"\w* like a \w cottage|strong="H4412"\w*; and the \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* thereof shall be \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* upon it; and it shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, and not \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*.
\v 21 And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add that\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of the high \w ones|strong="H4791"\w* \add that are\add* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*, and the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.\f + \fr 24.21 \ft punish: Heb. visit upon\f*
\v 22 And they shall be gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, \add as\add* \w prisoners|strong="H0616"\w* are \w gathered|strong="H0626"\w* in the \w pit|strong="H0953"\w*, and shall be shut \w up|strong="H5462"\w* in the \w prison|strong="H4525"\w*, and after \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* shall they be \w visited|strong="H6485"\w*.\f + \fr 24.22 \ft as prisoners…: Heb. with the gathering of prisoners\f*\f + \fr 24.22 \ft pit: or, dungeon\f*\f + \fr 24.22 \ft visited: or, found wanting\f*
\v 23 Then the \w moon|strong="H3842"\w* shall be \w confounded|strong="H2659"\w*, and the \w sun|strong="H2535"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, when the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and before his \w ancients|strong="H2205"\w* \w gloriously|strong="H3519"\w*.\f + \fr 24.23 \ft before…: or, there shall be glory before his ancients\f*
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\v 1 O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, thou \add art\add* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; I will \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* thee, I will \w praise|strong="H3034"\w* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; for thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w wonderful|strong="H6382"\w* \add things; thy\add* \w counsels|strong="H6098"\w* of \w old|strong="H7350"\w* \add are\add* \w faithfulness|strong="H0530"\w* \add and\add* \w truth|strong="H0544"\w*.
\v 2 For thou hast \w made|strong="H7760"\w* of a \w city|strong="H5892"\w* an \w heap|strong="H1530"\w*; \add of\add* a \w defenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w* a \w ruin|strong="H4654"\w*: a \w palace|strong="H0759"\w* of \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* to be no \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; it shall \w never|strong="H5769"\w* be \w built|strong="H1129"\w*.
\v 3 Therefore shall the \w strong|strong="H5794"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w glorify|strong="H3513"\w* thee, the \w city|strong="H7151"\w* of the \w terrible|strong="H6184"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* thee.
\v 4 For thou hast been a \w strength|strong="H4581"\w* to the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*, a \w strength|strong="H4581"\w* to the \w needy|strong="H0034"\w* in his \w distress|strong="H6862"\w*, a \w refuge|strong="H4268"\w* from the \w storm|strong="H2230"\w*, a \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* from the \w heat|strong="H2721"\w*, when the \w blast|strong="H7307"\w* of the terrible \w ones|strong="H6184"\w* \add is\add* as a \w storm|strong="H2230"\w* \add against\add* the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*.
\v 5 Thou shalt bring \w down|strong="H3665"\w* the \w noise|strong="H7588"\w* of \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w*, as the \w heat|strong="H2721"\w* in a dry \w place|strong="H6724"\w*; \add even\add* the \w heat|strong="H2721"\w* with the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* of a \w cloud|strong="H5645"\w*: the \w branch|strong="H2159"\w* of the terrible \w ones|strong="H6184"\w* shall be brought \w low|strong="H6030"\w*.
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\v 6 ¶ And in this \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* shall the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* unto all \w people|strong="H5971"\w* a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* of fat \w things|strong="H8081"\w*, a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* of wines on the \w lees|strong="H8105"\w*, of fat \w things|strong="H8081"\w* full of \w marrow|strong="H4229"\w*, of wines on the \w lees|strong="H8105"\w* well \w refined|strong="H2212"\w*.
\v 7 And he will \w destroy|strong="H1104"\w* in this \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w covering|strong="H3875"\w* cast \w over|strong="H3874"\w* all \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and the \w vail|strong="H4541"\w* that is \w spread|strong="H5259"\w* over all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.\f + \fr 25.7 \ft destroy: Heb. swallow up\f*\f + \fr 25.7 \ft cast: Heb. covered\f*
\v 8 He will swallow \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* in \w victory|strong="H5331"\w*; and the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* will wipe \w away|strong="H4229"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w* from off all \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*; and the \w rebuke|strong="H2781"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall he take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from off all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \add it\add*.
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\v 9 ¶ And it shall be \w said|strong="H0559"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, Lo, this \add is\add* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; we have \w waited|strong="H6960"\w* for him, and he will \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us: this \add is\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; we have \w waited|strong="H6960"\w* for him, we will be \w glad|strong="H1523"\w* and \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* in his \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*.
\v 10 For in this \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* shall the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*, and \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* shall be trodden \w down|strong="H1758"\w* under him, even as \w straw|strong="H4963"\w* is trodden \w down|strong="H1758"\w* for the \w dunghill|strong="H1119"\w*.\f + \fr 25.10 \ft trodden down under: or, threshed, etc\f*\f + \fr 25.10 \ft trodden down for…: or, threshed in Madmenah\f*
\v 11 And he shall spread \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of them, as he that \w swimmeth|strong="H7811"\w* spreadeth \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* \add his hands\add* to \w swim|strong="H7811"\w*: and he shall bring \w down|strong="H8213"\w* their \w pride|strong="H1346"\w* together with the \w spoils|strong="H0698"\w* of their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.
\v 12 And the \w fortress|strong="H4013"\w* of the high \w fort|strong="H4869"\w* of thy \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* shall he bring \w down|strong="H7817"\w*, lay \w low|strong="H8213"\w*, \add and\add* \w bring|strong="H5060"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, \add even\add* to the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.
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\v 1 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall this \w song|strong="H7892"\w* be \w sung|strong="H7891"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; We have a \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* will \add God\add* \w appoint|strong="H7896"\w* \add for\add* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* and \w bulwarks|strong="H2426"\w*.
\v 2 \w Open|strong="H6605"\w* ye the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, that the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* which \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* the \w truth|strong="H0529"\w* may enter \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.\f + \fr 26.2 \ft truth: Heb. truths\f*
\v 3 Thou wilt \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* \add him\add* in \w perfect|strong="H7965"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \add whose\add* \w mind|strong="H3336"\w* \add is\add* \w stayed|strong="H5564"\w* \add on thee:\add* because he \w trusteth|strong="H0982"\w* in thee.\f + \fr 26.3 \ft perfect…: Heb. peace, peace\f*\f + \fr 26.3 \ft mind: or, thought, or, imagination\f*
\v 4 \w Trust|strong="H0982"\w* ye in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* for \w ever|strong="H5703"\w*: for in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3050"\+w*\nd* \nd \+w JEHOVAH|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w strength|strong="H6697"\w*:\f + \fr 26.4 \ft everlasting…: Heb. the rock of ages\f*
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\v 5 ¶ For he bringeth \w down|strong="H7817"\w* them that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*; the \w lofty|strong="H7682"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w*, he layeth it \w low|strong="H8213"\w*; he layeth it \w low|strong="H8213"\w*, \add even\add* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*; he \w bringeth|strong="H5060"\w* it \add even\add* to the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.
\v 6 The \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* shall tread it \w down|strong="H7429"\w*, \add even\add* the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w*, \add and\add* the \w steps|strong="H6471"\w* of the \w needy|strong="H1800"\w*.
\v 7 The \w way|strong="H0734"\w* of the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \add is\add* \w uprightness|strong="H4339"\w*: thou, most \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*, dost \w weigh|strong="H6424"\w* the \w path|strong="H4570"\w* of the \w just|strong="H6662"\w*.
\v 8 Yea, in the \w way|strong="H0734"\w* of thy \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, have we \w waited|strong="H6960"\w* for thee; the \w desire|strong="H8378"\w* of \add our\add* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \add is\add* to thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and to the \w remembrance|strong="H2143"\w* of thee.
\v 9 With my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* have I \w desired|strong="H0183"\w* thee in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*; yea, with my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* me will I seek thee \w early|strong="H7836"\w*: for when thy \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* \add are\add* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* will \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*.
\v 10 Let favour be \w shewed|strong="H2603"\w* to the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, \add yet\add* will he \w not|strong="H1077"\w* \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*: in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w uprightness|strong="H5229"\w* will he deal \w unjustly|strong="H5765"\w*, and will \w not|strong="H1077"\w* \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* the \w majesty|strong="H1348"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 11 \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add when\add* thy \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* is lifted \w up|strong="H7311"\w*, they will not \w see|strong="H2372"\w*: \add but\add* they shall \w see|strong="H2372"\w*, and be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* for \add their\add* \w envy|strong="H7068"\w* at the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; yea, the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* of thine \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* them.\f + \fr 26.11 \ft at…: or, toward thy people\f*
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\v 12 ¶ \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, thou wilt \w ordain|strong="H8239"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* for us: for thou also hast \w wrought|strong="H6466"\w* all our \w works|strong="H4639"\w* in us.\f + \fr 26.12 \ft in us: or, for us\f*
\v 13 O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \add other\add* \w lords|strong="H0113"\w* \w beside|strong="H2108"\w* thee have had \w dominion|strong="H1166"\w* over us: \add but\add* by thee only will we make \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* of thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.
\v 14 \add They are\add* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, they shall not \w live|strong="H2421"\w*; \add they are\add* \w deceased|strong="H7496"\w*, they shall not \w rise|strong="H6965"\w*: therefore hast thou \w visited|strong="H6485"\w* and \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* them, and made all their \w memory|strong="H2143"\w* to \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*.
\v 15 Thou hast \w increased|strong="H3254"\w* the \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, thou hast \w increased|strong="H3254"\w* the \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*: thou art \w glorified|strong="H3513"\w*: thou hadst removed \add it\add* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \add unto\add* all the \w ends|strong="H7099"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.
\v 16 \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, in \w trouble|strong="H6862"\w* have they \w visited|strong="H6485"\w* thee, they poured \w out|strong="H6694"\w* a \w prayer|strong="H3908"\w* \add when\add* thy \w chastening|strong="H4148"\w* \add was\add* upon them.\f + \fr 26.16 \ft prayer: Heb. secret speech\f*
\v 17 \w Like|strong="H3644"\w* as a woman with \w child|strong="H2030"\w*, \add that\add* draweth \w near|strong="H7126"\w* the time of her \w delivery|strong="H3205"\w*, is in \w pain|strong="H2342"\w*, \add and\add* crieth \w out|strong="H2199"\w* in her \w pangs|strong="H2256"\w*; so have we been in thy \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 18 We have been with \w child|strong="H2029"\w*, we have been in \w pain|strong="H2342"\w*, we have as it \w were|strong="H3644"\w* brought \w forth|strong="H3205"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*; we have not \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* any \w deliverance|strong="H3444"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; \w neither|strong="H1077"\w* have the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*.
\v 19 Thy \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \add men\add* shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, \add together with\add* my dead \w body|strong="H5038"\w* shall they \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*. \w Awake|strong="H6974"\w* and \w sing|strong="H7442"\w*, ye that \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*: for thy \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \add is as\add* the \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* of \w herbs|strong="H0219"\w*, and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall cast \w out|strong="H5307"\w* the \w dead|strong="H7496"\w*.
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\v 20 ¶ \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* thou into thy \w chambers|strong="H2315"\w*, and \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* thy \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* about thee: \w hide|strong="H2247"\w* thyself as it were for a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w moment|strong="H7281"\w*, until the \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w* be \w overpast|strong="H5674"\w*.
\v 21 For, behold, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* cometh \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of his \w place|strong="H4725"\w* to \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* for their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*: the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* also shall \w disclose|strong="H1540"\w* her \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and shall no more \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* her \w slain|strong="H2026"\w*.\f + \fr 26.21 \ft blood: Heb. bloods\f*
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\v 1 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* with his \w sore|strong="H7186"\w* and \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* shall \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w leviathan|strong="H3882"\w* the \w piercing|strong="H1281"\w* \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w*, even \w leviathan|strong="H3882"\w* that \w crooked|strong="H6129"\w* \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w*; and he shall \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* the \w dragon|strong="H8577"\w* that \add is\add* in the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.\f + \fr 27.1 \ft piercing: or, crossing like a bar\f*
\v 2 In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w sing|strong="H6031"\w* ye unto her, A \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* of red \w wine|strong="H2561"\w*.
\v 3 I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* do \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* it; I will \w water|strong="H8248"\w* it every \w moment|strong="H7281"\w*: lest \add any\add* \w hurt|strong="H6485"\w* it, I will \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* it \w night|strong="H3915"\w* and \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.
\v 4 \w Fury|strong="H2534"\w* \add is\add* not in me: who would \w set|strong="H5414"\w* the \w briers|strong="H8068"\w* \add and\add* \w thorns|strong="H7898"\w* against me in \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*? I would \w go|strong="H6585"\w* through them, I would \w burn|strong="H6702"\w* them \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.\f + \fr 27.4 \ft go…: or, march against\f*
\v 5 Or let him take \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of my \w strength|strong="H4581"\w*, \add that\add* he may \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* with me; \add and\add* he shall \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* with me.
\v 6 He shall cause them that \w come|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* to take \w root|strong="H8327"\w*: \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w blossom|strong="H6692"\w* and \w bud|strong="H6524"\w*, and \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* with \w fruit|strong="H8570"\w*.
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\v 7 ¶ Hath he \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* him, as he \w smote|strong="H4347"\w* those that \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him? \add or\add* is he \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* according to the \w slaughter|strong="H2027"\w* of them that are \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* by him?\f + \fr 27.7 \ft as…: Heb. according to the stroke of\f*
\v 8 In \w measure|strong="H5432"\w*, when it shooteth \w forth|strong="H7971"\w*, thou wilt \w debate|strong="H7378"\w* with it: he \w stayeth|strong="H1898"\w* his \w rough|strong="H7186"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the east \w wind|strong="H6921"\w*.\f + \fr 27.8 \ft it shooteth…: or, thou sendest it forth\f*\f + \fr 27.8 \ft he…: or, when he removeth it with\f*
\v 9 By \w this|strong="H2063"\w* therefore shall the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* be \w purged|strong="H3722"\w*; and this \add is\add* all the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* to take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*; when he \w maketh|strong="H7760"\w* all the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* as \w chalkstones|strong="H1615"\w* that are beaten in \w sunder|strong="H5310"\w*, the \w groves|strong="H0842"\w* and \w images|strong="H2553"\w* shall not stand \w up|strong="H6965"\w*.\f + \fr 27.9 \ft images: or, sun images\f*
\v 10 Yet the \w defenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add shall be\add* \w desolate|strong="H0910"\w*, \add and\add* the \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H7971"\w*, and \w left|strong="H5800"\w* like a \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*: there shall the \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* \w feed|strong="H7462"\w*, and there shall he lie \w down|strong="H7257"\w*, and \w consume|strong="H3615"\w* the \w branches|strong="H5585"\w* thereof.
\v 11 When the \w boughs|strong="H7105"\w* thereof are \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*, they shall be broken \w off|strong="H7665"\w*: the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \add and\add* set them on \w fire|strong="H0215"\w*: for it \add is\add* a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of no \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*: therefore he that \w made|strong="H6213"\w* them will not have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* on them, and he that \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* them will shew them no \w favour|strong="H2603"\w*.
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\v 12 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add that\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall beat \w off|strong="H2251"\w* from the \w channel|strong="H7641"\w* of the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* unto the \w stream|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and ye shall be \w gathered|strong="H3950"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* by \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, O ye \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 13 And it shall come to pass in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add that\add* the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* shall be \w blown|strong="H8628"\w*, and they shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* which were ready to \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and the \w outcasts|strong="H5080"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and shall \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.
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\v 1 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to the \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* of \w pride|strong="H1348"\w*, to the \w drunkards|strong="H7910"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, whose \w glorious|strong="H6643"\w* \w beauty|strong="H8597"\w* \add is\add* a \w fading|strong="H5034"\w* \w flower|strong="H6731"\w*, which \add are\add* on the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w fat|strong="H8081"\w* \w valleys|strong="H1516"\w* of them that are \w overcome|strong="H1986"\w* with \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*!\f + \fr 28.1 \ft overcome: Heb. broken\f*
\v 2 Behold, the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* hath a \w mighty|strong="H2389"\w* and strong \w one|strong="H0533"\w*, \add which\add* as a \w tempest|strong="H2230"\w* of \w hail|strong="H1259"\w* \add and\add* a \w destroying|strong="H6986"\w* \w storm|strong="H8178"\w*, as a \w flood|strong="H2230"\w* of \w mighty|strong="H3524"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w overflowing|strong="H7857"\w*, shall cast \w down|strong="H3240"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* with the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.
\v 3 The \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* of \w pride|strong="H1348"\w*, the \w drunkards|strong="H7910"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, shall be \w trodden|strong="H7429"\w* under \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*:\f + \fr 28.3 \ft under…: Heb. with feet\f*
\v 4 And the \w glorious|strong="H6643"\w* \w beauty|strong="H8597"\w*, which \add is\add* on the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w fat|strong="H8081"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*, shall be a \w fading|strong="H5034"\w* \w flower|strong="H6733"\w*, \add and\add* as the hasty \w fruit|strong="H1061"\w* before the \w summer|strong="H7019"\w*; which \add when\add* he that \w looketh|strong="H7200"\w* upon it \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w*, while it is yet in his \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* he eateth it \w up|strong="H1104"\w*.\f + \fr 28.4 \ft eateth: Heb. swalloweth\f*
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\v 5 ¶ In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* be for a \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* of \w glory|strong="H6643"\w*, and for a \w diadem|strong="H6843"\w* of \w beauty|strong="H8597"\w*, unto the \w residue|strong="H7605"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,
\v 6 And for a \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* to him that \w sitteth|strong="H3427"\w* in \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and for \w strength|strong="H1369"\w* to them that \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* to the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.
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\v 7 ¶ But \w they|strong="H0428"\w* also have \w erred|strong="H7686"\w* through \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and through strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w* are out of the \w way|strong="H8582"\w*; the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* have \w erred|strong="H7686"\w* through strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*, they are swallowed \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, they are out of the \w way|strong="H8582"\w* through strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*; they \w err|strong="H7686"\w* in \w vision|strong="H7203"\w*, they \w stumble|strong="H6328"\w* \add in\add* \w judgment|strong="H6417"\w*.
\v 8 For all \w tables|strong="H7979"\w* are \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w vomit|strong="H6892"\w* \add and\add* \w filthiness|strong="H6675"\w*, \add so that there is\add* no \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \add clean\add*.
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\v 9 ¶ Whom shall he \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1844"\w*? and whom shall he make to \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w doctrine|strong="H8052"\w*? \add them that are\add* \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* from the \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*, \add and\add* \w drawn|strong="H6267"\w* from the \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w*.\f + \fr 28.9 \ft doctrine: Heb. the hearing?\f*
\v 10 For \w precept|strong="H6673"\w* \add must be\add* upon \w precept|strong="H6673"\w*, \w precept|strong="H6673"\w* upon \w precept|strong="H6673"\w*; \w line|strong="H6957"\w* upon \w line|strong="H6957"\w*, \w line|strong="H6957"\w* upon \w line|strong="H6957"\w*; here a \w little|strong="H2191"\w*, \add and\add* there a \w little|strong="H2191"\w*:\f + \fr 28.10 \ft must be: or, hath been\f*
\v 11 For with \w stammering|strong="H3934"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* and \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* will he \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* to this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 28.11 \ft stammering…: Heb. stammerings of lip\f*\f + \fr 28.11 \ft will…: or, he hath spoken\f*
\v 12 To whom he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This \add is\add* the \w rest|strong="H4496"\w* \add wherewith\add* ye may cause the \w weary|strong="H5889"\w* to \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*; and this \add is\add* the \w refreshing|strong="H4774"\w*: yet they \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.
\v 13 But the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was unto them \w precept|strong="H6673"\w* upon \w precept|strong="H6673"\w*, \w precept|strong="H6673"\w* upon \w precept|strong="H6673"\w*; \w line|strong="H6957"\w* upon \w line|strong="H6957"\w*, \w line|strong="H6957"\w* upon \w line|strong="H6957"\w*; here a \w little|strong="H2191"\w*, \add and\add* there a \w little|strong="H2191"\w*; that they might \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w fall|strong="H3782"\w* \w backward|strong="H0268"\w*, and be \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*, and \w snared|strong="H3369"\w*, and \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*.
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\v 14 ¶ Wherefore \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, ye \w scornful|strong="H3944"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, that \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* which \add is\add* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.
\v 15 Because ye have \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We have \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, and with \w hell|strong="H7585"\w* are \w we|strong="H6213"\w* at \w agreement|strong="H2374"\w*; when the \w overflowing|strong="H7857"\w* \w scourge|strong="H7752"\w* shall pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w*, it shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto us: for we have \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* our \w refuge|strong="H4268"\w*, and under \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w* have we \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* ourselves:
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\v 16 ¶ Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*, Behold, I \w lay|strong="H3245"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* for a foundation a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, a \w tried|strong="H0976"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, a \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \add stone\add*, a \w sure|strong="H3245"\w* \w foundation|strong="H4143"\w*: he that \w believeth|strong="H0539"\w* shall not make \w haste|strong="H2363"\w*.
\v 17 \w Judgment|strong="H4941"\w* also will I \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* to the \w line|strong="H6957"\w*, and \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* to the \w plummet|strong="H4949"\w*: and the \w hail|strong="H1259"\w* shall sweep \w away|strong="H3261"\w* the \w refuge|strong="H4268"\w* of \w lies|strong="H3577"\w*, and the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* shall \w overflow|strong="H7857"\w* the hiding \w place|strong="H5643"\w*.
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\v 18 ¶ And your \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with \w death|strong="H4194"\w* shall be \w disannulled|strong="H3722"\w*, and your \w agreement|strong="H2380"\w* with \w hell|strong="H7585"\w* shall not \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*; when the \w overflowing|strong="H7857"\w* \w scourge|strong="H7752"\w* shall pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w*, then ye shall be trodden \w down|strong="H4823"\w* by it.\f + \fr 28.18 \ft trodden…: Heb. a treading down to it\f*
\v 19 From the \w time|strong="H1767"\w* that it goeth \w forth|strong="H5674"\w* it shall \w take|strong="H3947"\w* you: for \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* by \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* shall it pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, by \w day|strong="H3117"\w* and by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: and it shall be a \w vexation|strong="H2113"\w* only \add to\add* \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* the \w report|strong="H8052"\w*.\f + \fr 28.19 \ft to…: or, when he shall make you to understand doctrine\f*
\v 20 For the \w bed|strong="H4702"\w* is \w shorter|strong="H7114"\w* than that \add a man\add* can \w stretch|strong="H8311"\w* himself \add on it:\add* and the \w covering|strong="H4541"\w* \w narrower|strong="H6887"\w* than that he can \w wrap|strong="H3664"\w* himself \add in it\add*.
\v 21 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* as \add in\add* \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Perazim|strong="H6559"\w*, he shall be \w wroth|strong="H7264"\w* as \add in\add* the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, that he may \w do|strong="H6213"\w* his \w work|strong="H4639"\w*, his \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w*; and bring to \w pass|strong="H5647"\w* his \w act|strong="H5656"\w*, his \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w act|strong="H5656"\w*.
\v 22 Now therefore be ye not \w mockers|strong="H3887"\w*, lest your \w bands|strong="H4147"\w* be made \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*: for I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* from the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* a \w consumption|strong="H3617"\w*, even \w determined|strong="H2782"\w* upon the whole \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.
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\v 23 ¶ Give ye \w ear|strong="H0238"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*; \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* my \w speech|strong="H0565"\w*.
\v 24 Doth the \w plowman|strong="H2790"\w* \w plow|strong="H2790"\w* all \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to \w sow|strong="H2232"\w*? doth he \w open|strong="H6605"\w* and break the \w clods|strong="H7702"\w* of his \w ground|strong="H0127"\w*?
\v 25 When he hath made \w plain|strong="H7737"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* thereof, doth he not cast \w abroad|strong="H6327"\w* the \w fitches|strong="H7100"\w*, and \w scatter|strong="H2236"\w* the \w cummin|strong="H3646"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7760"\w* in the \w principal|strong="H7795"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* and the \w appointed|strong="H5567"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* and the \w rie|strong="H3698"\w* in their \w place|strong="H1367"\w*?\f + \fr 28.25 \ft the principal…: or, the wheat in the principal place, and barley in the appointed place\f*\f + \fr 28.25 \ft rie: or, spelt\f*\f + \fr 28.25 \ft place: Heb. border?\f*
\v 26 For his \w God|strong="H0430"\w* doth \w instruct|strong="H3256"\w* him to \w discretion|strong="H4941"\w*, \add and\add* doth \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* him.\f + \fr 28.26 \ft For…: or, And he bindeth it in such sort as his God doth teach him\f*
\v 27 For the \w fitches|strong="H7100"\w* are not \w threshed|strong="H1758"\w* with a threshing \w instrument|strong="H2742"\w*, neither is a \w cart|strong="H5699"\w* \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w* turned \w about|strong="H5437"\w* upon the \w cummin|strong="H3646"\w*; but the \w fitches|strong="H7100"\w* are beaten \w out|strong="H2251"\w* with a \w staff|strong="H4294"\w*, and the \w cummin|strong="H3646"\w* with a \w rod|strong="H7626"\w*.
\v 28 \w Bread|strong="H3899"\w* \add corn\add* is \w bruised|strong="H1854"\w*; because he will not \w ever|strong="H5331"\w* be \w threshing|strong="H0156"\w* it, nor \w break|strong="H2000"\w* \add it with\add* the \w wheel|strong="H1536"\w* of his \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, nor \w bruise|strong="H1854"\w* it \add with\add* his \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*.
\v 29 This also cometh \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \add which\add* is \w wonderful|strong="H6381"\w* in \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*, \add and\add* \w excellent|strong="H1431"\w* in \w working|strong="H8454"\w*.
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\v 1 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to \w Ariel|strong="H0740"\w*, to \w Ariel|strong="H0740"\w*, the \w city|strong="H7151"\w* \add where\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H2583"\w*! \w add|strong="H5595"\w* ye \w year|strong="H8141"\w* to \w year|strong="H8141"\w*; let them \w kill|strong="H5362"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2282"\w*.\f + \fr 29.1 \ft Woe…: or, O Ariel, that is, the lion of God\f*\f + \fr 29.1 \ft the city: or, of the city\f*\f + \fr 29.1 \ft kill: Heb. cut off the heads of\f*
\v 2 Yet I will \w distress|strong="H6693"\w* \w Ariel|strong="H0740"\w*, and there shall be \w heaviness|strong="H8386"\w* and \w sorrow|strong="H0592"\w*: and it shall be unto me as \w Ariel|strong="H0740"\w*.
\v 3 And I will \w camp|strong="H2583"\w* against thee round \w about|strong="H1754"\w*, and will lay \w siege|strong="H6696"\w* against thee with a \w mount|strong="H4674"\w*, and I will \w raise|strong="H6965"\w* \w forts|strong="H4694"\w* against thee.
\v 4 And thou shalt be brought \w down|strong="H8213"\w*, \add and\add* shalt \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* out of the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and thy \w speech|strong="H0565"\w* shall be \w low|strong="H7817"\w* out of the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, and thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* shall be, as of one that hath a familiar \w spirit|strong="H0178"\w*, out of the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and thy \w speech|strong="H0565"\w* shall \w whisper|strong="H6850"\w* out of the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.\f + \fr 29.4 \ft whisper: Heb. peep, or, chirp\f*
\v 5 Moreover the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of thy \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* shall be like \w small|strong="H1851"\w* \w dust|strong="H0080"\w*, and the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of the terrible \w ones|strong="H6184"\w* \add shall be\add* as \w chaff|strong="H4671"\w* that passeth \w away|strong="H5674"\w*: yea, it shall be at an \w instant|strong="H6621"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w*.
\v 6 Thou shalt be \w visited|strong="H6485"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* with \w thunder|strong="H7482"\w*, and with \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w*, and \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w*, with \w storm|strong="H5492"\w* and \w tempest|strong="H5591"\w*, and the \w flame|strong="H3851"\w* of \w devouring|strong="H0398"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.
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\v 7 ¶ And the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* that \w fight|strong="H6633"\w* against \w Ariel|strong="H0740"\w*, even all that \w fight|strong="H6638"\w* against her and her \w munition|strong="H4685"\w*, and that \w distress|strong="H6693"\w* her, shall be as a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* of a \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*.
\v 8 It shall even be as when an \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w* \add man\add* \w dreameth|strong="H2492"\w*, and, behold, he \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w*; but he \w awaketh|strong="H6974"\w*, and his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* is \w empty|strong="H7386"\w*: or as \w when|strong="H0834"\w* a thirsty \w man|strong="H6771"\w* \w dreameth|strong="H2492"\w*, and, behold, he \w drinketh|strong="H8354"\w*; but he \w awaketh|strong="H6974"\w*, and, behold, \add he is\add* \w faint|strong="H5889"\w*, and his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* hath \w appetite|strong="H8264"\w*: so shall the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* be, that \w fight|strong="H6633"\w* against \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.
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\v 9 ¶ \w Stay|strong="H4102"\w* yourselves, and \w wonder|strong="H8539"\w*; cry ye \w out|strong="H8173"\w*, and \w cry|strong="H8173"\w*: they are \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w*, but not with \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*; they \w stagger|strong="H5128"\w*, but not with strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*.\f + \fr 29.9 \ft cry ye…: or, take your pleasure, and riot\f*
\v 10 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath poured \w out|strong="H5258"\w* upon you the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of deep \w sleep|strong="H8639"\w*, and hath \w closed|strong="H6105"\w* your \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*: the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* and your \w rulers|strong="H7218"\w*, the \w seers|strong="H2374"\w* hath he \w covered|strong="H3680"\w*.\f + \fr 29.10 \ft rulers: Heb. heads\f*
\v 11 And the \w vision|strong="H2380"\w* of all is become unto you as the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of a \w book|strong="H5612"\w* that is \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w*, which \add men\add* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* to one that is \w learned|strong="H3045"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Read|strong="H7121"\w* this, I pray thee: and he \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w*; for it \add is\add* \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w*:\f + \fr 29.11 \ft book: or, letter\f*
\v 12 And the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* is \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* to him that is not \w learned|strong="H3045"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Read|strong="H7121"\w* this, I pray thee: and he \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, I am not \w learned|strong="H3045"\w*.
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\v 13 ¶ Wherefore the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Forasmuch|strong="H3282"\w* as this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* draw \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \add me\add* with their \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and with their \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* do \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* me, but have \w removed|strong="H7368"\w* their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from me, and their \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* toward me is \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* by the \w precept|strong="H4687"\w* of \w men|strong="H0582"\w*:
\v 14 Therefore, behold, I will \w proceed|strong="H3254"\w* to do a marvellous \w work|strong="H6381"\w* among this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add even\add* a marvellous \w work|strong="H6381"\w* and a \w wonder|strong="H6382"\w*: for the \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of their \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add men\add* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, and the \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w* of their \w prudent|strong="H0995"\w* \add men\add* shall be \w hid|strong="H5641"\w*.\f + \fr 29.14 \ft proceed: Heb. add\f*
\v 15 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto them that seek \w deep|strong="H6009"\w* to \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* their \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and their \w works|strong="H4639"\w* are in the \w dark|strong="H4285"\w*, and they \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Who \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w* us? and who \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* us?
\v 16 Surely your turning of things upside \w down|strong="H2017"\w* shall be \w esteemed|strong="H2803"\w* as the \w potter’s|strong="H3335"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*: for shall the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* of him that \w made|strong="H6213"\w* it, He \w made|strong="H6213"\w* me not? or shall the thing \w framed|strong="H3336"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* of him that \w framed|strong="H3335"\w* it, He had no \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w*?
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\v 17 \add Is\add* it not yet a \w very|strong="H4213"\w* little \w while|strong="H4592"\w*, and \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* shall be \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* into a fruitful \w field|strong="H3759"\w*, and the fruitful \w field|strong="H3759"\w* shall be \w esteemed|strong="H2803"\w* as a \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*?
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\v 18 ¶ And in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall the \w deaf|strong="H2795"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, and the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* out of \w obscurity|strong="H0652"\w*, and out of \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.
\v 19 The \w meek|strong="H6035"\w* also shall \w increase|strong="H3254"\w* \add their\add* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w poor|strong="H0034"\w* among \w men|strong="H0120"\w* shall \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w* in the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 29.19 \ft increase: Heb. add\f*
\v 20 For the terrible \w one|strong="H6184"\w* is brought to \w nought|strong="H0656"\w*, and the \w scorner|strong="H3887"\w* is \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*, and all that \w watch|strong="H8245"\w* for \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w* are cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*:
\v 21 That make a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* an \w offender|strong="H2398"\w* for a \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, and lay a \w snare|strong="H6983"\w* for him that \w reproveth|strong="H3198"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and turn \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* for a thing of \w nought|strong="H8414"\w*.
\v 22 Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, who \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w*, concerning the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* shall not now be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, neither shall his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* now wax \w pale|strong="H2357"\w*.
\v 23 But when he \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w* his \w children|strong="H3206"\w*, the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of mine \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, in the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of him, they shall \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and shall \w fear|strong="H6206"\w* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 24 They also that \w erred|strong="H8582"\w* in \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* shall \w come|strong="H3045"\w* to \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*, and they that \w murmured|strong="H7279"\w* shall \w learn|strong="H3925"\w* \w doctrine|strong="H3948"\w*.\f + \fr 29.24 \ft come…: Heb. know understanding\f*
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\v 1 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to the \w rebellious|strong="H5637"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*, but not of me; and that \w cover|strong="H5258"\w* with a \w covering|strong="H4541"\w*, but not of my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*, that they may \w add|strong="H5595"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*:
\v 2 That \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* to go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and have not \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* at my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*; to \w strengthen|strong="H5810"\w* themselves in the \w strength|strong="H4581"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, and to \w trust|strong="H2620"\w* in the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*!
\v 3 Therefore shall the \w strength|strong="H4581"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* be your \w shame|strong="H1322"\w*, and the \w trust|strong="H2622"\w* in the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add your\add* \w confusion|strong="H3639"\w*.
\v 4 For his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* were at \w Zoan|strong="H6814"\w*, and his \w ambassadors|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H5060"\w* to \w Hanes|strong="H2609"\w*.
\v 5 They were all \w ashamed|strong="H3001"\w* of a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add that\add* could not \w profit|strong="H3276"\w* them, nor be an \w help|strong="H5828"\w* nor \w profit|strong="H3276"\w*, but a \w shame|strong="H1322"\w*, and also a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*.
\v 6 The \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w* of the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*: into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w* and \w anguish|strong="H6695"\w*, from whence \add come\add* the \w young|strong="H3833"\w* and old \w lion|strong="H3918"\w*, the \w viper|strong="H0660"\w* and \w fiery|strong="H8314"\w* \w flying|strong="H5774"\w* \w serpent|strong="H8314"\w*, they will \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* their \w riches|strong="H2428"\w* upon the \w shoulders|strong="H3802"\w* of young \w asses|strong="H5895"\w*, and their \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* upon the \w bunches|strong="H1707"\w* of \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, to a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add that\add* shall not \w profit|strong="H3276"\w* \add them\add*.
\v 7 For the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* shall \w help|strong="H5826"\w* in \w vain|strong="H1892"\w*, and to no \w purpose|strong="H7385"\w*: therefore have I \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* concerning \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w Their|strong="H1992"\w* \w strength|strong="H7293"\w* \add is\add* to sit \w still|strong="H7674"\w*.\f + \fr 30.7 \ft concerning…: or, to her\f*
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\v 8 ¶ Now \w go|strong="H0935"\w*, \w write|strong="H3789"\w* it before them in a \w table|strong="H3871"\w*, and \w note|strong="H2710"\w* it in a \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, that it may be for the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* to \w come|strong="H0314"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5703"\w* and \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*:\f + \fr 30.8 \ft the…: Heb. the latter day\f*
\v 9 That this \add is\add* a \w rebellious|strong="H4805"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w lying|strong="H3586"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \add that\add* \w will|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*:
\v 10 Which \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w seers|strong="H7200"\w*, \w See|strong="H7200"\w* not; and to the \w prophets|strong="H2374"\w*, \w Prophesy|strong="H2372"\w* not unto us right \w things|strong="H5229"\w*, \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto us smooth \w things|strong="H2513"\w*, \w prophesy|strong="H2372"\w* \w deceits|strong="H4123"\w*:
\v 11 Get you \w out|strong="H5493"\w* of the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, turn \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* out of the \w path|strong="H0734"\w*, cause the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us.
\v 12 Wherefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Because ye \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* this \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in \w oppression|strong="H6233"\w* and \w perverseness|strong="H3868"\w*, and \w stay|strong="H8172"\w* thereon:\f + \fr 30.12 \ft oppression: or, fraud\f*
\v 13 Therefore this \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* shall be to you as a \w breach|strong="H6556"\w* ready to \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, swelling \w out|strong="H1158"\w* in a \w high|strong="H7682"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, whose \w breaking|strong="H7667"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* at an \w instant|strong="H6621"\w*.
\v 14 And he shall \w break|strong="H7665"\w* it as the \w breaking|strong="H7667"\w* of the \w potters’|strong="H3335"\w* \w vessel|strong="H5035"\w* that is broken in \w pieces|strong="H3807"\w*; he shall not \w spare|strong="H2550"\w*: so that there shall not be \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w bursting|strong="H4386"\w* of it a \w sherd|strong="H2789"\w* to \w take|strong="H2846"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* from the \w hearth|strong="H3344"\w*, or to \w take|strong="H2834"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \add withal\add* out of the \w pit|strong="H1360"\w*.\f + \fr 30.14 \ft the potters’…: Heb. the bottle of potters\f*
\v 15 For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*, the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; In \w returning|strong="H7729"\w* and \w rest|strong="H5183"\w* shall ye be \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*; in \w quietness|strong="H8252"\w* and in \w confidence|strong="H0985"\w* shall be your \w strength|strong="H1369"\w*: and ye \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not.
\v 16 But ye \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, No; for we will \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* upon \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*; therefore shall ye \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*: and, We will \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon the \w swift|strong="H7031"\w*; therefore shall they that \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* you be \w swift|strong="H7043"\w*.
\v 17 \w One|strong="H0259"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \add shall flee\add* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* the \w rebuke|strong="H1606"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w*; \w at|strong="H6440"\w* the \w rebuke|strong="H1606"\w* of \w five|strong="H2568"\w* shall ye \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*: till ye be \w left|strong="H3498"\w* as a \w beacon|strong="H8650"\w* upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of a \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, and as an \w ensign|strong="H5251"\w* on an \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*.\f + \fr 30.17 \ft a beacon: or, a tree bereft of branches, or, boughs: or, a mast\f*
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\v 18 ¶ And therefore will the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w wait|strong="H2442"\w*, that he may be \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* unto you, and therefore will he be \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w*, that he may have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* upon you: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* a \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*: \w blessed|strong="H0835"\w* \add are\add* all they that \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* for him.
\v 19 For the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: thou shalt \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* no \w more|strong="H1058"\w*: he will be \w very|strong="H2603"\w* \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* unto thee at the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of thy \w cry|strong="H2199"\w*; when he shall \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* it, he will \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* thee.
\v 20 And \add though\add* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* you the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of \w adversity|strong="H6862"\w*, and the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* of \w affliction|strong="H3906"\w*, yet shall not thy \w teachers|strong="H3384"\w* be removed into a \w corner|strong="H3670"\w* any more, but thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* thy \w teachers|strong="H3384"\w*:\f + \fr 30.20 \ft affliction: or, oppression\f*
\v 21 And thine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* shall \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* a \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, This \add is\add* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, walk ye in \w it|strong="H3212"\w*, when ye turn to the right \w hand|strong="H0541"\w*, and when ye turn to the \w left|strong="H8041"\w*.
\v 22 Ye shall \w defile|strong="H2930"\w* also the \w covering|strong="H6826"\w* of thy graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the \w ornament|strong="H0642"\w* of thy molten \w images|strong="H4541"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*: thou shalt cast them \w away|strong="H2219"\w* as a menstruous \w cloth|strong="H1739"\w*; thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto it, Get thee \w hence|strong="H3318"\w*.\f + \fr 30.22 \ft thy graven…: Heb. the graven images of thy silver\f*\f + \fr 30.22 \ft cast: Heb. scatter\f*
\v 23 Then shall he \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* of thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, that thou shalt \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* the \w ground|strong="H0127"\w* withal; and \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of the \w increase|strong="H8393"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*, and it shall be \w fat|strong="H1879"\w* and \w plenteous|strong="H8082"\w*: in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall thy \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* in \w large|strong="H7337"\w* \w pastures|strong="H3733"\w*.
\v 24 The \w oxen|strong="H0504"\w* likewise and the young \w asses|strong="H5895"\w* that \w ear|strong="H5647"\w* the \w ground|strong="H0127"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w clean|strong="H2548"\w* \w provender|strong="H1098"\w*, which hath been \w winnowed|strong="H2219"\w* with the \w shovel|strong="H7371"\w* and with the \w fan|strong="H4214"\w*.\f + \fr 30.24 \ft clean: or, savoury: Heb. leavened\f*
\v 25 And there shall be upon every \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, and upon every \w high|strong="H5375"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*, \w rivers|strong="H6388"\w* \add and\add* \w streams|strong="H2988"\w* of \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H2027"\w*, when the \w towers|strong="H4026"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*.\f + \fr 30.25 \ft high hill: Heb. lifted up, etc\f*
\v 26 Moreover the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \w moon|strong="H3842"\w* shall be as the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \w sun|strong="H2535"\w*, and the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \w sun|strong="H2535"\w* shall be \w sevenfold|strong="H7659"\w*, as the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* bindeth \w up|strong="H2280"\w* the \w breach|strong="H7667"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w healeth|strong="H7495"\w* the \w stroke|strong="H4273"\w* of their \w wound|strong="H4347"\w*.
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\v 27 ¶ Behold, the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* from \w far|strong="H4801"\w*, \w burning|strong="H1197"\w* \add with\add* his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and the \w burden|strong="H4858"\w* \add thereof is\add* \w heavy|strong="H3514"\w*: his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* are \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*, and his \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* as a \w devouring|strong="H0398"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*:\f + \fr 30.27 \ft burden…: or, grievousness of flame\f*\f + \fr 30.27 \ft heavy: Heb. heaviness\f*
\v 28 And his \w breath|strong="H7307"\w*, as an \w overflowing|strong="H7857"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w*, shall reach to the \w midst|strong="H2673"\w* of the \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*, to \w sift|strong="H5130"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* with the \w sieve|strong="H5299"\w* of \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w*: and \add there shall be\add* a \w bridle|strong="H7448"\w* in the \w jaws|strong="H3895"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, causing \add them\add* to \w err|strong="H8582"\w*.
\v 29 Ye shall have a \w song|strong="H7892"\w*, as in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \add when\add* a \w holy|strong="H6942"\w* \w solemnity|strong="H2282"\w* is \w kept|strong="H6942"\w*; and \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, as when one \w goeth|strong="H1980"\w* with a \w pipe|strong="H2485"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to the mighty \w One|strong="H6697"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 30.29 \ft mighty…: Heb. Rock\f*
\v 30 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall cause his \w glorious|strong="H1935"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* to be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, and shall \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* the lighting \w down|strong="H5183"\w* of his \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, with the \w indignation|strong="H2197"\w* of \add his\add* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and \add with\add* the \w flame|strong="H3851"\w* of a \w devouring|strong="H0398"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, \add with\add* \w scattering|strong="H5311"\w*, and \w tempest|strong="H2230"\w*, and \w hailstones|strong="H0068"\w*.\f + \fr 30.30 \ft his glorious…: Heb. the glory of his voice\f*
\v 31 For through the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall the \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w* be beaten \w down|strong="H2865"\w*, \add which\add* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* with a \w rod|strong="H7626"\w*.
\v 32 And \add in\add* every \w place|strong="H3605"\w* where the \w grounded|strong="H4145"\w* \w staff|strong="H4294"\w* shall \w pass|strong="H4569"\w*, which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w lay|strong="H5117"\w* upon him, \add it\add* shall be with \w tabrets|strong="H8596"\w* and \w harps|strong="H3658"\w*: and in \w battles|strong="H4421"\w* of \w shaking|strong="H8573"\w* will he \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with it.\f + \fr 30.32 \ft in every…: Heb. every passing of the rod founded\f*\f + \fr 30.32 \ft lay…: Heb. cause to rest upon\f*\f + \fr 30.32 \ft with it: or, against them\f*
\v 33 For \w Tophet|strong="H8613"\w* \add is\add* \w ordained|strong="H6186"\w* of \w old|strong="H0865"\w*; yea, for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* it is \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w*; he hath made \add it\add* \w deep|strong="H6009"\w* \add and\add* \w large|strong="H7337"\w*: the \w pile|strong="H4071"\w* thereof \add is\add* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* and \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*; the \w breath|strong="H5397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, like a \w stream|strong="H5158"\w* of \w brimstone|strong="H1614"\w*, doth \w kindle|strong="H1197"\w* it.\f + \fr 30.33 \ft of old: Heb. from yesterday\f*
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\v 1 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to them that go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* for \w help|strong="H5833"\w*; and \w stay|strong="H8172"\w* on \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, because \add they are\add* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*; and in \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, because they are \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w strong|strong="H6105"\w*; but they \w look|strong="H8159"\w* not unto the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, neither \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*!
\v 2 Yet he also \add is\add* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, and will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and will not call \w back|strong="H5493"\w* his \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: but will \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* against the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w evildoers|strong="H7489"\w*, and against the \w help|strong="H5833"\w* of them that \w work|strong="H6466"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*.\f + \fr 31.2 \ft call…: Heb. remove\f*
\v 3 Now the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* \add are\add* \w men|strong="H0120"\w*, and not \w God|strong="H0410"\w*; and their \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and not \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*. When the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall stretch \w out|strong="H5186"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, both he that \w helpeth|strong="H5826"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H3782"\w*, and he that is \w holpen|strong="H5826"\w* shall fall \w down|strong="H5307"\w*, and they all shall \w fail|strong="H3615"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.
\v 4 For thus hath the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Like as the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* and the young \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* \w roaring|strong="H1897"\w* on his \w prey|strong="H2964"\w*, when a \w multitude|strong="H4393"\w* of \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* is called \w forth|strong="H7121"\w* against him, \add he\add* will not be \w afraid|strong="H2865"\w* of their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, nor \w abase|strong="H6031"\w* himself for the \w noise|strong="H1995"\w* of them: so shall the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w fight|strong="H6633"\w* for \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and for the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* thereof.\f + \fr 31.4 \ft noise: or, multitude\f*
\v 5 As \w birds|strong="H6833"\w* \w flying|strong="H5774"\w*, so will the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; \w defending|strong="H1598"\w* also he will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \add it; and\add* passing \w over|strong="H6452"\w* he will \w preserve|strong="H4422"\w* it.
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\v 6 ¶ \w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* ye unto \add him from\add* whom the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* have \w deeply|strong="H6009"\w* \w revolted|strong="H5627"\w*.
\v 7 For in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall cast \w away|strong="H3988"\w* his \w idols|strong="H0457"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and his \w idols|strong="H0457"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, which your own \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* have \w made|strong="H6213"\w* unto you \add for\add* a \w sin|strong="H2399"\w*.\f + \fr 31.7 \ft his idols of gold: Heb. the idols of his gold\f*
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\v 8 ¶ Then shall the \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, not of a mighty \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; and the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, not of a mean \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* him: but he shall \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and his young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* shall be \w discomfited|strong="H4522"\w*.\f + \fr 31.8 \ft from: or, for fear of\f*\f + \fr 31.8 \ft discomfited: or, tributary: Heb. for melting, or, tribute\f*
\v 9 And he shall pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to his strong \w hold|strong="H5553"\w* for \w fear|strong="H4032"\w*, and his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* shall be \w afraid|strong="H2865"\w* of the \w ensign|strong="H5251"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, whose \w fire|strong="H0217"\w* \add is\add* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and his \w furnace|strong="H8574"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.\f + \fr 31.9 \ft he…: Heb. his rock shall pass away for fear\f*\f + \fr 31.9 \ft his strong hold: or, his strength\f*
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\v 1 Behold, a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* in \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, and \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* shall \w rule|strong="H8323"\w* in \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.
\v 2 And a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall be as an hiding \w place|strong="H4224"\w* from the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, and a \w covert|strong="H5643"\w* from the \w tempest|strong="H2230"\w*; as \w rivers|strong="H6388"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w* in a dry \w place|strong="H6724"\w*, as the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* of a \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* in a \w weary|strong="H5889"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 32.2 \ft great: Heb. heavy\f*
\v 3 And the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of them that \w see|strong="H7200"\w* shall not be \w dim|strong="H8159"\w*, and the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of them that \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* shall \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w*.
\v 4 The \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* also of the \w rash|strong="H4116"\w* shall \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*, and the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* of the \w stammerers|strong="H5926"\w* shall be \w ready|strong="H4116"\w* to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w plainly|strong="H6703"\w*.\f + \fr 32.4 \ft rash: Heb. hasty\f*\f + \fr 32.4 \ft plainly: or, elegantly\f*
\v 5 The vile \w person|strong="H5036"\w* shall be no more \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w liberal|strong="H5081"\w*, nor the \w churl|strong="H3596"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \add to be\add* \w bountiful|strong="H7771"\w*.
\v 6 For the vile \w person|strong="H5036"\w* will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w villany|strong="H5039"\w*, and his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* will \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*, to \w practise|strong="H6213"\w* \w hypocrisy|strong="H2612"\w*, and to \w utter|strong="H1696"\w* \w error|strong="H8442"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to make \w empty|strong="H7324"\w* the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, and he will cause the \w drink|strong="H4945"\w* of the \w thirsty|strong="H6771"\w* to \w fail|strong="H2637"\w*.
\v 7 The \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* also of the \w churl|strong="H3596"\w* \add are\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: he \w deviseth|strong="H3289"\w* wicked \w devices|strong="H2154"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H2254"\w* the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* with \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w words|strong="H0561"\w*, even when the \w needy|strong="H0034"\w* \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*.\f + \fr 32.7 \ft the needy…: or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment\f*
\v 8 But the \w liberal|strong="H5081"\w* \w deviseth|strong="H3289"\w* liberal \w things|strong="H5081"\w*; and by liberal \w things|strong="H5081"\w* shall he \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*.\f + \fr 32.8 \ft stand: or, be established\f*
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\v 9 ¶ Rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, ye \w women|strong="H0802"\w* that are at \w ease|strong="H7600"\w*; \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, ye \w careless|strong="H0982"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*; give \w ear|strong="H0238"\w* unto my \w speech|strong="H0565"\w*.
\v 10 Many \w days|strong="H3117"\w* and \w years|strong="H8141"\w* shall ye be \w troubled|strong="H7264"\w*, ye careless \w women|strong="H0982"\w*: for the \w vintage|strong="H1210"\w* shall \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*, the \w gathering|strong="H0625"\w* shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.\f + \fr 32.10 \ft Many…: Heb. Days above a year\f*
\v 11 \w Tremble|strong="H2729"\w*, ye women that are at \w ease|strong="H7600"\w*; be \w troubled|strong="H7264"\w*, ye careless \w ones|strong="H0982"\w*: \w strip|strong="H6584"\w* you, and make you \w bare|strong="H6209"\w*, and \w gird|strong="H2290"\w* \add sackcloth\add* upon \add your\add* \w loins|strong="H2504"\w*.
\v 12 They shall \w lament|strong="H5594"\w* for the \w teats|strong="H7699"\w*, for the \w pleasant|strong="H2531"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, for the \w fruitful|strong="H6509"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*.\f + \fr 32.12 \ft pleasant…: Heb. fields of desire\f*
\v 13 Upon the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w* \add and\add* \w briers|strong="H8068"\w*; yea, upon all the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* \add in\add* the \w joyous|strong="H5947"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w*:\f + \fr 32.13 \ft yea…: or, burning upon\f*
\v 14 Because the \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* shall be \w forsaken|strong="H5203"\w*; the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall be \w left|strong="H5800"\w*; the \w forts|strong="H6076"\w* and \w towers|strong="H0975"\w* shall be for \w dens|strong="H4631"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, a \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* of wild \w asses|strong="H6501"\w*, a \w pasture|strong="H4829"\w* of \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w*;\f + \fr 32.14 \ft forts…: or, clifts and watchtowers\f*
\v 15 Until the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* be \w poured|strong="H6168"\w* upon us from on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*, and the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* be a fruitful \w field|strong="H3759"\w*, and the fruitful \w field|strong="H3759"\w* be \w counted|strong="H2803"\w* for a \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*.
\v 16 Then \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* in the fruitful \w field|strong="H3759"\w*.
\v 17 And the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* shall be \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*; and the \w effect|strong="H5656"\w* of \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w quietness|strong="H8252"\w* and \w assurance|strong="H0983"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.
\v 18 And my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w peaceable|strong="H7965"\w* \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w*, and in \w sure|strong="H4009"\w* \w dwellings|strong="H4908"\w*, and in \w quiet|strong="H7600"\w* resting \w places|strong="H4496"\w*;
\v 19 When it shall \w hail|strong="H1258"\w*, coming \w down|strong="H3381"\w* on the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*; and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall be \w low|strong="H8213"\w* in a low \w place|strong="H8218"\w*.\f + \fr 32.19 \ft low in…: or, utterly abased\f*
\v 20 \w Blessed|strong="H0835"\w* \add are\add* ye that \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* beside all \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, that send \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* \add thither\add* the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* of the \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* and the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*.
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\v 1 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* to thee that \w spoilest|strong="H7703"\w*, and thou \add wast\add* not \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*; and dealest \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w*, and they dealt not \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* with thee! when thou shalt \w cease|strong="H8552"\w* to \w spoil|strong="H7703"\w*, thou shalt be \w spoiled|strong="H7703"\w*; \add and\add* when thou shalt make an \w end|strong="H5239"\w* to deal \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w*, they shall deal \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* with thee.
\v 2 O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, be \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* unto us; we have \w waited|strong="H6960"\w* for thee: be thou their \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* every \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, our \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* also in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*.
\v 3 At the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w tumult|strong="H1995"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fled|strong="H5074"\w*; at the lifting \w up|strong="H7427"\w* of thyself the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* were \w scattered|strong="H5310"\w*.
\v 4 And your \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* shall be \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* \add like\add* the \w gathering|strong="H0625"\w* of the \w caterpiller|strong="H2625"\w*: as the running to and \w fro|strong="H4944"\w* of \w locusts|strong="H1357"\w* shall he \w run|strong="H8264"\w* upon them.
\v 5 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* is \w exalted|strong="H7682"\w*; for he \w dwelleth|strong="H7931"\w* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*: he hath \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* with \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* and \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.
\v 6 And \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* and \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* shall be the \w stability|strong="H0530"\w* of thy \w times|strong="H6256"\w*, \add and\add* \w strength|strong="H2633"\w* of \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*: the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* his \w treasure|strong="H0214"\w*.\f + \fr 33.6 \ft salvation: Heb. salvations\f*
\v 7 Behold, their valiant \w ones|strong="H0691"\w* shall \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w without|strong="H2351"\w*: the \w ambassadors|strong="H4397"\w* of \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* shall \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w bitterly|strong="H4751"\w*.\f + \fr 33.7 \ft valiant…: or, messengers\f*
\v 8 The \w highways|strong="H4546"\w* lie \w waste|strong="H8074"\w*, the wayfaring \w man|strong="H5674"\w* \w ceaseth|strong="H7673"\w*: he hath \w broken|strong="H6565"\w* the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, he hath \w despised|strong="H3988"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, he \w regardeth|strong="H2803"\w* no \w man|strong="H0582"\w*.
\v 9 The \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w mourneth|strong="H0056"\w* \add and\add* \w languisheth|strong="H0535"\w*: \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* is \w ashamed|strong="H2659"\w* \add and\add* hewn \w down|strong="H7060"\w*: \w Sharon|strong="H8289"\w* is like a \w wilderness|strong="H6160"\w*; and \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* and \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* shake \w off|strong="H5287"\w* \add their fruits\add*.\f + \fr 33.9 \ft hewn…: or, withered away\f*
\v 10 Now will I \w rise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; now will I be \w exalted|strong="H7426"\w*; now will I lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* myself.
\v 11 Ye shall \w conceive|strong="H2029"\w* \w chaff|strong="H2842"\w*, ye shall bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w* \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w*: your \w breath|strong="H7307"\w*, \add as\add* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* you.
\v 12 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall be \add as\add* the \w burnings|strong="H4955"\w* of \w lime|strong="H7875"\w*: \add as\add* \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w* cut \w up|strong="H3683"\w* shall they be \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* in the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.
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\v 13 ¶ \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, ye \add that are\add* far \w off|strong="H7350"\w*, what I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w*; and, ye \add that are\add* \w near|strong="H7138"\w*, \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w* my \w might|strong="H1369"\w*.
\v 14 The \w sinners|strong="H2400"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* are \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w*; \w fearfulness|strong="H7461"\w* hath \w surprised|strong="H0270"\w* the \w hypocrites|strong="H2611"\w*. Who among us shall \w dwell|strong="H1481"\w* with the \w devouring|strong="H0398"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*? who among us shall \w dwell|strong="H1481"\w* with \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w burnings|strong="H4168"\w*?
\v 15 He that \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6666"\w*, and \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w* \w uprightly|strong="H4339"\w*; he that \w despiseth|strong="H3988"\w* the \w gain|strong="H1215"\w* of \w oppressions|strong="H4642"\w*, that \w shaketh|strong="H5287"\w* his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* from \w holding|strong="H8551"\w* of \w bribes|strong="H7810"\w*, that \w stoppeth|strong="H0331"\w* his \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* from \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* of \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and \w shutteth|strong="H6105"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* from \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*;\f + \fr 33.15 \ft righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses\f*\f + \fr 33.15 \ft uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses\f*\f + \fr 33.15 \ft oppressions: or, deceits\f*\f + \fr 33.15 \ft blood: Heb. bloods\f*
\v 16 He shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*: his place of \w defence|strong="H4869"\w* \add shall be\add* the \w munitions|strong="H4679"\w* of \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*: \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* shall be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him; his \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \add shall be\add* \w sure|strong="H0539"\w*.\f + \fr 33.16 \ft high: Heb. heights, or, high places\f*
\v 17 Thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w see|strong="H2372"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in his \w beauty|strong="H3308"\w*: they shall \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* that is very far \w off|strong="H4801"\w*.\f + \fr 33.17 \ft that…: Heb. of far distances\f*
\v 18 Thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall \w meditate|strong="H1897"\w* \w terror|strong="H0367"\w*. Where \add is\add* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*? where \add is\add* the \w receiver|strong="H8254"\w*? where \add is\add* he that \w counted|strong="H5608"\w* the \w towers|strong="H4026"\w*?\f + \fr 33.18 \ft receiver: Heb. weigher?\f*
\v 19 Thou shalt not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* a \w fierce|strong="H3267"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of a \w deeper|strong="H6012"\w* \w speech|strong="H8193"\w* than thou canst \w perceive|strong="H8085"\w*; of a \w stammering|strong="H3932"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*, \add that thou canst\add* not \w understand|strong="H0998"\w*.\f + \fr 33.19 \ft stammering: or, ridiculous\f*
\v 20 \w Look|strong="H2372"\w* upon \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, the \w city|strong="H7151"\w* of our \w solemnities|strong="H4150"\w*: thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* a \w quiet|strong="H7600"\w* \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w*, a \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* \add that\add* shall not be taken \w down|strong="H6813"\w*; not one of the \w stakes|strong="H3489"\w* thereof shall \w ever|strong="H5331"\w* be \w removed|strong="H5265"\w*, neither shall any of the \w cords|strong="H2256"\w* thereof be \w broken|strong="H5423"\w*.
\v 21 But there the \w glorious|strong="H0117"\w* \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add will be\add* unto us a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of \w broad|strong="H7342"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* \add and\add* \w streams|strong="H2975"\w*; wherein shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w no|strong="H1077"\w* \w galley|strong="H0590"\w* with \w oars|strong="H7885"\w*, neither shall \w gallant|strong="H0117"\w* \w ship|strong="H6716"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* thereby.\f + \fr 33.21 \ft of…: Heb. broad of spaces, or, hands\f*
\v 22 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* our \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* our \w lawgiver|strong="H2710"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* our \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; he will \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us.\f + \fr 33.22 \ft lawgiver: Heb. statutemaker\f*
\v 23 Thy \w tacklings|strong="H2256"\w* are \w loosed|strong="H5203"\w*; they could not \w well|strong="H3653"\w* \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* their \w mast|strong="H8650"\w*, they could not \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* the \w sail|strong="H5251"\w*: then is the \w prey|strong="H5706"\w* of a \w great|strong="H4766"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w*; the \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* \w take|strong="H0962"\w* the \w prey|strong="H0957"\w*.\f + \fr 33.23 \ft Thy…: or, They have forsaken thy tacklings\f*
\v 24 And the \w inhabitant|strong="H7934"\w* shall not \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I am \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*: the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein \add shall be\add* \w forgiven|strong="H5375"\w* \add their\add* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.
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\v 1 Come \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, ye \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*; and \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w*, ye \w people|strong="H3816"\w*: let the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, and all that is \w therein|strong="H4393"\w*; the \w world|strong="H8398"\w*, and all things that come \w forth|strong="H6631"\w* of it.\f + \fr 34.1 \ft all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof\f*
\v 2 For the \w indignation|strong="H7110"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* upon all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and \add his\add* \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* upon all their \w armies|strong="H6635"\w*: he hath utterly \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* them, he hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them to the \w slaughter|strong="H2874"\w*.
\v 3 Their \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* also shall be cast \w out|strong="H7993"\w*, and their \w stink|strong="H0889"\w* shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of their \w carcases|strong="H6297"\w*, and the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* shall be \w melted|strong="H4549"\w* with their \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.
\v 4 And all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* shall be \w dissolved|strong="H4743"\w*, and the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* shall be rolled \w together|strong="H1556"\w* as a \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*: and all their \w host|strong="H6635"\w* shall fall \w down|strong="H5034"\w*, as the \w leaf|strong="H5929"\w* falleth \w off|strong="H5034"\w* from the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, and as a \w falling|strong="H5034"\w* \add fig\add* from the fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*.
\v 5 For my \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* shall be \w bathed|strong="H7301"\w* in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*: behold, it shall come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* upon \w Idumea|strong="H0123"\w*, and upon the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of my \w curse|strong="H2764"\w*, to \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.
\v 6 The \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* is \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, it is made \w fat|strong="H1878"\w* with \w fatness|strong="H2459"\w*, \add and\add* with the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w* and \w goats|strong="H6260"\w*, with the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* of the \w kidneys|strong="H3629"\w* of \w rams|strong="H0352"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath a \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* in \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H2874"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Idumea|strong="H0123"\w*.
\v 7 And the \w unicorns|strong="H7214"\w* shall come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with them, and the \w bullocks|strong="H6499"\w* with the \w bulls|strong="H0047"\w*; and their \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w soaked|strong="H7301"\w* with \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and their \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* made \w fat|strong="H1878"\w* with \w fatness|strong="H2459"\w*.\f + \fr 34.7 \ft unicorns: or, rhinocerots\f*\f + \fr 34.7 \ft soaked: or, drunken\f*
\v 8 For \add it is\add* the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w vengeance|strong="H5359"\w*, \add and\add* the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w recompences|strong="H7966"\w* for the \w controversy|strong="H7379"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.
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\v 9 And the \w streams|strong="H5158"\w* thereof shall be \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* into \w pitch|strong="H2203"\w*, and the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* thereof into \w brimstone|strong="H1614"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* thereof shall become \w burning|strong="H1197"\w* \w pitch|strong="H2203"\w*.
\v 10 It shall not be \w quenched|strong="H3518"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* nor \w day|strong="H3119"\w*; the \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* thereof shall go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: from \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* to \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* it shall lie \w waste|strong="H2717"\w*; none shall pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* it for \w ever|strong="H5331"\w* and \w ever|strong="H5331"\w*.
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\v 11 ¶ But the \w cormorant|strong="H6893"\w* and the \w bittern|strong="H7090"\w* shall \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* it; the \w owl|strong="H3244"\w* also and the \w raven|strong="H6158"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in it: and he shall stretch \w out|strong="H5186"\w* upon it the \w line|strong="H6957"\w* of \w confusion|strong="H8414"\w*, and the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* of \w emptiness|strong="H0922"\w*.\f + \fr 34.11 \ft cormorant: or, pelican\f*
\v 12 They shall \w call|strong="H7121"\w* the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* thereof to the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*, but none \add shall be\add* there, and all her \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* shall be \w nothing|strong="H0657"\w*.
\v 13 And \w thorns|strong="H5518"\w* shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* in her \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w*, \w nettles|strong="H7057"\w* and \w brambles|strong="H2336"\w* in the \w fortresses|strong="H4013"\w* thereof: and it shall be an \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* of \w dragons|strong="H8577"\w*, \add and\add* a \w court|strong="H2681"\w* for \w owls|strong="H1323"\w*.\f + \fr 34.13 \ft owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl\f*
\v 14 The wild beasts of the \w desert|strong="H6728"\w* shall also \w meet|strong="H6298"\w* with the wild beasts of the \w island|strong="H0338"\w*, and the \w satyr|strong="H8163"\w* shall \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* to his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w*; the screech \w owl|strong="H3917"\w* also shall \w rest|strong="H7280"\w* there, and \w find|strong="H4672"\w* for herself a place of \w rest|strong="H4494"\w*.\f + \fr 34.14 \ft The wild beasts of the desert: Heb. Ziim\f*\f + \fr 34.14 \ft the wild beasts of the island: Heb. Ijim\f*\f + \fr 34.14 \ft screech…: or, night monster\f*
\v 15 There shall the great \w owl|strong="H7091"\w* make her \w nest|strong="H7077"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H4422"\w*, and \w hatch|strong="H1234"\w*, and \w gather|strong="H1716"\w* under her \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*: there shall the \w vultures|strong="H1772"\w* also be \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0802"\w* with her \w mate|strong="H7468"\w*.
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\v 16 ¶ Seek ye \w out|strong="H1875"\w* of the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w read|strong="H7121"\w*: no \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of \w these|strong="H2007"\w* shall \w fail|strong="H5737"\w*, \w none|strong="H0802"\w* shall \w want|strong="H6485"\w* her \w mate|strong="H7468"\w*: for my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* it hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, and his \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* it hath \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* them.
\v 17 And he hath \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* the \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* for them, and his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* hath \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* it unto them by \w line|strong="H6957"\w*: they shall \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* it \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, from \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* to \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* shall they \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* therein.
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\v 1 The \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* and the solitary \w place|strong="H6723"\w* shall be \w glad|strong="H7797"\w* for them; and the \w desert|strong="H6160"\w* shall \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w*, and \w blossom|strong="H6524"\w* as the \w rose|strong="H2261"\w*.
\v 2 It shall \w blossom|strong="H6524"\w* \w abundantly|strong="H6524"\w*, and \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w* even with \w joy|strong="H1525"\w* and \w singing|strong="H7444"\w*: the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* shall be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* unto it, the \w excellency|strong="H1926"\w* of \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* and \w Sharon|strong="H8289"\w*, they shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add and\add* the \w excellency|strong="H1926"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
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\v 3 ¶ \w Strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* ye the \w weak|strong="H7504"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w confirm|strong="H0553"\w* the \w feeble|strong="H3782"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w*.
\v 4 \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* to them \add that are\add* of a \w fearful|strong="H4116"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, Be \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: behold, your \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \add with\add* \w vengeance|strong="H5359"\w*, \add even\add* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \add with\add* a \w recompence|strong="H1576"\w*; he will \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w save|strong="H3467"\w* you.\f + \fr 35.4 \ft fearful: Heb. hasty\f*
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\v 5 Then the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* shall be \w opened|strong="H6491"\w*, and the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w deaf|strong="H2795"\w* shall be \w unstopped|strong="H6605"\w*.
\v 6 Then shall the \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* \add man\add* \w leap|strong="H1801"\w* as an \w hart|strong="H0354"\w*, and the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* of the \w dumb|strong="H0483"\w* \w sing|strong="H7442"\w*: for in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* shall \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* break \w out|strong="H1234"\w*, and \w streams|strong="H5158"\w* in the \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*.
\v 7 And the parched \w ground|strong="H8273"\w* shall become a \w pool|strong="H0098"\w*, and the thirsty \w land|strong="H6774"\w* \w springs|strong="H4002"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: in the \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* of \w dragons|strong="H8577"\w*, where each \w lay|strong="H7258"\w*, \add shall be\add* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* with \w reeds|strong="H7070"\w* and \w rushes|strong="H1573"\w*.\f + \fr 35.7 \ft grass…: or, a court for reeds, etc\f*
\v 8 And an \w highway|strong="H4547"\w* shall be there, and a \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and it shall be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w holiness|strong="H6944"\w*; the \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w* shall not pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* it; but it \add shall be\add* for those: the wayfaring \w men|strong="H1980"\w*, though \w fools|strong="H0191"\w*, shall not \w err|strong="H8582"\w* \add therein\add*.\f + \fr 35.8 \ft but…: or, for he shall be with them\f*
\v 9 No \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* shall be there, nor \add any\add* \w ravenous|strong="H6530"\w* \w beast|strong="H2416"\w* shall go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* thereon, it shall not be \w found|strong="H4672"\w* there; but the \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* shall \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \add there:\add*
\v 10 And the \w ransomed|strong="H6299"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* with \w songs|strong="H7440"\w* and \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* upon their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*: they shall \w obtain|strong="H5381"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* and \w gladness|strong="H8342"\w*, and \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w* and \w sighing|strong="H0585"\w* shall flee \w away|strong="H5127"\w*.
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\v 1 Now it came to pass in the \w fourteenth|strong="H0702"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \add that\add* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against all the \w defenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w took|strong="H8610"\w* them.
\v 2 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* from \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* with a \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w army|strong="H2426"\w*. And he \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w conduit|strong="H8585"\w* of the \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* in the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* of the \w fuller’s|strong="H3526"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.
\v 3 Then came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* unto him \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w*, \w Hilkiah’s|strong="H2518"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, which was over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w*, \w Asaph’s|strong="H0623"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, the \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*.\f + \fr 36.3 \ft scribe: or, secretary\f*
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\v 4 ¶ And \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* ye now to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, What \w confidence|strong="H0986"\w* \add is\add* this wherein thou \w trustest|strong="H0982"\w*?
\v 5 I \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \add sayest thou\add*, (but \add they are but\add* \w vain|strong="H8193"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*) \add I have\add* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* and \w strength|strong="H1369"\w* for \w war|strong="H4421"\w*: now on whom dost thou \w trust|strong="H0982"\w*, that thou \w rebellest|strong="H4775"\w* against me?\f + \fr 36.5 \ft vain…: Heb. a word of lips\f*\f + \fr 36.5 \ft I have…: or, but counsel and strength are for the war\f*
\v 6 Lo, thou \w trustest|strong="H0982"\w* in the \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* of this \w broken|strong="H7533"\w* \w reed|strong="H7070"\w*, on \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; whereon if a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w lean|strong="H5564"\w*, it will \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, and \w pierce|strong="H5344"\w* it: so \add is\add* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* to all that \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in him.
\v 7 But if thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to me, We \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: \add is it\add* not he, whose high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* and whose \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* hath taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, Ye shall \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* this \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*?
\v 8 Now therefore give \w pledges|strong="H6148"\w*, I pray thee, to my \w master|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, if thou be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* on thy part to \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w riders|strong="H7392"\w* upon them.\f + \fr 36.8 \ft pledges: or, hostages\f*
\v 9 How then wilt thou turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w captain|strong="H6346"\w* of the \w least|strong="H6996"\w* of my \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and put thy \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* on \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* for \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and for \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*?
\v 10 And am I now come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w without|strong="H1107"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* against this \w land|strong="H0776"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it? the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it.
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\v 11 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* and \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* unto \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w*, I pray thee, unto thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* in the Syrian \w language|strong="H0762"\w*; for we \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \add it:\add* and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* not to us in the \w Jews’ language|strong="H3066"\w*, in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add are\add* on the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.
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\v 12 ¶ But \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Hath my \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to thy \w master|strong="H0113"\w* and to thee to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*? \add hath he\add* not \add sent me\add* to the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, that they may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* their own \w dung|strong="H2716"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* their own \w piss|strong="H4325"\w* with you?
\v 13 Then \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* in the \w Jews’ language|strong="H3066"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.
\v 14 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Let not \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* you: for he shall not be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* you.
\v 15 Neither let \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* make you \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w surely|strong="H5337"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us: this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall not be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.
\v 16 \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*: for thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \add an agreement\add* with me \add by\add* a \w present|strong="H1293"\w*, and come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to me: and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* ye every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of his \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of his fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* ye every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of his own \w cistern|strong="H0953"\w*;\f + \fr 36.16 \ft Make…: or, Seek my favour by a present: Heb. Make with me a blessing\f*
\v 17 Until I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and take you \w away|strong="H3947"\w* to a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* like your own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w corn|strong="H1715"\w* and \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*.
\v 18 \add Beware\add* lest \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w persuade|strong="H5496"\w* you, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us. Hath \w any|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* his \w land|strong="H0776"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*?
\v 19 Where \add are\add* the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* and \w Arphad|strong="H0774"\w*? where \add are\add* the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*? and have they \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* out of my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?
\v 20 Who \add are they\add* among all the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of these \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*, that have \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* their \w land|strong="H0776"\w* out of my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* should \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* out of my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?
\v 21 But they held their \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*, and \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him not a \w word|strong="H1697"\w*: for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* was, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Answer|strong="H6030"\w* him not.
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\v 22 ¶ Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, that \add was\add* over the \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w*, the \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*, to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* with \add their\add* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*.
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\v 1 And it came to pass, when \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add*, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* himself with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 2 And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w*, who \add was\add* over the \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, unto \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w*.
\v 3 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, This \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add is\add* a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*, and of \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w*, and of \w blasphemy|strong="H5007"\w*: for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w birth|strong="H4866"\w*, and \add there is\add* not \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* to bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w*.\f + \fr 37.3 \ft blasphemy: or, provocation\f*
\v 4 It may be the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* his \w master|strong="H0113"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w reproach|strong="H2778"\w* the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and will \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*: wherefore lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \add thy\add* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* for the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* that is \w left|strong="H4672"\w*.\f + \fr 37.4 \ft left: Heb. found\f*
\v 5 So the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*.
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\v 6 ¶ And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto your \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, wherewith the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* have \w blasphemed|strong="H1442"\w* me.
\v 7 Behold, I will \w send|strong="H5414"\w* a \w blast|strong="H7307"\w* upon him, and he shall \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* a \w rumour|strong="H8052"\w*, and \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to his own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; and I will cause him to \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* in his own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 37.7 \ft send…: or, put a spirit into him\f*
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\v 8 ¶ So \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w warring|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*: for he had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that he was \w departed|strong="H5265"\w* from \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*.
\v 9 And he \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* concerning \w Tirhakah|strong="H8640"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w*, He is come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to make \w war|strong="H3898"\w* with thee. And when he \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add*, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,
\v 10 Thus shall ye \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let not thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, in whom thou \w trustest|strong="H0982"\w*, \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* shall not be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.
\v 11 Behold, thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* what the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to all \w lands|strong="H0776"\w* by destroying them \w utterly|strong="H2763"\w*; and shalt thou be \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w*?
\v 12 Have the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* them which my \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w*, \add as\add* \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w*, and \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w*, and \w Rezeph|strong="H7530"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eden|strong="H5729"\w* which \add were\add* in \w Telassar|strong="H8515"\w*?
\v 13 Where \add is\add* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Arphad|strong="H0774"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, \w Hena|strong="H2012"\w*, and \w Ivah|strong="H5755"\w*?
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\v 14 ¶ And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* from the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, and \w read|strong="H7121"\w* it: and \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* it \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 15 And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,
\v 16 O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that \w dwellest|strong="H3427"\w* \add between\add* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, thou \add art\add* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \add even\add* thou alone, of all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: thou hast \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.
\v 17 \w Incline|strong="H5186"\w* thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*; \w open|strong="H6491"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*: and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w*, which hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w reproach|strong="H2778"\w* the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
\v 18 Of a \w truth|strong="H0551"\w*, \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* have laid \w waste|strong="H2717"\w* all the \w nations|strong="H0776"\w*, and their \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*,\f + \fr 37.18 \ft nations: Heb. lands\f*
\v 19 And have \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* into the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: for they \add were\add* no \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, but the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* and \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*: therefore they have \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* them.\f + \fr 37.19 \ft cast: Heb. given\f*
\v 20 Now therefore, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us from his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou \add art\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add even\add* thou only.
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\v 21 ¶ Then \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Whereas thou hast \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* to me against \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*:
\v 22 This \add is\add* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* concerning him; The \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, hath \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* thee, \add and\add* laughed thee to \w scorn|strong="H3932"\w*; the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* hath \w shaken|strong="H5128"\w* her \w head|strong="H7218"\w* at \w thee|strong="H0310"\w*.
\v 23 Whom hast thou \w reproached|strong="H2778"\w* and \w blasphemed|strong="H1442"\w*? and against whom hast thou \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* \add thy\add* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*? \add even\add* against the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 24 \w By|strong="H3027"\w* thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* hast thou \w reproached|strong="H2778"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, and hast \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, By the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of my \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* am I come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w height|strong="H4791"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, to the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*; and I will cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* the \w tall|strong="H6967"\w* \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w* thereof, \add and\add* the \w choice|strong="H4005"\w* fir \w trees|strong="H1265"\w* thereof: and I will \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w height|strong="H4791"\w* of his \w border|strong="H7093"\w*, \add and\add* the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* of his \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*.\f + \fr 37.24 \ft By thy…: Heb. By the hand of thy servants\f*\f + \fr 37.24 \ft the tall…: Heb. the tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof\f*\f + \fr 37.24 \ft the forest…: or, the forest and his fruitful field\f*
\v 25 I have \w digged|strong="H6979"\w*, and \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; and with the \w sole|strong="H3709"\w* of my \w feet|strong="H6471"\w* have I dried \w up|strong="H2717"\w* all the \w rivers|strong="H2975"\w* of the besieged \w places|strong="H4693"\w*.\f + \fr 37.25 \ft besieged: or, fenced and closed\f*
\v 26 Hast thou not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* long \w ago|strong="H7350"\w*, \add how\add* I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* it; \add and\add* of \w ancient|strong="H6924"\w* \w times|strong="H3117"\w*, that I have \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* it? now have I \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay \w waste|strong="H7582"\w* \w defenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \add into\add* \w ruinous|strong="H5327"\w* \w heaps|strong="H1530"\w*.\f + \fr 37.26 \ft Hast…: or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps?\f*
\v 27 Therefore their \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \add were\add* of \w small|strong="H7116"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*, they were \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* and \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w*: they were \add as\add* the \w grass|strong="H6212"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \add as\add* the \w green|strong="H3419"\w* \w herb|strong="H1877"\w*, \add as\add* the \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* on the \w housetops|strong="H1406"\w*, and \add as corn\add* \w blasted|strong="H7709"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* it be grown \w up|strong="H7054"\w*.\f + \fr 37.27 \ft of small…: Heb. short of hand\f*
\v 28 But I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w abode|strong="H3427"\w*, and thy going \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and thy coming \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and thy \w rage|strong="H7264"\w* against me.\f + \fr 37.28 \ft abode: or, sitting\f*
\v 29 Because thy \w rage|strong="H7264"\w* against me, and thy \w tumult|strong="H7600"\w*, is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into mine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, therefore will I \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w hook|strong="H2397"\w* in thy \w nose|strong="H0639"\w*, and my \w bridle|strong="H4964"\w* in thy \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*, and I will turn thee \w back|strong="H7725"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by which thou \w camest|strong="H0935"\w*.
\v 30 And this \add shall be\add* a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* unto thee, Ye shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \add this\add* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* such as \w groweth|strong="H5599"\w* of itself; and the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* that which \w springeth|strong="H7823"\w* of the same: and in the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* ye, and \w reap|strong="H7114"\w*, and \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* thereof.
\v 31 And the \w remnant|strong="H7604"\w* that is \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall \w again|strong="H3254"\w* take \w root|strong="H8328"\w* \w downward|strong="H4295"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*:\f + \fr 37.31 \ft the remnant…: Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth\f*
\v 32 For out of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w*, and they that \w escape|strong="H6413"\w* out of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: the \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this.\f + \fr 37.32 \ft they…: Heb. the escaping\f*
\v 33 Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* concerning the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, He shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, nor \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* an \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* there, nor come \w before|strong="H6923"\w* it with \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*, nor \w cast|strong="H8210"\w* a \w bank|strong="H5550"\w* against it.
\v 34 By the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that he \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, by the same shall he \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 35 For I will \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* to \w save|strong="H3467"\w* it for mine own sake, and for my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* sake.
\v 36 Then the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* in the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Assyrians|strong="H0804"\w* a \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*: and when they arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, behold, they \add were\add* all \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w corpses|strong="H6297"\w*.
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\v 37 ¶ So \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w departed|strong="H5265"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*.
\v 38 And it came to pass, as he was \w worshipping|strong="H7812"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Nisroch|strong="H5268"\w* his \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, that \w Adrammelech|strong="H0152"\w* and \w Sharezer|strong="H8272"\w* his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and they \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Armenia|strong="H0780"\w*: and \w Esar-haddon|strong="H0634"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.\f + \fr 37.38 \ft Armenia: Heb. Ararat\f*
\c 38
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\v 1 In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* was \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* unto \w death|strong="H4191"\w*. And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Set thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w order|strong="H6680"\w*: for thou shalt \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, and not \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.\f + \fr 38.1 \ft Set…: Heb. Give charge concerning thy house\f*
\v 2 Then \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* toward the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*,
\v 3 And \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* now, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I \w beseech|strong="H0577"\w* thee, how I have \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* and with a \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w sore|strong="H1419"\w*.\f + \fr 38.3 \ft sore: Heb. with great weeping\f*
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\v 4 ¶ Then came the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,
\v 5 \w Go|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*, I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* thy \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*: behold, I will \w add|strong="H3254"\w* unto thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.
\v 6 And I will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thee and this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*: and I will \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.
\v 7 And this \add shall be\add* a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* unto thee from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that he hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*;
\v 8 Behold, I will bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* of the \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*, which is gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w* in the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w dial|strong="H4609"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*, \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w* \w backward|strong="H0322"\w*. So the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*, by which \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w* it was gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w*.\f + \fr 38.8 \ft sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun\f*
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\v 9 ¶ The \w writing|strong="H4385"\w* of \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, when he had been \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*, and was \w recovered|strong="H2421"\w* of his \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w*:
\v 10 I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* in the cutting \w off|strong="H1824"\w* of my \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, I shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*: I am \w deprived|strong="H6485"\w* of the \w residue|strong="H3499"\w* of my \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.
\v 11 I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I shall not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3050"\+w*\nd*, \add even\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3050"\+w*\nd*, in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w living|strong="H2416"\w*: I shall \w behold|strong="H5027"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* no more with the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w world|strong="H2309"\w*.
\v 12 Mine \w age|strong="H1755"\w* is \w departed|strong="H5265"\w*, and is \w removed|strong="H1540"\w* from me as a \w shepherd’s|strong="H7473"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*: I have cut \w off|strong="H7088"\w* like a \w weaver|strong="H0707"\w* my \w life|strong="H2416"\w*: he will cut me \w off|strong="H1214"\w* with pining \w sickness|strong="H1803"\w*: from \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add even\add* to \w night|strong="H3915"\w* wilt thou make an \w end|strong="H7999"\w* of me.\f + \fr 38.12 \ft with…: or, from the thrum\f*
\v 13 I \w reckoned|strong="H7737"\w* till \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \add that\add*, as a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, so will he \w break|strong="H7665"\w* all my \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*: from \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add even\add* to \w night|strong="H3915"\w* wilt thou make an \w end|strong="H7999"\w* of me.
\v 14 Like a \w crane|strong="H5483"\w* \add or\add* a \w swallow|strong="H5693"\w*, so did I \w chatter|strong="H6850"\w*: I did \w mourn|strong="H1897"\w* as a \w dove|strong="H3123"\w*: mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w fail|strong="H1809"\w* \add with looking\add* \w upward|strong="H4791"\w*: O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I am \w oppressed|strong="H6234"\w*; \w undertake|strong="H6148"\w* for me.\f + \fr 38.14 \ft undertake…: or, ease me\f*
\v 15 What shall I \w say|strong="H1696"\w*? he hath both \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, and himself hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add it:\add* I shall go \w softly|strong="H1718"\w* all my \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in the \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* of my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.
\v 16 O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, by these \add things men\add* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, and in all these \add things is\add* the \w life|strong="H2416"\w* of my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*: so wilt thou \w recover|strong="H2492"\w* me, and make me to \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.
\v 17 Behold, for \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* I had great \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w*: but thou hast in \w love|strong="H2836"\w* to my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \add delivered it\add* from the \w pit|strong="H7845"\w* of \w corruption|strong="H1097"\w*: for thou hast \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* all my \w sins|strong="H2399"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* thy \w back|strong="H1460"\w*.\f + \fr 38.17 \ft for peace…: or, on my peace came great bitterness\f*\f + \fr 38.17 \ft thou hast in…: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit\f*
\v 18 For the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w* cannot \w praise|strong="H3034"\w* thee, \w death|strong="H4194"\w* can \add not\add* \w celebrate|strong="H1984"\w* thee: they that go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into the \w pit|strong="H0953"\w* cannot \w hope|strong="H7663"\w* for thy \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*.
\v 19 The \w living|strong="H2416"\w*, the \w living|strong="H2416"\w*, he shall \w praise|strong="H3034"\w* thee, as I \add do\add* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* to the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* shall make \w known|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*.
\v 20 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add was ready\add* to \w save|strong="H3467"\w* me: therefore we will sing my \w songs|strong="H5058"\w* to the stringed \w instruments|strong="H5059"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of our \w life|strong="H2416"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 21 For \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* had \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let them \w take|strong="H5375"\w* a \w lump|strong="H1690"\w* of \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, and lay \add it\add* for a \w plaister|strong="H4799"\w* upon the \w boil|strong="H7822"\w*, and he shall \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*.
\v 22 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* also had \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \add is\add* the \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* that I shall go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*?
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\v 1 At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Merodach-baladan|strong="H4757"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Baladan|strong="H1081"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* and a \w present|strong="H4503"\w* to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*: for he had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that he had been \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*, and was \w recovered|strong="H2388"\w*.
\v 2 And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* was \w glad|strong="H8055"\w* of them, and \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his precious \w things|strong="H5238"\w*, the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and the \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, and the \w precious|strong="H2896"\w* \w ointment|strong="H8081"\w*, and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w*, and all that was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in his \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*: there was \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, nor in all his \w dominion|strong="H4475"\w*, that \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them not.\f + \fr 39.2 \ft precious things: or, spicery\f*\f + \fr 39.2 \ft armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels, or, instruments\f*
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\v 3 ¶ Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, What \w said|strong="H0559"\w* these \w men|strong="H0582"\w*? and from \w whence|strong="H0370"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* they unto thee? And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from a \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* unto me, \add even\add* from \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.
\v 4 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he, What have they \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, All that \add is\add* in mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* have they \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*: there is \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* among my \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* that I have not \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them.
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\v 5 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*:
\v 6 Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that all that \add is\add* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \add that\add* which thy \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have laid up in \w store|strong="H0686"\w* until this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, shall be \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*: \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* shall be \w left|strong="H3498"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 7 And of thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* that shall \w issue|strong="H3318"\w* from thee, which thou shalt \w beget|strong="H3205"\w*, shall they take \w away|strong="H3947"\w*; and they shall be \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* in the \w palace|strong="H1964"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.
\v 8 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* to \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, \w Good|strong="H2896"\w* \add is\add* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* which thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*. He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* moreover, For there shall be \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* in my \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.
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\v 1 \w Comfort|strong="H5162"\w* ye, \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* ye my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
\v 2 \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w* ye \w comfortably|strong="H3820"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* unto her, that her \w warfare|strong="H6635"\w* is \w accomplished|strong="H4390"\w*, that her \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* is \w pardoned|strong="H7521"\w*: for she hath \w received|strong="H3947"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w double|strong="H3718"\w* for all her \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.\f + \fr 40.2 \ft comfortably: Heb. to the heart\f*\f + \fr 40.2 \ft warfare: or, appointed time\f*
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\v 3 ¶ The \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of him that \w crieth|strong="H7121"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w Prepare|strong="H6437"\w* ye the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, make \w straight|strong="H3474"\w* in the \w desert|strong="H6160"\w* a \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* for our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
\v 4 Every \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* shall be \w exalted|strong="H5375"\w*, and every \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* and \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* shall be made \w low|strong="H8213"\w*: and the \w crooked|strong="H6121"\w* shall be made \w straight|strong="H4334"\w*, and the rough \w places|strong="H7406"\w* \w plain|strong="H1237"\w*:\f + \fr 40.4 \ft straight: or, a straight place\f*\f + \fr 40.4 \ft plain: or, a plain place\f*
\v 5 And the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w*, and all \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: for the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \add it\add*.
\v 6 The \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Cry|strong="H7121"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What shall I \w cry|strong="H7121"\w*? All \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \add is\add* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w*, and all the \w goodliness|strong="H2617"\w* thereof \add is\add* as the \w flower|strong="H6731"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*:
\v 7 The \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* \w withereth|strong="H3001"\w*, the \w flower|strong="H6731"\w* \w fadeth|strong="H5034"\w*: because the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w bloweth|strong="H5380"\w* upon it: \w surely|strong="H0403"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add is\add* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w*.
\v 8 The \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* \w withereth|strong="H3001"\w*, the \w flower|strong="H6731"\w* \w fadeth|strong="H5034"\w*: but the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* shall \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.
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\v 9 ¶ O \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, that bringest good \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, get thee \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*; O \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that bringest good \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, lift \w up|strong="H7311"\w* thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* with \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*; lift \add it\add* \w up|strong="H7311"\w*, be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*; \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, Behold your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*!\f + \fr 40.9 \ft O Zion…: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion\f*\f + \fr 40.9 \ft O Jerusalem…: or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem\f*
\v 10 Behold, the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* will \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \add hand\add*, and his \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* shall \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* for him: behold, his \w reward|strong="H7939"\w* \add is\add* with him, and his \w work|strong="H6468"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.\f + \fr 40.10 \ft with strong…: or, against the strong\f*\f + \fr 40.10 \ft his work: or, recompence for his work\f*
\v 11 He shall \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* his \w flock|strong="H5739"\w* like a \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w*: he shall \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* the \w lambs|strong="H2922"\w* with his \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, and \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \add them\add* in his \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, \add and\add* shall gently \w lead|strong="H5095"\w* those that are with \w young|strong="H5763"\w*.\f + \fr 40.11 \ft that…: or, that give suck\f*
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\v 12 ¶ Who hath \w measured|strong="H4058"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* in the hollow of his \w hand|strong="H8168"\w*, and meted \w out|strong="H8505"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* with the \w span|strong="H2239"\w*, and \w comprehended|strong="H3557"\w* the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* in a \w measure|strong="H7991"\w*, and \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* in \w scales|strong="H6425"\w*, and the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* in a \w balance|strong="H3976"\w*?\f + \fr 40.12 \ft a measure: Heb. a tierce\f*
\v 13 Who hath \w directed|strong="H8505"\w* the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, or \add being\add* his \w counsellor|strong="H0376"\w* hath \w taught|strong="H3045"\w* him?\f + \fr 40.13 \ft his…: Heb. man of his counsel\f*
\v 14 With whom took he \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w*, and \add who\add* \w instructed|strong="H0995"\w* him, and \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* him in the \w path|strong="H0734"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* him \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*, and \w shewed|strong="H3045"\w* to him the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*?\f + \fr 40.14 \ft instructed…: Heb. made him understand\f*\f + \fr 40.14 \ft understanding: Heb. understandings?\f*
\v 15 Behold, the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \add are\add* as a \w drop|strong="H4752"\w* of a \w bucket|strong="H1805"\w*, and are \w counted|strong="H2803"\w* as the small \w dust|strong="H7834"\w* of the \w balance|strong="H3976"\w*: behold, he taketh \w up|strong="H5190"\w* the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w* as a very little \w thing|strong="H1851"\w*.
\v 16 And \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \add is\add* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w sufficient|strong="H1767"\w* to \w burn|strong="H1197"\w*, nor the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* thereof \w sufficient|strong="H1767"\w* for a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*.
\v 17 All \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* before him \add are\add* as nothing; and they are \w counted|strong="H2803"\w* to him less than \w nothing|strong="H0657"\w*, and \w vanity|strong="H8414"\w*.
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\v 18 ¶ To whom then will ye \w liken|strong="H1819"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*? or what \w likeness|strong="H1823"\w* will ye \w compare|strong="H6186"\w* unto him?
\v 19 The \w workman|strong="H2796"\w* \w melteth|strong="H5258"\w* a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, and the \w goldsmith|strong="H6884"\w* \w spreadeth|strong="H7554"\w* it over with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w casteth|strong="H6884"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w chains|strong="H7577"\w*.
\v 20 He that \add is\add* so \w impoverished|strong="H5533"\w* that he hath no \w oblation|strong="H8641"\w* \w chooseth|strong="H0977"\w* a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \add that\add* will not \w rot|strong="H7537"\w*; he \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* unto him a \w cunning|strong="H2450"\w* \w workman|strong="H2796"\w* to \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, \add that\add* shall not be \w moved|strong="H4131"\w*.\f + \fr 40.20 \ft is so…: Heb. is poor of oblation\f*
\v 21 Have ye not \w known|strong="H3045"\w*? have ye not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*? hath it not been \w told|strong="H5046"\w* you from the \w beginning|strong="H7218"\w*? have ye not \w understood|strong="H0995"\w* from the \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*?
\v 22 \add It is\add* he that \w sitteth|strong="H3427"\w* upon the \w circle|strong="H2329"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof \add are\add* as \w grasshoppers|strong="H2284"\w*; that stretcheth \w out|strong="H5186"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* as a \w curtain|strong="H1852"\w*, and spreadeth them \w out|strong="H4969"\w* as a \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* to dwell \w in|strong="H3427"\w*:\f + \fr 40.22 \ft It is…: or, Him that\f*
\v 23 That \w bringeth|strong="H5414"\w* the \w princes|strong="H7336"\w* to nothing; he \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* the \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* as \w vanity|strong="H8414"\w*.
\v 24 Yea, they shall not be \w planted|strong="H5193"\w*; yea, they shall not be \w sown|strong="H2232"\w*: yea, their \w stock|strong="H1503"\w* shall not take \w root|strong="H8327"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: and he shall also \w blow|strong="H5398"\w* upon them, and they shall \w wither|strong="H3001"\w*, and the \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* shall \w take|strong="H5375"\w* them away as \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w*.
\v 25 To whom then will ye \w liken|strong="H1819"\w* me, or shall I be \w equal|strong="H7737"\w*? \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w*.
\v 26 Lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* your \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* who hath \w created|strong="H1254"\w* these \add things\add*, that bringeth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* their \w host|strong="H6635"\w* by \w number|strong="H4557"\w*: he \w calleth|strong="H7121"\w* them all by \w names|strong="H8034"\w* by the \w greatness|strong="H7230"\w* of his \w might|strong="H0202"\w*, for that \add he is\add* \w strong|strong="H0533"\w* in \w power|strong="H3581"\w*; not \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w faileth|strong="H5737"\w*.
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\v 27 Why \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w* thou, O \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and \w speakest|strong="H1696"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, My \w way|strong="H1870"\w* is \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and my \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* is passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* from my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?
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\v 28 ¶ Hast thou not \w known|strong="H3045"\w*? hast thou not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, \add that\add* the \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \w Creator|strong="H1254"\w* of the \w ends|strong="H7098"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w fainteth|strong="H3286"\w* not, neither is \w weary|strong="H3021"\w*? \add there is\add* no \w searching|strong="H2714"\w* of his \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*.
\v 29 He \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* to the \w faint|strong="H3287"\w*; and to \add them that have\add* no \w might|strong="H0202"\w* he \w increaseth|strong="H7235"\w* \w strength|strong="H6109"\w*.
\v 30 Even the \w youths|strong="H5288"\w* shall \w faint|strong="H3286"\w* and be \w weary|strong="H3021"\w*, and the young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* shall \w utterly|strong="H3782"\w* \w fall|strong="H3782"\w*:
\v 31 But they that \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* upon the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w renew|strong="H2498"\w* \add their\add* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*; they shall mount \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with \w wings|strong="H0083"\w* as \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w*; they shall \w run|strong="H7323"\w*, and not be \w weary|strong="H3021"\w*; \add and\add* they shall \w walk|strong="H3212"\w*, and not \w faint|strong="H3286"\w*.\f + \fr 40.31 \ft renew: Heb. change\f*
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\v 1 Keep \w silence|strong="H2790"\w* before me, O \w islands|strong="H0339"\w*; and let the \w people|strong="H3816"\w* \w renew|strong="H2498"\w* \add their\add* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*: let them come \w near|strong="H5066"\w*; then let them \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*: let us come \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* to \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.
\v 2 Who raised \w up|strong="H5782"\w* the \w righteous|strong="H6664"\w* \add man\add* from the \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him to his \w foot|strong="H7272"\w*, \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and made \add him\add* \w rule|strong="H7287"\w* over \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*? he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \add them\add* as the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* to his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \add and\add* as \w driven|strong="H5086"\w* \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w* to his \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*.\f + \fr 41.2 \ft the righteous…: Heb. righteousness\f*
\v 3 He \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* them, \add and\add* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w safely|strong="H7965"\w*; \add even\add* by the \w way|strong="H0734"\w* \add that\add* he had not \w gone|strong="H0935"\w* with his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.\f + \fr 41.3 \ft safely: Heb. in peace\f*
\v 4 Who hath \w wrought|strong="H6466"\w* and \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add*, \w calling|strong="H7121"\w* the \w generations|strong="H1755"\w* from the \w beginning|strong="H7218"\w*? I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, and with the \w last|strong="H0314"\w*; I \add am\add* he.
\v 5 The \w isles|strong="H0339"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*, and \w feared|strong="H3372"\w*; the \w ends|strong="H7098"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* were \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*, drew \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0857"\w*.
\v 6 They \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*; and \add every one\add* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, Be of good \w courage|strong="H2388"\w*.\f + \fr 41.6 \ft Be…: Heb. Be strong\f*
\v 7 So the \w carpenter|strong="H2796"\w* \w encouraged|strong="H2388"\w* the \w goldsmith|strong="H6884"\w*, \add and\add* he that \w smootheth|strong="H2505"\w* \add with\add* the \w hammer|strong="H6360"\w* him that \w smote|strong="H1986"\w* the \w anvil|strong="H6471"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, It \add is\add* \w ready|strong="H2896"\w* for the \w sodering|strong="H1694"\w*: and he \w fastened|strong="H2388"\w* it with \w nails|strong="H4548"\w*, \add that\add* it should not be \w moved|strong="H4131"\w*.\f + \fr 41.7 \ft goldsmith: or, founder\f*\f + \fr 41.7 \ft him…: or, the smiting\f*\f + \fr 41.7 \ft saying…: or, saying of the soder, It is good\f*
\v 8 But thou, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add art\add* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* whom I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w* my \w friend|strong="H0157"\w*.
\v 9 \add Thou\add* whom I have \w taken|strong="H2388"\w* from the \w ends|strong="H7098"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* thee from the chief \w men|strong="H0678"\w* thereof, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, Thou \add art\add* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*; I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* thee, and not cast thee \w away|strong="H3988"\w*.
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\v 10 ¶ \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* thou not; for I \add am\add* with thee: be not \w dismayed|strong="H8159"\w*; for I \add am\add* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: I will \w strengthen|strong="H0553"\w* thee; yea, I will \w help|strong="H5826"\w* thee; yea, I will \w uphold|strong="H8551"\w* thee with the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* of my \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*.
\v 11 Behold, all they that were \w incensed|strong="H2734"\w* against thee shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* and \w confounded|strong="H3637"\w*: they shall be as nothing; and \w they|strong="H0582"\w* that \w strive|strong="H7379"\w* with thee shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*.\f + \fr 41.11 \ft they that strive…: Heb. the men of thy strife\f*
\v 12 Thou shalt \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* them, and shalt not \w find|strong="H4672"\w* them, \add even\add* \w them|strong="H0582"\w* that \w contended|strong="H4695"\w* with thee: they that \w war|strong="H4421"\w* against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of \w nought|strong="H0657"\w*.\f + \fr 41.12 \ft them that…: Heb. the men of thy contention\f*\f + \fr 41.12 \ft they…: Heb. the men of thy war\f*
\v 13 For I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* thy right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not; I will \w help|strong="H5826"\w* thee.
\v 14 \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not, thou \w worm|strong="H8438"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \add and\add* ye \w men|strong="H4962"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; I will \w help|strong="H5826"\w* thee, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and thy \w redeemer|strong="H1350"\w*, the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 41.14 \ft men: or, few men\f*
\v 15 Behold, I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thee a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w sharp|strong="H2742"\w* \w threshing|strong="H4173"\w* instrument \w having|strong="H1167"\w* \w teeth|strong="H6374"\w*: thou shalt \w thresh|strong="H1758"\w* the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and beat \add them\add* \w small|strong="H1854"\w*, and shalt \w make|strong="H7760"\w* the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* as \w chaff|strong="H4671"\w*.\f + \fr 41.15 \ft teeth: Heb. mouths\f*
\v 16 Thou shalt \w fan|strong="H2219"\w* them, and the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* shall carry them \w away|strong="H5375"\w*, and the \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* shall \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* them: and thou shalt \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add and\add* shalt \w glory|strong="H1984"\w* in the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 17 \add When\add* the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* and \w needy|strong="H0034"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \add there is\add* none, \add and\add* their \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w faileth|strong="H5405"\w* for \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*, I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* them, I the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* will not \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* them.
\v 18 I will \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* in high \w places|strong="H8205"\w*, and \w fountains|strong="H4599"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w valleys|strong="H1237"\w*: I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* a \w pool|strong="H0098"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and the \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w springs|strong="H4161"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.
\v 19 I will \w plant|strong="H5414"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* the \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*, the shittah \w tree|strong="H7848"\w*, and the \w myrtle|strong="H1918"\w*, and the \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*; I will \w set|strong="H7760"\w* in the \w desert|strong="H6160"\w* the fir \w tree|strong="H1265"\w*, \add and\add* the \w pine|strong="H8410"\w*, and the box \w tree|strong="H8391"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*:
\v 20 That they may \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, and \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, and \w consider|strong="H7760"\w*, and \w understand|strong="H7919"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, that the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this, and the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* hath \w created|strong="H1254"\w* it.
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\v 21 \w Produce|strong="H7126"\w* your \w cause|strong="H7379"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; bring \w forth|strong="H5066"\w* your \w strong|strong="H6110"\w* \add reasons\add*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w King|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.\f + \fr 41.21 \ft Produce: Heb. Cause to come near\f*
\v 22 Let them bring \add them\add* \w forth|strong="H5066"\w*, and \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* us what shall \w happen|strong="H7136"\w*: let them \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* the former \w things|strong="H7223"\w*, what they \add be\add*, that we may \w consider|strong="H7760"\w* them, and \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the latter \w end|strong="H0319"\w* of them; or \w declare|strong="H8085"\w* us things for to \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.\f + \fr 41.22 \ft consider…: Heb. set our heart upon them\f*
\v 23 \w Shew|strong="H5046"\w* the things that are to \w come|strong="H0857"\w* \w hereafter|strong="H0268"\w*, that we may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that ye \add are\add* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: yea, do \w good|strong="H3190"\w*, or do \w evil|strong="H7489"\w*, that we may be \w dismayed|strong="H8159"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.
\v 24 Behold, ye \add are\add* of \w nothing|strong="H0369"\w*, and your \w work|strong="H6467"\w* of \w nought|strong="H0659"\w*: an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* \add is he that\add* \w chooseth|strong="H0977"\w* you.\f + \fr 41.24 \ft of nothing: or, worse than nothing\f*\f + \fr 41.24 \ft of nought: or, worse than of a viper\f*
\v 25 I have raised \w up|strong="H5782"\w* \add one\add* from the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and he shall \w come|strong="H0857"\w*: from the \w rising|strong="H4217"\w* of the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* shall he \w call|strong="H7121"\w* upon my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: and he shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon \w princes|strong="H5461"\w* as \add upon\add* \w morter|strong="H2563"\w*, and as the \w potter|strong="H3335"\w* \w treadeth|strong="H7429"\w* \w clay|strong="H2916"\w*.
\v 26 Who hath \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* from the \w beginning|strong="H7218"\w*, that we may \w know|strong="H3045"\w*? and \w beforetime|strong="H6440"\w*, that we may \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \add He is\add* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*? yea, \add there is\add* none that \w sheweth|strong="H5046"\w*, yea, \add there is\add* none that \w declareth|strong="H8085"\w*, yea, \add there is\add* none that \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* your \w words|strong="H0561"\w*.
\v 27 The \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \add shall say\add* to \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w* them: and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* one that bringeth good \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*.
\v 28 For I \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w*, and \add there was\add* no \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; even among them, and \add there was\add* no \w counsellor|strong="H3289"\w*, that, when I \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* of them, could \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* a \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.\f + \fr 41.28 \ft answer: Heb. return\f*
\v 29 Behold, they \add are\add* all \w vanity|strong="H0205"\w*; their \w works|strong="H4639"\w* \add are\add* \w nothing|strong="H0657"\w*: their molten \w images|strong="H5262"\w* \add are\add* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* and \w confusion|strong="H8414"\w*.
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\v 1 Behold my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, whom I \w uphold|strong="H8551"\w*; mine \w elect|strong="H0972"\w*, \add in whom\add* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w delighteth|strong="H7521"\w*; I have \w put|strong="H5414"\w* my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* upon him: he shall bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* to the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*.
\v 2 He shall not \w cry|strong="H6817"\w*, nor lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, nor cause his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* to be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in the \w street|strong="H2351"\w*.
\v 3 A \w bruised|strong="H7533"\w* \w reed|strong="H7070"\w* shall he not \w break|strong="H7665"\w*, and the \w smoking|strong="H3544"\w* \w flax|strong="H6594"\w* shall he not \w quench|strong="H3518"\w*: he shall bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* unto \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*.\f + \fr 42.3 \ft smoking: or, dimly burning\f*\f + \fr 42.3 \ft quench: Heb. quench it\f*
\v 4 He shall not \w fail|strong="H3543"\w* nor be \w discouraged|strong="H7533"\w*, till he have \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: and the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w* shall \w wait|strong="H3176"\w* for his \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.\f + \fr 42.4 \ft discouraged: Heb. broken\f*
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\v 5 ¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, he that \w created|strong="H1254"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and stretched them \w out|strong="H5186"\w*; he that spread \w forth|strong="H7554"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and that which cometh \w out|strong="H6631"\w* of it; he that \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* \w breath|strong="H5397"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* upon it, and \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* to them that \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* therein:
\v 6 I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* have \w called|strong="H7121"\w* thee in \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, and will \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and will \w keep|strong="H5341"\w* thee, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee for a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, for a \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*;
\v 7 To \w open|strong="H6491"\w* the \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, to bring \w out|strong="H3318"\w* the \w prisoners|strong="H0616"\w* from the \w prison|strong="H4525"\w*, \add and\add* them that \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* in \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* out of the \w prison|strong="H3608"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.
\v 8 I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: that \add is\add* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: and my \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* will I not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to \w another|strong="H0312"\w*, neither my \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* to graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w*.
\v 9 Behold, the former \w things|strong="H7223"\w* are come to \w pass|strong="H0935"\w*, and new \w things|strong="H2319"\w* do I \w declare|strong="H5046"\w*: before they spring \w forth|strong="H6779"\w* I \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* you of them.
\v 10 \w Sing|strong="H7891"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w song|strong="H7892"\w*, \add and\add* his \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* from the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, ye that go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and all that is \w therein|strong="H4393"\w*; the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w*, and the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof.\f + \fr 42.10 \ft all…: Heb. the fulness thereof\f*
\v 11 Let the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* and the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* thereof lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \add their voice\add*, the \w villages|strong="H2691"\w* \add that\add* \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w* doth \w inhabit|strong="H3427"\w*: let the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w sing|strong="H7442"\w*, let them \w shout|strong="H6681"\w* from the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.
\v 12 Let them \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* his \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* in the \w islands|strong="H0339"\w*.
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\v 13 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* as a mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w*, he shall stir \w up|strong="H5782"\w* \w jealousy|strong="H7068"\w* like a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*: he shall \w cry|strong="H7321"\w*, yea, \w roar|strong="H6873"\w*; he shall \w prevail|strong="H1396"\w* against his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.\f + \fr 42.13 \ft prevail: or, behave himself mightily\f*
\v 14 I have long \w time|strong="H5769"\w* holden my \w peace|strong="H2814"\w*; I have been \w still|strong="H2790"\w*, \add and\add* \w refrained|strong="H0662"\w* myself: \add now\add* will I \w cry|strong="H6463"\w* like a travailing \w woman|strong="H3205"\w*; I will \w destroy|strong="H5395"\w* and \w devour|strong="H7602"\w* at \w once|strong="H3162"\w*.\f + \fr 42.14 \ft devour: Heb. swallow, or, sup up\f*
\v 15 I will make \w waste|strong="H2717"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* and \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, and dry \w up|strong="H3001"\w* all their \w herbs|strong="H6212"\w*; and I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* \w islands|strong="H0339"\w*, and I will dry \w up|strong="H3001"\w* the \w pools|strong="H0098"\w*.
\v 16 And I will \w bring|strong="H3212"\w* the \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* by a \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \add that\add* they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not; I will \w lead|strong="H1869"\w* them in \w paths|strong="H5410"\w* \add that\add* they have not \w known|strong="H3045"\w*: I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w darkness|strong="H4285"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, and crooked \w things|strong="H4625"\w* \w straight|strong="H4334"\w*. These \w things|strong="H1697"\w* will I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto them, and not \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* them.\f + \fr 42.16 \ft straight: Heb. into straightness\f*
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\v 17 ¶ They shall be \w turned|strong="H5472"\w* \w back|strong="H0268"\w*, they shall be \w greatly|strong="H1322"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, that \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in graven \w images|strong="H6459"\w*, that \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to the molten \w images|strong="H4541"\w*, Ye \add are\add* our \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.
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\v 18 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, ye \w deaf|strong="H2795"\w*; and \w look|strong="H5027"\w*, ye \w blind|strong="H5787"\w*, that ye may \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.
\v 19 Who \add is\add* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w*, but my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*? or \w deaf|strong="H2795"\w*, as my \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \add that\add* I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*? who \add is\add* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* as \add he that is\add* \w perfect|strong="H7999"\w*, and \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* as the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*?
\v 20 \w Seeing|strong="H7200"\w* many \w things|strong="H7227"\w*, but thou \w observest|strong="H8104"\w* not; \w opening|strong="H6491"\w* the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, but he \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* not.
\v 21 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* is well \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w* for his \w righteousness’|strong="H6664"\w* sake; he will \w magnify|strong="H1431"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, and make \add it\add* \w honourable|strong="H0142"\w*.\f + \fr 42.21 \ft it: or, him\f*
\v 22 But this \add is\add* a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w robbed|strong="H0962"\w* and \w spoiled|strong="H8154"\w*; \add they are\add* all of them \w snared|strong="H6351"\w* in \w holes|strong="H2352"\w*, and they are \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* in \w prison|strong="H3608"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*: they are for a \w prey|strong="H0957"\w*, and none \w delivereth|strong="H5337"\w*; for a \w spoil|strong="H4933"\w*, and none \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Restore|strong="H7725"\w*.\f + \fr 42.22 \ft they are all…: or, in snaring all the young men of them\f*\f + \fr 42.22 \ft for a spoil: Heb. a treading\f*
\v 23 Who among you will give \w ear|strong="H0238"\w* to this? \add who\add* will \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w* and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* for the time to \w come|strong="H0268"\w*?\f + \fr 42.23 \ft for…: Heb. for the after time?\f*
\v 24 Who \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* for a \w spoil|strong="H4933"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to the \w robbers|strong="H0962"\w*? did not the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, he against \w whom|strong="H2098"\w* we have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*? for they \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* in his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, neither were they \w obedient|strong="H8085"\w* unto his \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.
\v 25 Therefore he hath \w poured|strong="H8210"\w* upon him the \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* of his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and the \w strength|strong="H5807"\w* of \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*: and it hath set him on \w fire|strong="H3857"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, yet he \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not; and it \w burned|strong="H1197"\w* him, yet he \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* not to \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.
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\v 1 But now thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that \w created|strong="H1254"\w* thee, O \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and he that \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* thee, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: for I have \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* thee, I have \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \add thee\add* by thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; thou \add art\add* mine.
\v 2 When thou passest \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, I \add will be\add* with thee; and through the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*, they shall not \w overflow|strong="H7857"\w* thee: when thou \w walkest|strong="H3212"\w* \w through|strong="H1119"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, thou shalt not be \w burned|strong="H3554"\w*; neither shall the \w flame|strong="H3852"\w* \w kindle|strong="H1197"\w* upon thee.
\v 3 For I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, thy \w Saviour|strong="H3467"\w*: I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add for\add* thy \w ransom|strong="H3724"\w*, \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w* and \w Seba|strong="H5434"\w* for thee.
\v 4 Since thou wast \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, thou hast been \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w*, and I have \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* thee: therefore will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w men|strong="H0120"\w* for thee, and \w people|strong="H3816"\w* for thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.\f + \fr 43.4 \ft life: or, person\f*
\v 5 \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: for I \add am\add* with thee: I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* from the \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, and \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* thee from the \w west|strong="H4628"\w*;
\v 6 I will \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, Give \w up|strong="H5414"\w*; and to the \w south|strong="H8486"\w*, Keep not \w back|strong="H3607"\w*: \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* my \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* from \w far|strong="H7350"\w*, and my \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* from the \w ends|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*;
\v 7 \add Even\add* every \w one|strong="H3605"\w* that is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: for I have \w created|strong="H1254"\w* him for my \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*, I have \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* him; yea, I have \w made|strong="H6213"\w* him.
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\v 8 ¶ Bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and the \w deaf|strong="H2795"\w* that have \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*.
\v 9 Let all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* be \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, and let the \w people|strong="H3816"\w* be \w assembled|strong="H0622"\w*: who among them can \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* this, and \w shew|strong="H8085"\w* us former \w things|strong="H7223"\w*? let them bring \w forth|strong="H5414"\w* their \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*, that they may be \w justified|strong="H6663"\w*: or let them \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \add It is\add* \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*.
\v 10 Ye \add are\add* my \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* whom I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*: that ye may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* and \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* me, and \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* that I \add am\add* he: \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me there was no \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w formed|strong="H3335"\w*, neither shall there be \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me.\f + \fr 43.10 \ft no…: or, nothing formed of God\f*
\v 11 I, \add even\add* I, \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and \w beside|strong="H1107"\w* me \add there is\add* no \w saviour|strong="H3467"\w*.
\v 12 I have \w declared|strong="H5046"\w*, and have \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*, and I have \w shewed|strong="H8085"\w*, when \add there was\add* no \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* \add god\add* among you: therefore ye \add are\add* my \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that I \add am\add* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*.
\v 13 Yea, before the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add was\add* I \add am\add* he; and \add there is\add* none that can \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* out of my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: I will \w work|strong="H6466"\w*, and who shall \w let|strong="H7725"\w* it?\f + \fr 43.13 \ft let it: Heb. turn it back?\f*
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\v 14 ¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, your \w redeemer|strong="H1350"\w*, the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; For your sake I have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and have brought \w down|strong="H3381"\w* all their \w nobles|strong="H1281"\w*, and the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, whose \w cry|strong="H7440"\w* \add is\add* in the \w ships|strong="H0591"\w*.\f + \fr 43.14 \ft nobles: Heb. bars\f*
\v 15 I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, your Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w*, the \w creator|strong="H1254"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, your \w King|strong="H4428"\w*.
\v 16 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which \w maketh|strong="H5414"\w* a \w way|strong="H1870"\w* in the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and a \w path|strong="H5410"\w* in the \w mighty|strong="H5794"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*;
\v 17 Which bringeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* and \w horse|strong="H5483"\w*, the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* and the \w power|strong="H5808"\w*; they shall lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, they shall not \w rise|strong="H6965"\w*: they are \w extinct|strong="H1846"\w*, they are \w quenched|strong="H3518"\w* as \w tow|strong="H6594"\w*.
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\v 18 ¶ \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* ye not the former \w things|strong="H7223"\w*, neither \w consider|strong="H0995"\w* the things of \w old|strong="H6931"\w*.
\v 19 Behold, I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* a new \w thing|strong="H2319"\w*; now it shall spring \w forth|strong="H6779"\w*; shall ye not \w know|strong="H3045"\w* it? I will even \w make|strong="H7760"\w* a \w way|strong="H1870"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \add and\add* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* in the \w desert|strong="H3452"\w*.
\v 20 The \w beast|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* shall \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* me, the \w dragons|strong="H8577"\w* and the \w owls|strong="H1323"\w*: because I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \add and\add* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* in the \w desert|strong="H3452"\w*, to give \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* to my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, my \w chosen|strong="H0972"\w*.\f + \fr 43.20 \ft owls: or, ostriches: Heb. daughters of the owl\f*
\v 21 \w This|strong="H2098"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* have I \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* for myself; they shall shew \w forth|strong="H5608"\w* my \w praise|strong="H8416"\w*.
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\v 22 ¶ But thou hast not \w called|strong="H7121"\w* upon me, O \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*; but thou hast been \w weary|strong="H3021"\w* of me, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 23 Thou hast not \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* me the small \w cattle|strong="H7716"\w* of thy burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*; neither hast thou \w honoured|strong="H3513"\w* me with thy \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*. I have not caused thee to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* with an \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, nor \w wearied|strong="H3021"\w* thee with \w incense|strong="H3828"\w*.\f + \fr 43.23 \ft small…: Heb. lambs, or, kids\f*
\v 24 Thou hast \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* me no sweet \w cane|strong="H7070"\w* with \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, neither hast thou \w filled|strong="H7301"\w* me with the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* of thy \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*: but thou hast made me to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* with thy \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*, thou hast \w wearied|strong="H3021"\w* me with thine \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*.\f + \fr 43.24 \ft filled…: Heb. made me drunk, or, abundantly moistened\f*
\v 25 I, \add even\add* I, \add am\add* he that blotteth \w out|strong="H4229"\w* thy \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* for mine own sake, and will not \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* thy \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.
\v 26 Put me in \w remembrance|strong="H2142"\w*: let us \w plead|strong="H8199"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: \w declare|strong="H5608"\w* thou, that thou mayest be \w justified|strong="H6663"\w*.
\v 27 Thy \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* hath \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and thy \w teachers|strong="H3887"\w* have \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* against me.\f + \fr 43.27 \ft teachers: Heb. interpreters\f*
\v 28 Therefore I have \w profaned|strong="H2490"\w* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w sanctuary|strong="H6944"\w*, and have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* to the \w curse|strong="H2764"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w reproaches|strong="H1421"\w*.\f + \fr 43.28 \ft princes…: or, holy princes\f*
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\v 1 Yet now \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, O \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*; and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, whom I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*:
\v 2 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that \w made|strong="H6213"\w* thee, and \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* thee from the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*, \add which\add* will \w help|strong="H5826"\w* thee; \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not, O \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*; and thou, \w Jesurun|strong="H3484"\w*, whom I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*.
\v 3 For I will \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* upon him that is \w thirsty|strong="H6771"\w*, and \w floods|strong="H5140"\w* upon the dry \w ground|strong="H3004"\w*: I will \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* upon thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, and my \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* upon thine \w offspring|strong="H6631"\w*:
\v 4 And they shall spring \w up|strong="H6779"\w* \add as\add* \w among|strong="H0996"\w* the \w grass|strong="H2682"\w*, as \w willows|strong="H6155"\w* by the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w courses|strong="H2988"\w*.
\v 5 One shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and another shall \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \add himself\add* by the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*; and another shall \w subscribe|strong="H3789"\w* \add with\add* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w surname|strong="H3655"\w* \add himself\add* by the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 6 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* the \w King|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and his \w redeemer|strong="H1350"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; I \add am\add* the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, and I \add am\add* the \w last|strong="H0314"\w*; and \w beside|strong="H1107"\w* me \add there is\add* no \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
\v 7 And who, as I, shall \w call|strong="H7121"\w*, and shall \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* it, and set it in \w order|strong="H6186"\w* for me, since I \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* the \w ancient|strong="H5769"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*? and the things that are \w coming|strong="H0857"\w*, and shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, let them \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* unto them.
\v 8 \w Fear|strong="H6342"\w* ye not, neither be \w afraid|strong="H7297"\w*: have not I \w told|strong="H8085"\w* thee from that \w time|strong="H0227"\w*, and have \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add*? ye \add are\add* even my \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*. Is \w there|strong="H3426"\w* a \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w beside|strong="H1107"\w* me? yea, \add there is\add* no \w God|strong="H6697"\w*; I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not \add any\add*.\f + \fr 44.8 \ft God; I: Heb. rock, etc\f*
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\v 9 ¶ They that \w make|strong="H3335"\w* a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w* \add are\add* all of them \w vanity|strong="H8414"\w*; and their delectable \w things|strong="H2530"\w* shall not \w profit|strong="H3276"\w*; and they \add are\add* their own \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*; they \w see|strong="H7200"\w* not, nor \w know|strong="H3045"\w*; that they may be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*.\f + \fr 44.9 \ft delectable: Heb. desirable\f*
\v 10 Who hath \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* a \w god|strong="H0410"\w*, or \w molten|strong="H5258"\w* a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w* \add that\add* is \w profitable|strong="H3276"\w* for \w nothing|strong="H1115"\w*?
\v 11 Behold, all his \w fellows|strong="H2270"\w* shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*: and the \w workmen|strong="H2796"\w*, they \add are\add* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*: let them all be gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, let them stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w*; \add yet\add* they shall \w fear|strong="H6342"\w*, \add and\add* they shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.
\v 12 The \w smith|strong="H1270"\w* with the \w tongs|strong="H4621"\w* both \w worketh|strong="H6466"\w* in the \w coals|strong="H6352"\w*, and \w fashioneth|strong="H3335"\w* it with \w hammers|strong="H4717"\w*, and \w worketh|strong="H6466"\w* it with the \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* of his \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*: yea, he is \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, and his \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w faileth|strong="H0369"\w*: he \w drinketh|strong="H8354"\w* no \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and is \w faint|strong="H3286"\w*.\f + \fr 44.12 \ft with the tongs: or, with an axe\f*
\v 13 The \w carpenter|strong="H2796"\w* stretcheth \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \add his\add* \w rule|strong="H6957"\w*; he marketh it \w out|strong="H8388"\w* with a \w line|strong="H8279"\w*; he \w fitteth|strong="H6213"\w* it with \w planes|strong="H4741"\w*, and he marketh it \w out|strong="H8388"\w* with the \w compass|strong="H4230"\w*, and \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* it after the \w figure|strong="H8403"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, according to the \w beauty|strong="H8597"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0120"\w*; that it may \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.
\v 14 He heweth him \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w*, and \w taketh|strong="H3947"\w* the \w cypress|strong="H8645"\w* and the \w oak|strong="H0437"\w*, which he \w strengtheneth|strong="H0553"\w* for himself among the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*: he \w planteth|strong="H5193"\w* an \w ash|strong="H0766"\w*, and the \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* doth \w nourish|strong="H1431"\w* \add it\add*.\f + \fr 44.14 \ft strengtheneth: or, taketh courage\f*
\v 15 Then shall it be for a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* to \w burn|strong="H1197"\w*: for he will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thereof, and \w warm|strong="H2552"\w* himself; yea, he \w kindleth|strong="H5400"\w* \add it\add*, and \w baketh|strong="H0644"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*; yea, he \w maketh|strong="H6466"\w* a \w god|strong="H0410"\w*, and \w worshippeth|strong="H7812"\w* \add it;\add* he \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* it a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, and falleth \w down|strong="H5456"\w* thereto.
\v 16 He \w burneth|strong="H8313"\w* \w part|strong="H2677"\w* thereof \w in|strong="H1119"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; with \w part|strong="H2677"\w* thereof he \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*; he \w roasteth|strong="H6740"\w* \w roast|strong="H6748"\w*, and is \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*: yea, he \w warmeth|strong="H2552"\w* \add himself\add*, and \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Aha|strong="H1889"\w*, I am \w warm|strong="H2552"\w*, I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0217"\w*:
\v 17 And the \w residue|strong="H7611"\w* thereof he \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* a \w god|strong="H0410"\w*, \add even\add* his graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*: he falleth \w down|strong="H5456"\w* unto it, and \w worshippeth|strong="H7812"\w* \add it\add*, and \w prayeth|strong="H6419"\w* unto it, and \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Deliver|strong="H5337"\w* me; for thou \add art\add* my \w god|strong="H0410"\w*.
\v 18 They have not \w known|strong="H3045"\w* nor \w understood|strong="H0995"\w*: for he hath \w shut|strong="H2902"\w* their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, that they cannot \w see|strong="H7200"\w*; \add and\add* their \w hearts|strong="H3826"\w*, that they cannot \w understand|strong="H7919"\w*.\f + \fr 44.18 \ft shut: Heb. daubed\f*
\v 19 And none \w considereth|strong="H7725"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, neither \add is there\add* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* nor \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* to \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w part|strong="H2677"\w* of it \w in|strong="H1119"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; yea, also I have \w baked|strong="H0644"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* upon the \w coals|strong="H1513"\w* thereof; I have \w roasted|strong="H6740"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \add it:\add* and shall I \w make|strong="H6213"\w* the \w residue|strong="H3499"\w* thereof an \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w*? shall I fall \w down|strong="H5456"\w* to the \w stock|strong="H0944"\w* of a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*?\f + \fr 44.19 \ft considereth…: Heb. setteth to his heart\f*\f + \fr 44.19 \ft the stock…: Heb. that which comes of a tree?\f*
\v 20 He \w feedeth|strong="H7462"\w* on \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w*: a \w deceived|strong="H2048"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* hath turned him \w aside|strong="H5186"\w*, that he cannot \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, nor \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is there\add* not a \w lie|strong="H8267"\w* in my right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*?
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\v 21 ¶ \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* these, O \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; for thou \add art\add* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*: I have \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* thee; thou \add art\add* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*: O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, thou shalt not be \w forgotten|strong="H5382"\w* of me.
\v 22 I have blotted \w out|strong="H4229"\w*, as a thick \w cloud|strong="H5645"\w*, thy \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w*, and, as a \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*, thy \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*: \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto me; for I have \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* thee.
\v 23 \w Sing|strong="H7442"\w*, O ye \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*; for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add it:\add* \w shout|strong="H7321"\w*, ye lower \w parts|strong="H8482"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: break \w forth|strong="H6476"\w* into \w singing|strong="H7440"\w*, ye \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, O \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*, and every \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* therein: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and \w glorified|strong="H6286"\w* himself in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 24 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, thy \w redeemer|strong="H1350"\w*, and he that \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* thee from the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*, I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* all \add things;\add* that stretcheth \w forth|strong="H5186"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* alone; that spreadeth \w abroad|strong="H7554"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* by myself;
\v 25 That \w frustrateth|strong="H6565"\w* the \w tokens|strong="H0226"\w* of the \w liars|strong="H0907"\w*, and maketh \w diviners|strong="H7080"\w* \w mad|strong="H1984"\w*; that \w turneth|strong="H7725"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \add men\add* \w backward|strong="H0268"\w*, and maketh their \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5528"\w*;
\v 26 That \w confirmeth|strong="H6965"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w performeth|strong="H7999"\w* the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of his \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*; that \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, Thou shalt be \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w*; and to the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, Ye shall be \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, and I will raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the decayed \w places|strong="H2723"\w* thereof:\f + \fr 44.26 \ft decayed…: Heb. wastes\f*
\v 27 That \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w deep|strong="H6683"\w*, Be \w dry|strong="H2717"\w*, and I will dry \w up|strong="H3001"\w* thy \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*:
\v 28 That \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* of \w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w*, \add He is\add* my \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w*, and shall \w perform|strong="H7999"\w* all my \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w*: even \w saying|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, Thou shalt be \w built|strong="H1129"\w*; and to the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, Thy foundation shall be \w laid|strong="H3245"\w*.
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\v 1 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to his \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*, to \w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w*, whose right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* I have \w holden|strong="H2388"\w*, to \w subdue|strong="H7286"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him; and I will \w loose|strong="H6605"\w* the \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* of \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, to \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him the two leaved \w gates|strong="H1817"\w*; and the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* shall not be \w shut|strong="H5462"\w*;\f + \fr 45.1 \ft have…: or, strengthened\f*
\v 2 I will \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, and \w make|strong="H3474"\w* the crooked \w places|strong="H1921"\w* \w straight|strong="H3474"\w*: I will break in \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* the \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5154"\w*, and cut in \w sunder|strong="H1438"\w* the \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*:
\v 3 And I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, and hidden \w riches|strong="H4301"\w* of secret \w places|strong="H4565"\w*, that thou mayest \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \add thee\add* by thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \add am\add* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 4 For \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* my \w servant’s|strong="H5650"\w* sake, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* mine \w elect|strong="H0972"\w*, I have even \w called|strong="H7121"\w* thee by thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: I have \w surnamed|strong="H3655"\w* thee, though thou hast not \w known|strong="H3045"\w* me.
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\v 5 ¶ I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \add there is\add* none else, \add there is\add* no \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w beside|strong="H2108"\w* me: I \w girded|strong="H0247"\w* thee, though thou hast not \w known|strong="H3045"\w* me:
\v 6 That they may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* from the \w rising|strong="H4217"\w* of the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, and from the \w west|strong="H4628"\w*, that \add there is\add* \w none|strong="H0657"\w* \w beside|strong="H1107"\w* me. I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \add there is\add* none else.
\v 7 I \w form|strong="H3335"\w* the \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, and \w create|strong="H1254"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*: I \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, and \w create|strong="H1254"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* all these \add things\add*.
\v 8 Drop \w down|strong="H7491"\w*, ye \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, from \w above|strong="H4605"\w*, and let the \w skies|strong="H7834"\w* pour \w down|strong="H5140"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*: let the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w*, and let them bring \w forth|strong="H6509"\w* \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*, and let \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* spring \w up|strong="H6779"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*; I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* have \w created|strong="H1254"\w* it.
\v 9 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto him that \w striveth|strong="H7378"\w* with his \w Maker|strong="H3335"\w*! \add Let\add* the \w potsherd|strong="H2789"\w* \add strive\add* with the \w potsherds|strong="H2789"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*. Shall the \w clay|strong="H2563"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to him that \w fashioneth|strong="H3335"\w* it, What \w makest|strong="H6213"\w* thou? or thy \w work|strong="H6467"\w*, He hath no \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*?
\v 10 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* unto him that \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* unto \add his\add* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, What \w begettest|strong="H3205"\w* thou? or to the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, What hast thou brought \w forth|strong="H2342"\w*?
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\v 11 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and his \w Maker|strong="H3335"\w*, \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* me of things to \w come|strong="H0857"\w* concerning my \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and concerning the \w work|strong="H6467"\w* of my \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* ye me.
\v 12 I have \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w created|strong="H1254"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* upon it: I, \add even\add* my \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, have stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and all their \w host|strong="H6635"\w* have I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.
\v 13 I have raised him \w up|strong="H5782"\w* in \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, and I will \w direct|strong="H3474"\w* all his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*: he shall \w build|strong="H1129"\w* my \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and he shall let \w go|strong="H7971"\w* my \w captives|strong="H1546"\w*, not for \w price|strong="H4242"\w* nor \w reward|strong="H7810"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.\f + \fr 45.13 \ft direct: or, make straight\f*
\v 14 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, The \w labour|strong="H3018"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w merchandise|strong="H5505"\w* of \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w* and of the \w Sabeans|strong="H5436"\w*, \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w stature|strong="H4060"\w*, shall come \w over|strong="H5674"\w* unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee; in \w chains|strong="H2131"\w* they shall come \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, and they shall fall \w down|strong="H7812"\w* unto thee, they shall make \w supplication|strong="H6419"\w* unto thee, \add saying\add*, Surely \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \add is\add* in thee; and \add there is\add* none else, \add there is\add* \w no|strong="H0657"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
\v 15 \w Verily|strong="H0403"\w* thou \add art\add* a \w God|strong="H0410"\w* that \w hidest|strong="H5641"\w* thyself, O \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, the \w Saviour|strong="H3467"\w*.
\v 16 They shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, and also \w confounded|strong="H3637"\w*, all of them: they shall \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to \w confusion|strong="H3639"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \add that are\add* \w makers|strong="H2796"\w* of \w idols|strong="H6736"\w*.
\v 17 \add But\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* with an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w*: ye shall not be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* nor \w confounded|strong="H3637"\w* \w world|strong="H5769"\w* without \w end|strong="H5703"\w*.
\v 18 For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that \w created|strong="H1254"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*; \w God|strong="H0430"\w* himself that \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* it; he hath \w established|strong="H3559"\w* it, he \w created|strong="H1254"\w* it not in \w vain|strong="H8414"\w*, he \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* it to be \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w*: I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and \add there is\add* none else.
\v 19 I have not \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* in \w secret|strong="H5643"\w*, in a \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* not unto the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w Seek|strong="H1245"\w* ye me in \w vain|strong="H8414"\w*: I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, I \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* things that are \w right|strong="H4339"\w*.
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\v 20 ¶ \w Assemble|strong="H6908"\w* yourselves and \w come|strong="H0935"\w*; draw \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, ye \add that are\add* \w escaped|strong="H6412"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*: they have no \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w* that set \w up|strong="H5375"\w* the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* of their graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* unto a \w god|strong="H0410"\w* \add that\add* cannot \w save|strong="H3467"\w*.
\v 21 \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* ye, and bring \add them\add* \w near|strong="H5066"\w*; yea, let them take \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: who hath \w declared|strong="H8085"\w* this from ancient \w time|strong="H6924"\w*? \add who\add* hath \w told|strong="H5046"\w* it from that time? \add have\add* not I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*? and \add there is\add* no \w God|strong="H0430"\w* else \w beside|strong="H1107"\w* me; a \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* and a \w Saviour|strong="H3467"\w*; \add there is\add* \w none|strong="H0369"\w* \w beside|strong="H2108"\w* me.
\v 22 \w Look|strong="H6437"\w* unto me, and be ye \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*, all the \w ends|strong="H0657"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: for I \add am\add* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, and \add there is\add* none else.
\v 23 I have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* by myself, the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* is gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \add in\add* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, and shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, That unto me every \w knee|strong="H1290"\w* shall \w bow|strong="H3766"\w*, every \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* shall \w swear|strong="H7650"\w*.
\v 24 Surely, shall \add one\add* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* have I \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* and \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*: \add even\add* to him shall \add men\add* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*; and all that are \w incensed|strong="H2734"\w* against him shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*.\f + \fr 45.24 \ft Surely…: or, Surely he shall say of me, In the \+nd LORD\+nd* is all righteousness and strength\f*\f + \fr 45.24 \ft righteousness: Heb. righteousnesses\f*
\v 25 In the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall all the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be \w justified|strong="H6663"\w*, and shall \w glory|strong="H1984"\w*.
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\v 1 \w Bel|strong="H1078"\w* boweth \w down|strong="H3766"\w*, \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w* \w stoopeth|strong="H7164"\w*, their \w idols|strong="H6091"\w* were upon the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w*, and upon the \w cattle|strong="H0929"\w*: your \w carriages|strong="H5385"\w* \add were\add* heavy \w loaden|strong="H6006"\w*; \add they are\add* a \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* to the \w weary|strong="H5889"\w* \add beast\add*.
\v 2 They \w stoop|strong="H7164"\w*, they bow \w down|strong="H3766"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*; they \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w deliver|strong="H4422"\w* the \w burden|strong="H4853"\w*, but \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w* are \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* into \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*.\f + \fr 46.2 \ft themselves: Heb. their soul\f*
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\v 3 ¶ \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and all the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which are \w borne|strong="H6006"\w* \add by me\add* from the \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*, which are \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* from the \w womb|strong="H7356"\w*:
\v 4 And \add even\add* to \add your\add* old \w age|strong="H2209"\w* I \add am\add* he; and \add even\add* to hoar \w hairs|strong="H7872"\w* will I \w carry|strong="H5445"\w* \add you:\add* I have \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, and I will \w bear|strong="H5375"\w*; even I will \w carry|strong="H5445"\w*, and will \w deliver|strong="H4422"\w* \add you\add*.
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\v 5 ¶ To whom will ye \w liken|strong="H1819"\w* me, and make \add me\add* \w equal|strong="H7737"\w*, and \w compare|strong="H4911"\w* me, that we may be \w like|strong="H1819"\w*?
\v 6 They \w lavish|strong="H2107"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* out of the \w bag|strong="H3599"\w*, and \w weigh|strong="H8254"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* in the \w balance|strong="H7070"\w*, \add and\add* \w hire|strong="H7936"\w* a \w goldsmith|strong="H6884"\w*; and he \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* it a \w god|strong="H0410"\w*: they fall \w down|strong="H5456"\w*, yea, they \w worship|strong="H7812"\w*.
\v 7 They \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* him upon the \w shoulder|strong="H3802"\w*, they \w carry|strong="H5445"\w* him, and set him in his \w place|strong="H3240"\w*, and he \w standeth|strong="H5975"\w*; from his \w place|strong="H4725"\w* shall he not \w remove|strong="H4185"\w*: yea, \add one\add* shall \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* unto him, yet can he not \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*, nor \w save|strong="H3467"\w* him out of his \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*.
\v 8 \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* this, and shew yourselves \w men|strong="H0377"\w*: bring \add it\add* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*, O ye \w transgressors|strong="H6586"\w*.
\v 9 \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* the former \w things|strong="H7223"\w* of \w old|strong="H5769"\w*: for I \add am\add* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, and \add there is\add* none else; \add I am\add* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \add there is\add* \w none|strong="H0657"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* me,
\v 10 \w Declaring|strong="H5046"\w* the \w end|strong="H0319"\w* from the \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w*, and from ancient \w times|strong="H6924"\w* \add the things\add* that are not \add yet\add* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* shall \w stand|strong="H6965"\w*, and I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* all my \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w*:
\v 11 \w Calling|strong="H7121"\w* a ravenous \w bird|strong="H5861"\w* from the \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that executeth my \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* from a \w far|strong="H4801"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*: yea, I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \add it\add*, I will also \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* it to pass; I have \w purposed|strong="H3335"\w* \add it\add*, I will also \w do|strong="H6213"\w* it.\f + \fr 46.11 \ft that…: Heb. of my counsel\f*
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\v 12 ¶ \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me, ye \w stouthearted|strong="H0047"\w*, that \add are\add* far \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*:
\v 13 I bring \w near|strong="H7126"\w* my \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*; it shall not be far \w off|strong="H7368"\w*, and my \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w* shall not \w tarry|strong="H0309"\w*: and I will \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* my \w glory|strong="H8597"\w*.
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\v 1 Come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, O \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*: \add there is\add* no \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*: for thou shalt no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w tender|strong="H7390"\w* and \w delicate|strong="H6028"\w*.
\v 2 \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w millstones|strong="H7347"\w*, and \w grind|strong="H2912"\w* \w meal|strong="H7058"\w*: \w uncover|strong="H1540"\w* thy \w locks|strong="H6777"\w*, make \w bare|strong="H2834"\w* the \w leg|strong="H7640"\w*, \w uncover|strong="H1540"\w* the \w thigh|strong="H7785"\w*, pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*.
\v 3 Thy \w nakedness|strong="H6172"\w* shall be \w uncovered|strong="H1540"\w*, yea, thy \w shame|strong="H2781"\w* shall be \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*: I will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5359"\w*, and I will not \w meet|strong="H6293"\w* \add thee as\add* a \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.
\v 4 \add As for\add* our \w redeemer|strong="H1350"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \add is\add* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
\v 5 \w Sit|strong="H3427"\w* thou \w silent|strong="H1748"\w*, and \w get|strong="H0935"\w* thee into \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, O \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*: for thou shalt no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* be \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, The \w lady|strong="H1404"\w* of \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*.
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\v 6 ¶ I was \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w* with my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, I have \w polluted|strong="H2490"\w* mine \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*, and \w given|strong="H5414"\w* them into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: thou didst \w shew|strong="H7760"\w* them no \w mercy|strong="H7356"\w*; upon the \w ancient|strong="H2205"\w* hast thou \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w heavily|strong="H3513"\w* laid thy \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*.
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\v 7 ¶ And thou \w saidst|strong="H0559"\w*, I shall be a \w lady|strong="H1404"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: \add so\add* that thou didst not \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* these \add things\add* to thy \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, neither didst \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* the latter \w end|strong="H0319"\w* of it.
\v 8 Therefore \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* now this, \add thou that art\add* given to \w pleasures|strong="H5719"\w*, that \w dwellest|strong="H3427"\w* \w carelessly|strong="H0983"\w*, that \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w* in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, I \add am\add*, and none \w else|strong="H0657"\w* beside me; I shall not \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \add as\add* a \w widow|strong="H0490"\w*, neither shall I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the loss of \w children|strong="H7908"\w*:
\v 9 But these \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \add things\add* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to thee in a \w moment|strong="H7281"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, the loss of \w children|strong="H7908"\w*, and \w widowhood|strong="H0489"\w*: they shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon thee in their \w perfection|strong="H8537"\w* for the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of thy \w sorceries|strong="H3785"\w*, \add and\add* for the \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w abundance|strong="H6109"\w* of thine \w enchantments|strong="H2267"\w*.
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\v 10 ¶ For thou hast \w trusted|strong="H0982"\w* in thy \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*: thou hast \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, None \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w* me. Thy \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* and thy \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*, it hath \w perverted|strong="H7725"\w* thee; and thou hast \w said|strong="H0559"\w* in thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, I \add am\add*, and none \w else|strong="H0657"\w* beside me.\f + \fr 47.10 \ft perverted…: or, caused thee to turn away\f*
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\v 11 ¶ Therefore shall \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon thee; thou shalt not \w know|strong="H3045"\w* from whence it \w riseth|strong="H7837"\w*: and \w mischief|strong="H1943"\w* shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* upon thee; thou shalt not be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to put it \w off|strong="H3722"\w*: and \w desolation|strong="H7722"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon thee \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w*, \add which\add* thou shalt not \w know|strong="H3045"\w*.\f + \fr 47.11 \ft from…: Heb. the morning thereof\f*\f + \fr 47.11 \ft put: Heb. expiate\f*
\v 12 \w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* now with thine \w enchantments|strong="H2267"\w*, and with the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of thy \w sorceries|strong="H3785"\w*, \w wherein|strong="H0834"\w* thou hast \w laboured|strong="H3021"\w* from thy \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*; if so be thou shalt be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w profit|strong="H3276"\w*, if so be thou mayest \w prevail|strong="H6206"\w*.
\v 13 Thou art \w wearied|strong="H3811"\w* in the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of thy \w counsels|strong="H6098"\w*. Let now the \w astrologers|strong="H1895"\w*, the \w stargazers|strong="H2374"\w*, the \w monthly|strong="H2320"\w* \w prognosticators|strong="H3045"\w*, stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w*, and \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thee from \add these things\add* that shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon thee.\f + \fr 47.13 \ft astrologers: Heb. viewers of the heavens\f*\f + \fr 47.13 \ft the monthly…: Heb. that give knowledge concerning the months\f*
\v 14 Behold, they shall be as \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w*; the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* shall \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* them; they shall not \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w* from the \w power|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w flame|strong="H3852"\w*: \add there shall\add* not \add be\add* a \w coal|strong="H1513"\w* to \w warm|strong="H2552"\w* at, \add nor\add* \w fire|strong="H0217"\w* to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* before it.\f + \fr 47.14 \ft themselves: Heb. their souls\f*
\v 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast \w laboured|strong="H3021"\w*, \add even\add* thy \w merchants|strong="H5503"\w*, from thy \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*: they shall \w wander|strong="H8582"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w quarter|strong="H5676"\w*; none shall \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thee.
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\v 1 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye this, O \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, which are \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and are come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, which \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and make \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add but\add* not in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*, nor in \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.
\v 2 For they \w call|strong="H7121"\w* themselves of the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w stay|strong="H5564"\w* themselves upon the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \add is\add* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.
\v 3 I have \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* the former \w things|strong="H7223"\w* from the \w beginning|strong="H0227"\w*; and they went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and I \w shewed|strong="H8085"\w* them; I \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add them\add* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w*, and they came to \w pass|strong="H0935"\w*.
\v 4 Because I \w knew|strong="H1847"\w* that thou \add art\add* \w obstinate|strong="H7186"\w*, and thy \w neck|strong="H6203"\w* \add is\add* an \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w sinew|strong="H1517"\w*, and thy \w brow|strong="H4696"\w* \w brass|strong="H5154"\w*;\f + \fr 48.4 \ft obstinate: Heb. hard\f*
\v 5 I have even from the \w beginning|strong="H0227"\w* \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* to thee; before it came to \w pass|strong="H0935"\w* I \w shewed|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add* thee: lest thou shouldest \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Mine \w idol|strong="H6090"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* them, and my graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, and my molten \w image|strong="H5262"\w*, hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them.
\v 6 Thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, \w see|strong="H2372"\w* all this; and will not ye \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add*? I have \w shewed|strong="H8085"\w* thee new \w things|strong="H2319"\w* from this \w time|strong="H6258"\w*, even hidden \w things|strong="H5341"\w*, and thou didst not \w know|strong="H3045"\w* them.
\v 7 They are \w created|strong="H1254"\w* now, and not from the beginning; even \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* when thou \w heardest|strong="H8085"\w* them not; lest thou shouldest \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* them.
\v 8 Yea, thou \w heardest|strong="H8085"\w* not; yea, thou \w knewest|strong="H3045"\w* not; yea, from that time \add that\add* thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* was not \w opened|strong="H6605"\w*: for I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that thou wouldest deal \w very|strong="H0898"\w* \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w*, and wast \w called|strong="H7121"\w* a \w transgressor|strong="H6586"\w* from the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*.
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\v 9 ¶ For my \w name’s|strong="H8034"\w* sake will I \w defer|strong="H0748"\w* mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and for my \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* will I \w refrain|strong="H2413"\w* for thee, that I cut thee not \w off|strong="H3772"\w*.
\v 10 Behold, I have \w refined|strong="H6884"\w* thee, but not with \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*; I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* thee in the \w furnace|strong="H3564"\w* of \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w*.\f + \fr 48.10 \ft with…: or, for silver\f*
\v 11 For mine own sake, \add even\add* for mine own sake, will I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add it:\add* for how should \add my name\add* be \w polluted|strong="H2490"\w*? and I will not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* my \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* unto \w another|strong="H0312"\w*.
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\v 12 ¶ \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me, O \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, my \w called|strong="H7121"\w*; I \add am\add* he; I \add am\add* the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, I also \add am\add* the \w last|strong="H0314"\w*.
\v 13 Mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* also hath laid the \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and my right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* hath \w spanned|strong="H2946"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*: \add when\add* I \w call|strong="H7121"\w* unto them, they stand \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.\f + \fr 48.13 \ft my…: or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out\f*
\v 14 All ye, \w assemble|strong="H6908"\w* yourselves, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*; which among them hath \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* these \add things\add*? The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him: he will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* his \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w* on \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and his \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* \add shall be on\add* the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*.
\v 15 I, \add even\add* I, have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*; yea, I have \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him: I have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him, and he shall make his \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w prosperous|strong="H6743"\w*.
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\v 16 ¶ \w Come|strong="H7126"\w* ye \w near|strong="H7126"\w* unto me, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye this; I have not \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* in \w secret|strong="H5643"\w* from the \w beginning|strong="H7218"\w*; from the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* that it was, there \add am\add* I: and now the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*, and his \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w*, hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me.
\v 17 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, thy \w Redeemer|strong="H1350"\w*, the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* which \w teacheth|strong="H3925"\w* thee to \w profit|strong="H3276"\w*, which \w leadeth|strong="H1869"\w* thee by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \add that\add* thou shouldest \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.
\v 18 O \w that|strong="H3863"\w* thou hadst \w hearkened|strong="H7181"\w* to my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*! then had thy \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* been as a \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, and thy \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* as the \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*:
\v 19 Thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* also had been as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w*, and the \w offspring|strong="H6631"\w* of thy \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w* like the \w gravel|strong="H4579"\w* thereof; his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* should not have been cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* nor \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me.
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\v 20 ¶ Go ye \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w flee|strong="H1272"\w* ye from the \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, with a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w singing|strong="H7440"\w* \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* ye, \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* this, \w utter|strong="H3318"\w* it \add even\add* to the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; \w say|strong="H0559"\w* ye, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.
\v 21 And they \w thirsted|strong="H6770"\w* not \add when\add* he \w led|strong="H3212"\w* them through the \w deserts|strong="H2723"\w*: he caused the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* to \w flow|strong="H5140"\w* out of the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* for them: he \w clave|strong="H1234"\w* the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* also, and the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* gushed \w out|strong="H2100"\w*.
\v 22 \add There is\add* no \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, unto the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.
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\v 1 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w*, O \w isles|strong="H0339"\w*, unto me; and \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w*, ye \w people|strong="H3816"\w*, from \w far|strong="H7350"\w*; The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* me from the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*; from the \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w* of my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* hath he made \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* of my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.
\v 2 And he hath \w made|strong="H7760"\w* my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* like a \w sharp|strong="H2299"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; in the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* hath he \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* me, and \w made|strong="H7760"\w* me a \w polished|strong="H1305"\w* \w shaft|strong="H2671"\w*; in his \w quiver|strong="H0827"\w* hath he \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* me;
\v 3 And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Thou \add art\add* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, in whom I will be \w glorified|strong="H6286"\w*.
\v 4 Then I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w laboured|strong="H3021"\w* in \w vain|strong="H7385"\w*, I have \w spent|strong="H3615"\w* my \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* for \w nought|strong="H8414"\w*, and in \w vain|strong="H1892"\w*: \add yet\add* \w surely|strong="H0403"\w* my \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \add is\add* with the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and my \w work|strong="H6468"\w* with my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.\f + \fr 49.4 \ft my work: or, my reward\f*
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\v 5 ¶ And now, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* me from the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w* \add to be\add* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to him, Though \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be not \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w*, yet shall I be \w glorious|strong="H3513"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* shall be my \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*.\f + \fr 49.5 \ft Though…: or, That Israel may be gathered to him, and I may, etc\f*
\v 6 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It is a light \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* that thou shouldest be my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* to raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and to \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* the \w preserved|strong="H5341"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: I will also \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee for a \w light|strong="H0216"\w* to the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*, that thou mayest be my \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* unto the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 49.6 \ft It is…: or, Art thou lighter than that thou shouldest, etc\f*\f + \fr 49.6 \ft preserved: or, desolations\f*
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\v 7 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \w Redeemer|strong="H1350"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add and\add* his Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w*, to him whom \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w despiseth|strong="H0960"\w*, to him whom the \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w abhorreth|strong="H8581"\w*, to a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of \w rulers|strong="H4910"\w*, \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* and \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* also shall \w worship|strong="H7812"\w*, because of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that is \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w*, \add and\add* the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and he shall \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* thee.\f + \fr 49.7 \ft whom man…: or, that is despised in soul\f*
\v 8 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, In an \w acceptable|strong="H7522"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* have I \w heard|strong="H6030"\w* thee, and in a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* have I \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* thee: and I will \w preserve|strong="H5341"\w* thee, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee for a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, to \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, to cause to \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w* the \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* \w heritages|strong="H5159"\w*;\f + \fr 49.8 \ft establish: or, raise up\f*
\v 9 That thou mayest \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w prisoners|strong="H0631"\w*, Go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*; to them that \add are\add* in \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, \w Shew|strong="H1540"\w* yourselves. They shall \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* in the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and their \w pastures|strong="H4830"\w* \add shall be\add* in all high \w places|strong="H8205"\w*.
\v 10 They shall not \w hunger|strong="H7456"\w* nor \w thirst|strong="H6770"\w*; neither shall the \w heat|strong="H8273"\w* nor \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* them: for he that hath \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* on them shall \w lead|strong="H5090"\w* them, even by the \w springs|strong="H4002"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w* shall he \w guide|strong="H5095"\w* them.
\v 11 And I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* all my \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* a \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and my \w highways|strong="H4546"\w* shall be \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w*.
\v 12 Behold, these shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from \w far|strong="H7350"\w*: and, lo, these from the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* and from the \w west|strong="H3220"\w*; and these from the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Sinim|strong="H5515"\w*.
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\v 13 ¶ \w Sing|strong="H7442"\w*, O \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*; and be \w joyful|strong="H1523"\w*, O \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and break \w forth|strong="H6476"\w* into \w singing|strong="H7440"\w*, O \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and will have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* upon his \w afflicted|strong="H6041"\w*.
\v 14 But \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and my \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* hath \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* me.
\v 15 Can a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* her sucking \w child|strong="H5764"\w*, that she should not have \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* on the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of her \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*? yea, they may \w forget|strong="H7911"\w*, yet will I not \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* thee.\f + \fr 49.15 \ft that…: Heb. from having compassion\f*
\v 16 Behold, I have \w graven|strong="H2710"\w* thee upon the palms of \add my\add* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*; thy \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \add are\add* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* before me.
\v 17 Thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* shall make \w haste|strong="H4116"\w*; thy \w destroyers|strong="H2040"\w* and they that made thee \w waste|strong="H2717"\w* shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of thee.
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\v 18 ¶ Lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w*: all these gather themselves \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, \add and\add* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to thee. \add As\add* I \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, thou shalt surely \w clothe|strong="H3847"\w* thee with them all, as with an \w ornament|strong="H5716"\w*, and \w bind|strong="H7194"\w* them \add on thee\add*, as a \w bride|strong="H3618"\w* \add doeth\add*.
\v 19 For thy \w waste|strong="H2723"\w* and thy desolate \w places|strong="H8074"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of thy \w destruction|strong="H2035"\w*, shall even now be too \w narrow|strong="H3334"\w* by reason of the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w*, and they that swallowed thee \w up|strong="H1104"\w* shall be far \w away|strong="H7368"\w*.
\v 20 The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* which thou shalt have, after thou hast \w lost|strong="H7923"\w* the other, shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w* again in thine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, The \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \add is\add* too \w strait|strong="H6862"\w* for me: \w give|strong="H5066"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* to me that I may \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w*.
\v 21 Then shalt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, Who hath \w begotten|strong="H3205"\w* me these, seeing I have lost my \w children|strong="H7921"\w*, and am \w desolate|strong="H1565"\w*, a \w captive|strong="H1540"\w*, and removing to and \w fro|strong="H5493"\w*? and who hath brought \w up|strong="H1431"\w* these? Behold, I was \w left|strong="H7604"\w* alone; these, \w where|strong="H0375"\w* \add had\add* they \add been\add*?
\v 22 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*, Behold, I will lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*, and set \w up|strong="H7311"\w* my \w standard|strong="H5251"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: and they shall \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* in \add their\add* \w arms|strong="H2684"\w*, and thy \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* shall be \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* upon \add their\add* \w shoulders|strong="H3802"\w*.\f + \fr 49.22 \ft arms: Heb. bosom\f*
\v 23 And \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* shall be thy nursing \w fathers|strong="H0539"\w*, and their \w queens|strong="H8282"\w* thy nursing \w mothers|strong="H3243"\w*: they shall bow \w down|strong="H7812"\w* to thee with \add their\add* \w face|strong="H0639"\w* toward the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and lick \w up|strong="H3897"\w* the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*; and thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: for they shall not be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* that \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* for me.\f + \fr 49.23 \ft nursing fathers: Heb. nourishers\f*\f + \fr 49.23 \ft queens: Heb. princesses\f*
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\v 24 ¶ Shall the \w prey|strong="H4455"\w* be \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* from the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*, or the \w lawful|strong="H6662"\w* \w captive|strong="H7628"\w* \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w*?\f + \fr 49.24 \ft lawful…: Heb. captivity of the just\f*
\v 25 But thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Even the \w captives|strong="H7628"\w* of the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* shall be taken \w away|strong="H3947"\w*, and the \w prey|strong="H4455"\w* of the \w terrible|strong="H6184"\w* shall be \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w*: for I will \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* with him that \w contendeth|strong="H3401"\w* with thee, and I will \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.\f + \fr 49.25 \ft captives: Heb. captivity\f*
\v 26 And I will \w feed|strong="H0398"\w* them that \w oppress|strong="H3238"\w* thee with their own \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*; and they shall be \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w* with their own \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, as with sweet \w wine|strong="H6071"\w*: and all \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add am\add* thy \w Saviour|strong="H3467"\w* and thy \w Redeemer|strong="H1350"\w*, the mighty \w One|strong="H0046"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.\f + \fr 49.26 \ft sweet: or, new\f*
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\v 1 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Where \add is\add* the \w bill|strong="H5612"\w* of your \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w divorcement|strong="H3748"\w*, whom I have put \w away|strong="H7971"\w*? or which of my \w creditors|strong="H5383"\w* \add is it\add* to whom I have \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* you? Behold, for your \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* have ye \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* yourselves, and for your \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* is your \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* put \w away|strong="H7971"\w*.
\v 2 Wherefore, when I \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \add was there\add* no \w man|strong="H0376"\w*? when I \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, \add was there\add* none to \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*? Is my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w shortened|strong="H7114"\w* at \w all|strong="H7114"\w*, that it cannot \w redeem|strong="H6304"\w*? or have I no \w power|strong="H3581"\w* to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w*? behold, at my \w rebuke|strong="H1606"\w* I dry \w up|strong="H2717"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, I \w make|strong="H7760"\w* the \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* a \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*: their \w fish|strong="H1710"\w* \w stinketh|strong="H0887"\w*, because \add there is\add* no \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* for \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*.
\v 3 I \w clothe|strong="H3847"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* with \w blackness|strong="H6940"\w*, and I \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* their \w covering|strong="H3682"\w*.
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\v 4 The \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* of the \w learned|strong="H3928"\w*, that I should \w know|strong="H3045"\w* how to \w speak|strong="H5790"\w* a \w word|strong="H1697"\w* in season to \add him that is\add* \w weary|strong="H3287"\w*: he \w wakeneth|strong="H5782"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* by \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, he \w wakeneth|strong="H5782"\w* mine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* as the \w learned|strong="H3928"\w*.
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\v 5 ¶ The \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* hath \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* mine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, and I was not \w rebellious|strong="H4784"\w*, neither turned \w away|strong="H5472"\w* \w back|strong="H0268"\w*.
\v 6 I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* my \w back|strong="H1460"\w* to the \w smiters|strong="H5221"\w*, and my \w cheeks|strong="H3895"\w* to them that plucked \w off|strong="H4803"\w* the hair: I \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* not my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* from \w shame|strong="H3639"\w* and \w spitting|strong="H7536"\w*.
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\v 7 ¶ For the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* will \w help|strong="H5826"\w* me; therefore shall I not be \w confounded|strong="H3637"\w*: therefore have I \w set|strong="H7760"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* like a \w flint|strong="H2496"\w*, and I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I shall not be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*.
\v 8 \add He is\add* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* that \w justifieth|strong="H6663"\w* me; who will \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* with me? let us \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: who \add is\add* mine \w adversary|strong="H1167"\w*? let him come \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to me.\f + \fr 50.8 \ft mine…: Heb. the master of my cause?\f*
\v 9 Behold, the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* will \w help|strong="H5826"\w* me; who \add is\add* he \add that\add* shall \w condemn|strong="H7561"\w* me? lo, they all shall wax \w old|strong="H1086"\w* as a \w garment|strong="H0899"\w*; the \w moth|strong="H6211"\w* shall eat them \w up|strong="H0398"\w*.
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\v 10 ¶ Who \add is\add* among you that \w feareth|strong="H3373"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that \w obeyeth|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, that \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* \add in\add* \w darkness|strong="H2825"\w*, and hath no \w light|strong="H5051"\w*? let him \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w stay|strong="H8172"\w* upon his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
\v 11 Behold, all ye that \w kindle|strong="H6919"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, that compass \add yourselves\add* \w about|strong="H0247"\w* with \w sparks|strong="H2131"\w*: \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w light|strong="H0217"\w* of your \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and in the \w sparks|strong="H2131"\w* \add that\add* ye have \w kindled|strong="H1197"\w*. This shall ye have of mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; ye shall lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* in \w sorrow|strong="H4620"\w*.
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\v 1 \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* to me, ye that follow \w after|strong="H7291"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, ye that \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: \w look|strong="H5027"\w* unto the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* \add whence\add* ye are \w hewn|strong="H2672"\w*, and to the \w hole|strong="H4718"\w* of the \w pit|strong="H0953"\w* \add whence\add* ye are \w digged|strong="H5365"\w*.
\v 2 \w Look|strong="H5027"\w* unto \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w* your \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and unto \w Sarah|strong="H8283"\w* \add that\add* \w bare|strong="H2342"\w* you: for I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him \w alone|strong="H0259"\w*, and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* him, and \w increased|strong="H7235"\w* him.
\v 3 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: he will \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* all her waste \w places|strong="H2723"\w*; and he will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* her \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* like \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w*, and her \w desert|strong="H6160"\w* like the \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; \w joy|strong="H8342"\w* and \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w* shall be \w found|strong="H4672"\w* therein, \w thanksgiving|strong="H8426"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w melody|strong="H2172"\w*.
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\v 4 ¶ \w Hearken|strong="H7181"\w* unto me, my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; and give \w ear|strong="H0238"\w* unto me, O my \w nation|strong="H3816"\w*: for a \w law|strong="H8451"\w* shall \w proceed|strong="H3318"\w* from me, and I will make my \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* to \w rest|strong="H7280"\w* for a \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.
\v 5 My \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* \add is\add* \w near|strong="H7138"\w*; my \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w* is gone \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and mine \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* shall \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w* shall \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* upon me, and on mine \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* shall they \w trust|strong="H3176"\w*.
\v 6 Lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* your \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* to the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w look|strong="H5027"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* beneath: for the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* shall vanish \w away|strong="H4414"\w* like \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w*, and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall wax \w old|strong="H1086"\w* like a \w garment|strong="H0899"\w*, and they that \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* therein shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w manner|strong="H3654"\w*: but my \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* shall be for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, and my \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* shall not be \w abolished|strong="H2865"\w*.
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\v 7 ¶ \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me, ye that \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in whose \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add is\add* my \w law|strong="H8451"\w*; \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* ye not the \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* of \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, neither be ye \w afraid|strong="H2865"\w* of their \w revilings|strong="H1421"\w*.
\v 8 For the \w moth|strong="H6211"\w* shall eat them \w up|strong="H0398"\w* like a \w garment|strong="H0899"\w*, and the \w worm|strong="H5580"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* them like \w wool|strong="H6785"\w*: but my \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* shall be for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, and my \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* from \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* to \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.
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\v 9 ¶ \w Awake|strong="H5782"\w*, \w awake|strong="H5782"\w*, put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*, O \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; \w awake|strong="H5782"\w*, as in the \w ancient|strong="H6924"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, in the \w generations|strong="H1755"\w* of \w old|strong="H5769"\w*. \add Art\add* thou not it that hath \w cut|strong="H2672"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7294"\w*, \add and\add* \w wounded|strong="H2490"\w* the \w dragon|strong="H8577"\w*?
\v 10 \add Art\add* thou not it which hath \w dried|strong="H2717"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of the \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w deep|strong="H8415"\w*; that hath \w made|strong="H7760"\w* the \w depths|strong="H4615"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* a \w way|strong="H1870"\w* for the \w ransomed|strong="H1350"\w* to pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w*?
\v 11 Therefore the \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with \w singing|strong="H7440"\w* unto \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*; and \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* \add shall be\add* upon their \w head|strong="H7218"\w*: they shall \w obtain|strong="H5381"\w* \w gladness|strong="H8342"\w* and \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*; \add and\add* \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w* and \w mourning|strong="H0585"\w* shall flee \w away|strong="H5127"\w*.
\v 12 I, \add even\add* I, \add am\add* he that \w comforteth|strong="H5162"\w* you: who \add art\add* thou, that thou shouldest be \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of a \w man|strong="H0582"\w* \add that\add* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, and of the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \add which\add* shall be \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \add as\add* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w*;
\v 13 And \w forgettest|strong="H7911"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w maker|strong="H6213"\w*, that hath stretched \w forth|strong="H5186"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and laid the \w foundations|strong="H3245"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and hast \w feared|strong="H6342"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* every \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* of the \w oppressor|strong="H6693"\w*, as \w if|strong="H0834"\w* he were \w ready|strong="H3559"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w*? and where \add is\add* the \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* of the \w oppressor|strong="H6693"\w*?\f + \fr 51.13 \ft were…: or, made himself ready\f*
\v 14 The captive \w exile|strong="H6808"\w* \w hasteneth|strong="H4116"\w* that he may be \w loosed|strong="H6605"\w*, and that he should not \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w pit|strong="H7845"\w*, nor that his \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* should \w fail|strong="H2637"\w*.
\v 15 But I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that \w divided|strong="H7280"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, whose \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* \w roared|strong="H1993"\w*: The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \add is\add* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.
\v 16 And I have \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and I have \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* thee in the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* of mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that I may \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and lay the \w foundations|strong="H3245"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, Thou \add art\add* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.
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\v 17 ¶ \w Awake|strong="H5782"\w*, \w awake|strong="H5782"\w*, stand \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, O \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, which hast \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* at the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* the \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* of his \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*; thou hast \w drunken|strong="H8354"\w* the \w dregs|strong="H6907"\w* of the \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* of \w trembling|strong="H8653"\w*, \add and\add* wrung \add them\add* \w out|strong="H4680"\w*.
\v 18 \add There is\add* none to \w guide|strong="H5095"\w* her among all the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \add whom\add* she hath brought \w forth|strong="H3205"\w*; neither \add is there any\add* that \w taketh|strong="H2388"\w* her by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of all the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \add that\add* she hath brought \w up|strong="H1431"\w*.
\v 19 These \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \add things\add* are \w come|strong="H7122"\w* unto thee; who shall be \w sorry|strong="H5110"\w* for thee? \w desolation|strong="H7701"\w*, and \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w*, and the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, and the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: by whom shall I \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* thee?\f + \fr 51.19 \ft are…: Heb. happened\f*\f + \fr 51.19 \ft destruction: Heb. breaking\f*
\v 20 Thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* have \w fainted|strong="H5968"\w*, they \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* at the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of all the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*, as a wild \w bull|strong="H8377"\w* in a \w net|strong="H4364"\w*: they are \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of the \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \w rebuke|strong="H1606"\w* of thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
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\v 21 ¶ Therefore \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* now this, thou \w afflicted|strong="H6041"\w*, and \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w*, but not with \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*:
\v 22 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* thy \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \add that\add* \w pleadeth|strong="H7378"\w* the cause of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Behold, I have taken \w out|strong="H3947"\w* of thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* the \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* of \w trembling|strong="H8653"\w*, \add even\add* the \w dregs|strong="H6907"\w* of the \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* of my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*; thou shalt no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* drink it \w again|strong="H8354"\w*:
\v 23 But I will \w put|strong="H7760"\w* it into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w afflict|strong="H3013"\w* thee; which have \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, Bow \w down|strong="H7812"\w*, that we may go \w over|strong="H5674"\w*: and thou hast \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w body|strong="H1460"\w* as the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and as the \w street|strong="H2351"\w*, to them that went \w over|strong="H5674"\w*.
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\v 1 \w Awake|strong="H5782"\w*, \w awake|strong="H5782"\w*; put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* thy \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*, O \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*; put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* thy \w beautiful|strong="H8597"\w* \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, O \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: for henceforth there shall no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into thee the \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* and the \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w*.
\v 2 \w Shake|strong="H5287"\w* thyself from the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*; \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \add and\add* sit \w down|strong="H3427"\w*, O \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: \w loose|strong="H6605"\w* thyself from the \w bands|strong="H4147"\w* of thy \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*, O \w captive|strong="H7628"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.
\v 3 For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Ye have \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* yourselves for \w nought|strong="H2600"\w*; and ye shall be \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* without \w money|strong="H3701"\w*.
\v 4 For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*, My \w people|strong="H5971"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w aforetime|strong="H7223"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* there; and the \w Assyrian|strong="H0804"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w* them without \w cause|strong="H0657"\w*.
\v 5 Now therefore, what have I here, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* is taken \w away|strong="H3947"\w* for \w nought|strong="H2600"\w*? they that \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over them make them to \w howl|strong="H3213"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* every \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add is\add* \w blasphemed|strong="H5006"\w*.
\v 6 Therefore my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: therefore \add they shall know\add* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that I \add am\add* he that doth \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*: behold, \add it is\add* I.
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\v 7 ¶ How \w beautiful|strong="H4998"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* are the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* of him that bringeth good \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, that \w publisheth|strong="H8085"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*; that bringeth good \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w* of \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, that \w publisheth|strong="H8085"\w* \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*; that \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, Thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w reigneth|strong="H4427"\w*!
\v 8 Thy \w watchmen|strong="H6822"\w* shall lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*; with the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* shall they \w sing|strong="H7442"\w*: for they shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* to \w eye|strong="H5869"\w*, when the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall bring \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.
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\v 9 ¶ Break forth into \w joy|strong="H6476"\w*, \w sing|strong="H7442"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, ye waste \w places|strong="H2723"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, he hath \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.
\v 10 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath made \w bare|strong="H2834"\w* his \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; and all the \w ends|strong="H0657"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
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\v 11 ¶ \w Depart|strong="H5493"\w* ye, \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* ye, go ye \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from thence, \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* no \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w* \add thing;\add* go ye \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of her; be ye \w clean|strong="H1305"\w*, that \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 12 For ye shall not go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* with \w haste|strong="H2649"\w*, nor \w go|strong="H3212"\w* by \w flight|strong="H4499"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you; and the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add will be\add* your \w rereward|strong="H0622"\w*.\f + \fr 52.12 \ft be…: Heb. gather you up\f*
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\v 13 ¶ Behold, my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* shall deal \w prudently|strong="H7919"\w*, he shall be \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* and \w extolled|strong="H5375"\w*, and be \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w high|strong="H1361"\w*.\f + \fr 52.13 \ft deal…: or, prosper\f*
\v 14 As \w many|strong="H7227"\w* were \w astonied|strong="H8074"\w* at thee; his \w visage|strong="H4758"\w* was so \w marred|strong="H4893"\w* more than any \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and his \w form|strong="H8389"\w* more than the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*:
\v 15 So shall he \w sprinkle|strong="H5137"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w shut|strong="H7092"\w* their \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* at him: for \add that\add* which had not been \w told|strong="H5608"\w* them shall they \w see|strong="H7200"\w*; and \add that\add* which they had not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* shall they \w consider|strong="H0995"\w*.
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\v 1 Who hath \w believed|strong="H0539"\w* our \w report|strong="H8052"\w*? and to whom is the \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w*?\f + \fr 53.1 \ft report: or, doctrine?: Heb. hearing?\f*
\v 2 For he shall grow \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him as a tender \w plant|strong="H3126"\w*, and as a \w root|strong="H8328"\w* out of a \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*: he hath no \w form|strong="H8389"\w* nor \w comeliness|strong="H1926"\w*; and when we shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* him, \add there is\add* no \w beauty|strong="H4758"\w* that we should \w desire|strong="H2530"\w* him.
\v 3 He is \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* and \w rejected|strong="H2310"\w* of \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w sorrows|strong="H4341"\w*, and \w acquainted|strong="H3045"\w* with \w grief|strong="H2483"\w*: and we hid as it \w were|strong="H4564"\w* \add our\add* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* from him; he was \w despised|strong="H0959"\w*, and we \w esteemed|strong="H2803"\w* him not.\f + \fr 53.3 \ft we hid…: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us\f*
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\v 4 ¶ \w Surely|strong="H0403"\w* he hath \w borne|strong="H5375"\w* our \w griefs|strong="H2483"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H5445"\w* our \w sorrows|strong="H4341"\w*: yet we did \w esteem|strong="H2803"\w* him \w stricken|strong="H5060"\w*, \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w*.
\v 5 But he \add was\add* \w wounded|strong="H2490"\w* for our \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w*, \add he was\add* \w bruised|strong="H1792"\w* for our \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*: the \w chastisement|strong="H4148"\w* of our \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \add was\add* upon him; and with his \w stripes|strong="H2250"\w* we are \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*.\f + \fr 53.5 \ft wounded: or, tormented\f*\f + \fr 53.5 \ft stripes: Heb. bruise\f*
\v 6 All we like \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* have gone \w astray|strong="H8582"\w*; we have \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his own \w way|strong="H1870"\w*; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w laid|strong="H6293"\w* on him the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of us all.\f + \fr 53.6 \ft laid…: Heb. made the iniquity of us all to meet on him\f*
\v 7 He was \w oppressed|strong="H5065"\w*, and he was \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w*, yet he \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* not his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: he is \w brought|strong="H2986"\w* as a \w lamb|strong="H7716"\w* to the \w slaughter|strong="H2874"\w*, and as a \w sheep|strong="H7353"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* her \w shearers|strong="H1494"\w* is \w dumb|strong="H0481"\w*, so he \w openeth|strong="H6605"\w* not his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.
\v 8 He was \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* from \w prison|strong="H6115"\w* and from \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*: and who shall \w declare|strong="H7878"\w* his \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*? for he was cut \w off|strong="H1504"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w living|strong="H2416"\w*: for the \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* was he \w stricken|strong="H5061"\w*.\f + \fr 53.8 \ft from prison…: or, away by distress and judgment: but, etc\f*\f + \fr 53.8 \ft was he…: Heb. was the stroke upon him\f*
\v 9 And he \w made|strong="H5414"\w* his \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* with the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, and with the \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* in his \w death|strong="H4194"\w*; because he had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* no \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*, neither \add was any\add* \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w* in his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.\f + \fr 53.9 \ft death: Heb. deaths\f*
\p
\v 10 ¶ Yet it \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w bruise|strong="H1792"\w* him; he hath put \add him\add* to \w grief|strong="H2470"\w*: when thou shalt \w make|strong="H7760"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* an offering for \w sin|strong="H0817"\w*, he shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add his\add* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, he shall \w prolong|strong="H0748"\w* \add his\add* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and the \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 53.10 \ft thou…: or, his soul shall make an offering\f*
\v 11 He shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* of the \w travail|strong="H5999"\w* of his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, \add and\add* shall be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*: by his \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* shall my \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w justify|strong="H6663"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*; for he shall \w bear|strong="H5445"\w* their \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*.
\v 12 Therefore will I \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* him \add a portion\add* with the \w great|strong="H7227"\w*, and he shall \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* with the \w strong|strong="H6099"\w*; because he hath poured \w out|strong="H6168"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* unto \w death|strong="H4194"\w*: and he was \w numbered|strong="H4487"\w* with the \w transgressors|strong="H6586"\w*; and he \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* the \w sin|strong="H2399"\w* of \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, and made \w intercession|strong="H6293"\w* for the \w transgressors|strong="H6586"\w*.
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\v 1 \w Sing|strong="H7442"\w*, O \w barren|strong="H6135"\w*, thou \add that\add* didst not \w bear|strong="H3205"\w*; break \w forth|strong="H6476"\w* into \w singing|strong="H7440"\w*, and cry \w aloud|strong="H6670"\w*, thou \add that\add* didst not travail with \w child|strong="H2342"\w*: for \w more|strong="H7227"\w* \add are\add* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* than the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the married \w wife|strong="H1166"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 2 \w Enlarge|strong="H7337"\w* the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of thy \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and let them stretch \w forth|strong="H5186"\w* the \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w* of thine \w habitations|strong="H4908"\w*: \w spare|strong="H2820"\w* not, \w lengthen|strong="H0748"\w* thy \w cords|strong="H4340"\w*, and \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* thy \w stakes|strong="H3489"\w*;
\v 3 For thou shalt break \w forth|strong="H6555"\w* on the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* and on the \w left|strong="H8040"\w*; and thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* shall \w inherit|strong="H3423"\w* the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*, and make the \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* to be \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w*.
\v 4 \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not; for thou shalt not be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*: neither be thou \w confounded|strong="H3637"\w*; for thou shalt not be put to \w shame|strong="H2659"\w*: for thou shalt \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* the \w shame|strong="H1322"\w* of thy \w youth|strong="H5934"\w*, and shalt not \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* the \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* of thy \w widowhood|strong="H0491"\w* any more.
\v 5 For thy \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w* \add is\add* thine \w husband|strong="H1166"\w*; the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \add is\add* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; and thy \w Redeemer|strong="H1350"\w* the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; The \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the whole \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall he be \w called|strong="H7121"\w*.\f + \fr 54.5 \ft Maker: Heb. Makers\f*
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\v 6 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* thee as a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* and \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w* in \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*, and a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*, when thou wast \w refused|strong="H3988"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
\v 7 For a \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w moment|strong="H7281"\w* have I \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* thee; but with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* will I \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* thee.
\v 8 In a \w little|strong="H8241"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w* I \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* from thee for a \w moment|strong="H7281"\w*; but with \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* will I have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* on thee, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w Redeemer|strong="H1350"\w*.
\v 9 For this \add is as\add* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* unto me: for \add as\add* I have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* that the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of \w Noah|strong="H5146"\w* should no more go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; so have I \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* that I would not be \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w* with thee, nor \w rebuke|strong="H1605"\w* thee.
\v 10 For the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* shall \w depart|strong="H4185"\w*, and the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* be \w removed|strong="H4131"\w*; but my \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* shall not \w depart|strong="H4185"\w* from thee, neither shall the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of my \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* be \w removed|strong="H4131"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that hath \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* on thee.
\p
\v 11 ¶ O thou \w afflicted|strong="H6041"\w*, tossed with \w tempest|strong="H5590"\w*, \add and\add* not \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w*, behold, I will \w lay|strong="H7257"\w* thy \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* with fair \w colours|strong="H6320"\w*, and lay thy \w foundations|strong="H3245"\w* with \w sapphires|strong="H5601"\w*.
\v 12 And I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w windows|strong="H8121"\w* of \w agates|strong="H3539"\w*, and thy \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of \w carbuncles|strong="H0068"\w*, and all thy \w borders|strong="H1366"\w* of \w pleasant|strong="H2656"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*.
\v 13 And all thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \add shall be\add* \w taught|strong="H3928"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \add shall be\add* the \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* of thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.
\v 14 In \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* shalt thou be \w established|strong="H3559"\w*: thou shalt be \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from \w oppression|strong="H6233"\w*; for thou shalt not \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*: and from \w terror|strong="H4288"\w*; for it shall not come \w near|strong="H7126"\w* thee.
\v 15 Behold, they shall \w surely|strong="H1481"\w* gather \w together|strong="H1481"\w*, \add but\add* \w not|strong="H0657"\w* by me: \w whosoever|strong="H4310"\w* shall gather \w together|strong="H1481"\w* against thee shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* for thy sake.
\v 16 Behold, I have \w created|strong="H1254"\w* the \w smith|strong="H2796"\w* that \w bloweth|strong="H5301"\w* the \w coals|strong="H6352"\w* in the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and that bringeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* an \w instrument|strong="H3627"\w* for his \w work|strong="H4639"\w*; and I have \w created|strong="H1254"\w* the \w waster|strong="H7843"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H2254"\w*.
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\v 17 ¶ No \w weapon|strong="H3627"\w* that is \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* against thee shall \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*; and every \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \add that\add* shall \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* against thee in \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* thou shalt \w condemn|strong="H7561"\w*. This \add is\add* the \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and their \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \add is\add* of me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
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\v 1 \w Ho|strong="H1945"\w*, every one that \w thirsteth|strong="H6771"\w*, \w come|strong="H3212"\w* ye to the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and he that hath no \w money|strong="H3701"\w*; \w come|strong="H3212"\w* ye, \w buy|strong="H7666"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; yea, \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w buy|strong="H7666"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* and \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* without \w money|strong="H3701"\w* and without \w price|strong="H4242"\w*.
\v 2 Wherefore do ye \w spend|strong="H8254"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* for \add that which is\add* not \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*? and your \w labour|strong="H3018"\w* for \add that which\add* \w satisfieth|strong="H7654"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*? \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* \w diligently|strong="H8085"\w* unto me, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* ye \add that which is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, and let your \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w delight|strong="H6026"\w* itself in \w fatness|strong="H1880"\w*.\f + \fr 55.2 \ft spend: Heb. weigh\f*
\v 3 \w Incline|strong="H5186"\w* your \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, and \w come|strong="H3212"\w* unto me: \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, and your \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*; and I will \w make|strong="H3772"\w* an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with you, \add even\add* the \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* \w mercies|strong="H2617"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.
\v 4 Behold, I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him \add for\add* a \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* to the \w people|strong="H3816"\w*, a \w leader|strong="H5057"\w* and \w commander|strong="H6680"\w* to the \w people|strong="H3816"\w*.
\v 5 Behold, thou shalt \w call|strong="H7121"\w* a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \add that\add* thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* not, and \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \add that\add* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not thee shall \w run|strong="H7323"\w* unto thee because of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and for the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; for he hath \w glorified|strong="H6286"\w* thee.
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\v 6 ¶ \w Seek|strong="H1875"\w* ye the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* while he may be \w found|strong="H4672"\w*, \w call|strong="H7121"\w* ye upon him while he is \w near|strong="H7138"\w*:
\v 7 Let the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and the \w unrighteous|strong="H0205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w*: and let him \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and he will have \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* upon him; and to our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, for he will \w abundantly|strong="H7235"\w* \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w*.\f + \fr 55.7 \ft the unrighteous…: Heb. the man of iniquity\f*\f + \fr 55.7 \ft abundantly…: Heb. multiply to pardon\f*
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\v 8 ¶ For my \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* \add are\add* not your \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w*, neither \add are\add* your \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 9 For \add as\add* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* are \w higher|strong="H1361"\w* than the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, so are my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w higher|strong="H1361"\w* than your \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and my \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* than your \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w*.
\v 10 For as the \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* cometh \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and the \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w returneth|strong="H7725"\w* not thither, but \w watereth|strong="H7301"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and maketh it bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w* and \w bud|strong="H6779"\w*, that it may \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* to the \w sower|strong="H2232"\w*, and \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* to the \w eater|strong="H0398"\w*:
\v 11 So shall my \w word|strong="H1697"\w* be that goeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: it shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto me \w void|strong="H7387"\w*, but it shall \w accomplish|strong="H6213"\w* that which I \w please|strong="H2654"\w*, and it shall \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* \add in the thing\add* whereto I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* it.
\v 12 For ye shall go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* with \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*, and be led \w forth|strong="H2986"\w* with \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* and the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* shall break \w forth|strong="H6476"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you into \w singing|strong="H7440"\w*, and all the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* shall \w clap|strong="H4222"\w* \add their\add* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*.
\v 13 Instead of the \w thorn|strong="H5285"\w* shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the fir \w tree|strong="H1265"\w*, and instead of the \w brier|strong="H5636"\w* shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the myrtle \w tree|strong="H1918"\w*: and it shall be to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* for a \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, for an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* \add that\add* shall not be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*.
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\v 1 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w Keep|strong="H8104"\w* ye \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w justice|strong="H6666"\w*: for my \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* \add is\add* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and my \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* to be \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w*.\f + \fr 56.1 \ft judgment: or, equity\f*
\v 2 \w Blessed|strong="H0835"\w* \add is\add* the \w man|strong="H0582"\w* \add that\add* \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* this, and the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \add that\add* layeth \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* on it; that \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* from \w polluting|strong="H2490"\w* it, and \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* from \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* any \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.
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\v 3 ¶ Neither let the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w stranger|strong="H5236"\w*, that hath \w joined|strong="H3867"\w* himself to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w speak|strong="H0559"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w utterly|strong="H0914"\w* \w separated|strong="H0914"\w* me from his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: neither let the \w eunuch|strong="H5631"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I \add am\add* a \w dry|strong="H3002"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.
\v 4 For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* unto the \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* that \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w sabbaths|strong="H7676"\w*, and \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* \add the things\add* that \w please|strong="H2654"\w* me, and take \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*;
\v 5 Even unto them will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* in mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* and within my \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* a \w place|strong="H3027"\w* and a \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than of \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and of \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*: I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, that shall not be cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w*.
\v 6 Also the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w stranger|strong="H5236"\w*, that \w join|strong="H3867"\w* themselves to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to \w serve|strong="H8334"\w* him, and to \w love|strong="H0157"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to be his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, every one that \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* from \w polluting|strong="H2490"\w* it, and taketh \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*;
\v 7 Even them will I \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* to my \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, and make them \w joyful|strong="H8055"\w* in my \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*: their burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and their \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \add shall be\add* \w accepted|strong="H7522"\w* upon mine \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*; for mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* for all \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.
\v 8 The \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* which \w gathereth|strong="H6908"\w* the \w outcasts|strong="H1760"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saith|strong="H5002"\w*, Yet will I \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \add others\add* to him, beside those that are \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* unto him.\f + \fr 56.8 \ft beside…: Heb. to his gathered\f*
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\v 9 ¶ All ye \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w come|strong="H0857"\w* to \w devour|strong="H0398"\w*, \add yea\add*, all ye \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* in the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w*.
\v 10 His \w watchmen|strong="H6822"\w* \add are\add* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w*: they are all \w ignorant|strong="H3045"\w*, they \add are\add* all \w dumb|strong="H0483"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w*, they \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w bark|strong="H5024"\w*; \w sleeping|strong="H1957"\w*, lying \w down|strong="H7901"\w*, \w loving|strong="H0157"\w* to \w slumber|strong="H5123"\w*.\f + \fr 56.10 \ft sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep\f*
\v 11 Yea, \add they are\add* \w greedy|strong="H5794"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \add which\add* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* never \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w enough|strong="H7654"\w*, and they \add are\add* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \add that\add* cannot \w understand|strong="H0995"\w*: they all \w look|strong="H6437"\w* to their own \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* for his \w gain|strong="H1215"\w*, from his \w quarter|strong="H7097"\w*.\f + \fr 56.11 \ft greedy: Heb. strong of appetite\f*\f + \fr 56.11 \ft can…: Heb. know not to be satisfied\f*
\v 12 \w Come|strong="H0857"\w* ye, \add say they\add*, I will \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and we will \w fill|strong="H5433"\w* ourselves with strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*; and to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* shall be as this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add and\add* \w much|strong="H3966"\w* \w more|strong="H3499"\w* \w abundant|strong="H1419"\w*.
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\v 1 The \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w perisheth|strong="H0006"\w*, and no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w layeth|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* to \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*: and \w merciful|strong="H2617"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \add are\add* taken \w away|strong="H0622"\w*, none \w considering|strong="H0995"\w* that the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* is taken \w away|strong="H0622"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add to come\add*.\f + \fr 57.1 \ft merciful…: Heb. men of kindness, or, godliness\f*\f + \fr 57.1 \ft from…: or, from that which is evil\f*
\v 2 He shall \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: they shall \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* in their \w beds|strong="H4904"\w*, \add each one\add* \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \add in\add* his \w uprightness|strong="H5228"\w*.\f + \fr 57.2 \ft enter into: or, go in\f*\f + \fr 57.2 \ft in his…: or, before him\f*
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\v 3 ¶ But draw \w near|strong="H7126"\w* hither, ye \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w sorceress|strong="H6049"\w*, the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of the \w adulterer|strong="H5003"\w* and the \w whore|strong="H2181"\w*.
\v 4 Against whom do ye \w sport|strong="H6026"\w* yourselves? against whom make ye a \w wide|strong="H7337"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \add and\add* draw \w out|strong="H0748"\w* the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*? \add are\add* ye not \w children|strong="H3206"\w* of \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*, a \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w*,
\v 5 \w Enflaming|strong="H2552"\w* yourselves with \w idols|strong="H0410"\w* under every \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, \w slaying|strong="H7819"\w* the \w children|strong="H3206"\w* in the \w valleys|strong="H5158"\w* under the \w clifts|strong="H5585"\w* of the \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w*?\f + \fr 57.5 \ft with…: or, among the oaks\f*
\v 6 Among the \w smooth|strong="H2511"\w* \add stones\add* of the \w stream|strong="H5158"\w* \add is\add* thy \w portion|strong="H2506"\w*; they, they \add are\add* thy \w lot|strong="H1486"\w*: even to them hast thou \w poured|strong="H8210"\w* a drink \w offering|strong="H5262"\w*, thou hast \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* a meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*. Should I receive \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* in these?
\v 7 Upon a \w lofty|strong="H1364"\w* and \w high|strong="H5375"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* hast thou \w set|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*: even thither wentest thou \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*.
\v 8 \w Behind|strong="H0310"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* also and the \w posts|strong="H4201"\w* hast thou set \w up|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w remembrance|strong="H2146"\w*: for thou hast \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w* \add thyself to another\add* than me, and art gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; thou hast \w enlarged|strong="H7337"\w* thy \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*, and \w made|strong="H3772"\w* thee \add a covenant\add* with them; thou \w lovedst|strong="H0157"\w* their \w bed|strong="H4904"\w* \w where|strong="H3027"\w* thou \w sawest|strong="H2372"\w* \add it\add*.\f + \fr 57.8 \ft made…: or, hewed it for thyself larger than theirs\f*\f + \fr 57.8 \ft where…: or, thou providedst room\f*
\v 9 And thou \w wentest|strong="H7788"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* with \w ointment|strong="H8081"\w*, and didst \w increase|strong="H7235"\w* thy \w perfumes|strong="H7547"\w*, and didst \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thy \w messengers|strong="H6735"\w* far \w off|strong="H7350"\w*, and didst \w debase|strong="H8213"\w* \add thyself even\add* unto \w hell|strong="H7585"\w*.\f + \fr 57.9 \ft thou…: or, thou respectedst\f*
\v 10 Thou art \w wearied|strong="H3021"\w* in the \w greatness|strong="H7230"\w* of thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w*; \add yet\add* \w saidst|strong="H0559"\w* thou not, There is no \w hope|strong="H2976"\w*: thou hast \w found|strong="H4672"\w* the \w life|strong="H2416"\w* of thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; therefore thou wast not \w grieved|strong="H2470"\w*.\f + \fr 57.10 \ft life: or, living\f*
\v 11 And of whom hast thou been \w afraid|strong="H1672"\w* or \w feared|strong="H3372"\w*, that thou hast \w lied|strong="H3576"\w*, and hast not \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* me, nor \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* to thy \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*? have not I held my \w peace|strong="H2814"\w* even of \w old|strong="H5769"\w*, and thou \w fearest|strong="H3372"\w* me not?
\v 12 I will \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* thy \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, and thy \w works|strong="H4639"\w*; for they shall not \w profit|strong="H3276"\w* thee.
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\v 13 ¶ When thou \w criest|strong="H2199"\w*, let thy \w companies|strong="H6899"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thee; but the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* shall carry them all \w away|strong="H5375"\w*; \w vanity|strong="H1892"\w* shall \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \add them:\add* but he that putteth his \w trust|strong="H2620"\w* in me shall \w possess|strong="H5157"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and shall \w inherit|strong="H3423"\w* my \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*;
\v 14 And shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Cast ye \w up|strong="H5549"\w*, cast ye \w up|strong="H5549"\w*, \w prepare|strong="H6437"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, take \w up|strong="H7311"\w* the \w stumblingblock|strong="H4383"\w* out of the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.
\v 15 For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w high|strong="H7311"\w* and lofty \w One|strong="H5375"\w* that \w inhabiteth|strong="H7931"\w* \w eternity|strong="H5703"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add is\add* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w*; I \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in the \w high|strong="H4791"\w* and \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \add place\add*, with him also \add that is\add* of a \w contrite|strong="H1793"\w* and \w humble|strong="H8217"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*, to \w revive|strong="H2421"\w* the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \w humble|strong="H8217"\w*, and to \w revive|strong="H2421"\w* the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the contrite \w ones|strong="H1792"\w*.
\v 16 For I will not \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, neither will I be \w always|strong="H5331"\w* \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w*: for the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* should \w fail|strong="H5848"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, and the \w souls|strong="H5397"\w* \add which\add* I have \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.
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\v 17 For the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of his \w covetousness|strong="H1215"\w* was I \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him: I \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* me, and was \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w*, and he went \w on|strong="H3212"\w* \w frowardly|strong="H7726"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.\f + \fr 57.17 \ft frowardly: Heb. turning away\f*
\v 18 I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and will \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* him: I will \w lead|strong="H5148"\w* him also, and \w restore|strong="H7999"\w* \w comforts|strong="H5150"\w* unto him and to his \w mourners|strong="H0057"\w*.
\v 19 I \w create|strong="H1254"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H5108"\w* of the \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*; \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* to \add him that is\add* far \w off|strong="H7350"\w*, and to \add him that is\add* \w near|strong="H7138"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and I will \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* him.
\v 20 But the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \add are\add* like the \w troubled|strong="H1644"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, when it \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w rest|strong="H8252"\w*, whose \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* cast \w up|strong="H1644"\w* \w mire|strong="H7516"\w* and \w dirt|strong="H2916"\w*.
\v 21 \add There is\add* no \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.
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\v 1 \w Cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w aloud|strong="H1627"\w*, \w spare|strong="H2820"\w* not, \w lift|strong="H7311"\w* up thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* like a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, and \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* their \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* their \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.\f + \fr 58.1 \ft aloud: Heb. with the throat\f*
\v 2 Yet they \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* me \w daily|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* to \w know|strong="H1847"\w* my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, as a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* that \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, and \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* not the \w ordinance|strong="H4941"\w* of their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: they \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* of me the \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w* of \w justice|strong="H6664"\w*; they take \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* in \w approaching|strong="H7132"\w* to \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
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\v 3 ¶ Wherefore have we \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w*, \add say they\add*, and thou \w seest|strong="H7200"\w* not? \add wherefore\add* have we \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* our \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, and thou takest no \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w*? Behold, in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of your \w fast|strong="H6685"\w* ye \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w*, and \w exact|strong="H5065"\w* all your \w labours|strong="H6092"\w*.\f + \fr 58.3 \ft labours: or, things wherewith ye grieve others: Heb. griefs\f*
\v 4 Behold, ye \w fast|strong="H6684"\w* for \w strife|strong="H7379"\w* and \w debate|strong="H4683"\w*, and to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* with the \w fist|strong="H0106"\w* of \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*: ye shall not \w fast|strong="H6684"\w* as \add ye do this\add* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, to make your \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* to be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*.\f + \fr 58.4 \ft ye shall…: or, ye fast not as this day\f*
\v 5 Is it such a \w fast|strong="H6685"\w* that I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*? a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* for a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* to \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*? \add is it\add* to bow \w down|strong="H3721"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* as a \w bulrush|strong="H0100"\w*, and to \w spread|strong="H3331"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* and \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w* \add under him\add*? wilt thou \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* a \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*, and an \w acceptable|strong="H7522"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*?\f + \fr 58.5 \ft a day…: or, to afflict his soul for a day?\f*
\v 6 \add Is\add* not this the \w fast|strong="H6685"\w* that I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*? to \w loose|strong="H6605"\w* the \w bands|strong="H2784"\w* of \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*, to \w undo|strong="H5425"\w* the \w heavy|strong="H4133"\w* \w burdens|strong="H0092"\w*, and to let the \w oppressed|strong="H7533"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w*, and that ye \w break|strong="H5423"\w* every \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w*?\f + \fr 58.6 \ft the heavy…: Heb. the bundles of the yoke\f*\f + \fr 58.6 \ft oppressed: Heb. broken\f*
\v 7 \add Is it\add* not to \w deal|strong="H6536"\w* thy \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* to the \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, and that thou \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* that are cast \w out|strong="H4788"\w* to thy \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? when thou \w seest|strong="H7200"\w* the \w naked|strong="H6174"\w*, that thou \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* him; and that thou \w hide|strong="H5956"\w* not thyself from thine own \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*?\f + \fr 58.7 \ft cast…: or, afflicted\f*
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\v 8 ¶ Then shall thy \w light|strong="H0216"\w* break \w forth|strong="H1234"\w* as the \w morning|strong="H7837"\w*, and thine \w health|strong="H0724"\w* shall spring \w forth|strong="H6779"\w* \w speedily|strong="H4120"\w*: and thy \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* shall \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee; the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be thy \w rereward|strong="H0622"\w*.\f + \fr 58.8 \ft be…: Heb. gather thee up\f*
\v 9 Then shalt thou \w call|strong="H7121"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*; thou shalt \w cry|strong="H7768"\w*, and he shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Here I \add am\add*. If thou take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of thee the \w yoke|strong="H4133"\w*, the putting \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* of the \w finger|strong="H0676"\w*, and \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w vanity|strong="H0205"\w*;
\v 10 And \add if\add* thou draw \w out|strong="H6329"\w* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* to the \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, and \w satisfy|strong="H7646"\w* the \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*; then shall thy \w light|strong="H0216"\w* \w rise|strong="H2224"\w* in \w obscurity|strong="H2822"\w*, and thy \w darkness|strong="H0653"\w* \add be\add* as the \w noonday|strong="H6672"\w*:
\v 11 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w guide|strong="H5148"\w* thee \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*, and \w satisfy|strong="H7646"\w* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* in \w drought|strong="H6710"\w*, and make \w fat|strong="H2502"\w* thy \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*: and thou shalt be like a \w watered|strong="H7302"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*, and like a \w spring|strong="H4161"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, whose \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w fail|strong="H3576"\w* not.\f + \fr 58.11 \ft drought: Heb. droughts\f*\f + \fr 58.11 \ft fail: Heb. lie, or, deceive\f*
\v 12 And \add they that shall be\add* of thee shall \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w old|strong="H5769"\w* waste \w places|strong="H2723"\w*: thou shalt raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* of \w many|strong="H1755"\w* \w generations|strong="H1755"\w*; and thou shalt be \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, The \w repairer|strong="H1443"\w* of the \w breach|strong="H6556"\w*, The \w restorer|strong="H7725"\w* of \w paths|strong="H5410"\w* to dwell \w in|strong="H3427"\w*.
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\v 13 ¶ If thou turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* thy \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* from the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, \add from\add* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* thy \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w* on my \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and \w call|strong="H7121"\w* the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* a \w delight|strong="H6027"\w*, the \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w*; and shalt \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* him, not \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* thine own \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, nor \w finding|strong="H4672"\w* thine own \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w*, nor \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \add thine own\add* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*:
\v 14 Then shalt thou \w delight|strong="H6026"\w* thyself in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and I will cause thee to \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w feed|strong="H0398"\w* thee with the \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: for the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \add it\add*.
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\v 1 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* is not \w shortened|strong="H7114"\w*, that it cannot \w save|strong="H3467"\w*; neither his \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*, that it cannot \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*:
\v 2 But your \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* have \w separated|strong="H0914"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* you and your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and your \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* have \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* \add his\add* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* from you, that he will not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.\f + \fr 59.2 \ft have hid: or, have made him hide\f*
\v 3 For your \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* are \w defiled|strong="H1351"\w* with \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and your \w fingers|strong="H0676"\w* with \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*; your \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, your \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* hath \w muttered|strong="H1897"\w* \w perverseness|strong="H5766"\w*.
\v 4 None \w calleth|strong="H7121"\w* for \w justice|strong="H6664"\w*, nor \add any\add* \w pleadeth|strong="H8199"\w* for \w truth|strong="H0530"\w*: they \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in \w vanity|strong="H8414"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H7723"\w*; they \w conceive|strong="H2029"\w* \w mischief|strong="H5999"\w*, and bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*.
\v 5 They \w hatch|strong="H1234"\w* \w cockatrice’|strong="H6848"\w* \w eggs|strong="H1000"\w*, and \w weave|strong="H0707"\w* the \w spider’s|strong="H5908"\w* \w web|strong="H6980"\w*: he that \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w* of their \w eggs|strong="H1000"\w* \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w*, and that which is \w crushed|strong="H2116"\w* breaketh \w out|strong="H1234"\w* into a \w viper|strong="H0660"\w*.\f + \fr 59.5 \ft cockatrice’: or, adder’s\f*\f + \fr 59.5 \ft crushed…: or, sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper\f*
\v 6 Their \w webs|strong="H6980"\w* shall not become \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, neither shall they \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* themselves with their \w works|strong="H4639"\w*: their \w works|strong="H4639"\w* \add are\add* \w works|strong="H4639"\w* of \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*, and the \w act|strong="H6467"\w* of \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \add is\add* in their \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*.
\v 7 Their \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* to \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and they make \w haste|strong="H4116"\w* to \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*: their \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* \add are\add* \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* of \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*; \w wasting|strong="H7701"\w* and \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* \add are\add* in their \w paths|strong="H4546"\w*.\f + \fr 59.7 \ft destruction: Heb. breaking\f*
\v 8 The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not; and \add there is\add* no \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* in their \w goings|strong="H4570"\w*: they have made them \w crooked|strong="H6140"\w* \w paths|strong="H5410"\w*: whosoever \w goeth|strong="H1869"\w* therein shall not \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.\f + \fr 59.8 \ft judgment: or, right\f*
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\v 9 ¶ Therefore is \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from us, neither doth \w justice|strong="H6666"\w* \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* us: we \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* for \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, but behold \w obscurity|strong="H2822"\w*; for \w brightness|strong="H5054"\w*, \add but\add* we \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* in \w darkness|strong="H0653"\w*.
\v 10 We \w grope|strong="H1659"\w* for the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* like the \w blind|strong="H5787"\w*, and we \w grope|strong="H1659"\w* as if \add we had\add* no \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*: we \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* at \w noonday|strong="H6672"\w* as in the \w night|strong="H5399"\w*; \add we are\add* in \w desolate|strong="H0820"\w* places as \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \add men\add*.
\v 11 We \w roar|strong="H1993"\w* all like \w bears|strong="H1677"\w*, and \w mourn|strong="H1897"\w* \w sore|strong="H1897"\w* like \w doves|strong="H3123"\w*: we \w look|strong="H6960"\w* for \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, but \add there is\add* none; for \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*, \add but\add* it is far \w off|strong="H7368"\w* from us.
\v 12 For our \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* are \w multiplied|strong="H7231"\w* before thee, and our \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w testify|strong="H6030"\w* against us: for our \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* \add are\add* with us; and \add as for\add* our \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*, we \w know|strong="H3045"\w* them;
\v 13 In \w transgressing|strong="H6586"\w* and \w lying|strong="H3584"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and departing \w away|strong="H5253"\w* \w from|strong="H0310"\w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w oppression|strong="H6233"\w* and \w revolt|strong="H5627"\w*, \w conceiving|strong="H2029"\w* and \w uttering|strong="H1897"\w* from the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w*.
\v 14 And \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* is turned \w away|strong="H5253"\w* \w backward|strong="H0268"\w*, and \w justice|strong="H6666"\w* \w standeth|strong="H5975"\w* afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*: for \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* is \w fallen|strong="H3782"\w* in the \w street|strong="H7339"\w*, and \w equity|strong="H5229"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w enter|strong="H0935"\w*.
\v 15 Yea, \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* \w faileth|strong="H5737"\w*; and he \add that\add* \w departeth|strong="H5493"\w* from \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* maketh himself a \w prey|strong="H7997"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*, and it \w displeased|strong="H3415"\w* him that \add there was\add* no \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.\f + \fr 59.15 \ft maketh…: or, is accounted mad\f*\f + \fr 59.15 \ft it displeased…: Heb. it was evil in his eyes\f*
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\v 16 ¶ And he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \add there was\add* no \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w wondered|strong="H8074"\w* that \add there was\add* no \w intercessor|strong="H6293"\w*: therefore his \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* brought \w salvation|strong="H3467"\w* unto him; and his \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, it \w sustained|strong="H5564"\w* him.
\v 17 For he put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* as a \w breastplate|strong="H8302"\w*, and an \w helmet|strong="H3553"\w* of \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; and he put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* the \w garments|strong="H0899"\w* of \w vengeance|strong="H5359"\w* \add for\add* \w clothing|strong="H8516"\w*, and was \w clad|strong="H5844"\w* with \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* as a \w cloke|strong="H4598"\w*.
\v 18 According \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \add their\add* \w deeds|strong="H1578"\w*, accordingly he will \w repay|strong="H7999"\w*, \w fury|strong="H2534"\w* to his \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*, \w recompence|strong="H1576"\w* to his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*; to the \w islands|strong="H0339"\w* he will \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w recompence|strong="H1576"\w*.\f + \fr 59.18 \ft deeds: Heb. recompences\f*
\v 19 So shall they \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* from the \w west|strong="H4628"\w*, and his \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* from the \w rising|strong="H4217"\w* of the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*. When the \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w* shall come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* like a \w flood|strong="H5104"\w*, the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall lift up a \w standard|strong="H5127"\w* against him.\f + \fr 59.19 \ft lift…: or, put him to flight\f*
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\v 20 ¶ And the \w Redeemer|strong="H1350"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, and unto them that \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* from \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* in \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 21 As for me, this \add is\add* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with them, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; My \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* that \add is\add* upon thee, and my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which I have \w put|strong="H7760"\w* in thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, shall not \w depart|strong="H4185"\w* out of thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, nor out of the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, nor out of the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of thy \w seed’s|strong="H2233"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, from henceforth and \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.
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\v 1 \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w shine|strong="H0215"\w*; for thy \w light|strong="H0216"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* is \w risen|strong="H2224"\w* upon thee.\f + \fr 60.1 \ft shine…: or, be enlightened; for thy light cometh\f*
\v 2 For, behold, the \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* shall \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and gross \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w* the \w people|strong="H3816"\w*: but the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w arise|strong="H2224"\w* upon thee, and his \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* shall be \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* upon thee.
\v 3 And the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w come|strong="H1980"\w* to thy \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, and \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* to the \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w* of thy \w rising|strong="H2225"\w*.
\v 4 Lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*: all they gather themselves \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, they \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to thee: thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from \w far|strong="H7350"\w*, and thy \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* shall be \w nursed|strong="H0539"\w* at \add thy\add* \w side|strong="H6654"\w*.
\v 5 Then thou shalt \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, and flow \w together|strong="H5102"\w*, and thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* shall \w fear|strong="H6342"\w*, and be \w enlarged|strong="H7337"\w*; because the \w abundance|strong="H1995"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* shall be \w converted|strong="H2015"\w* unto thee, the \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee.\f + \fr 60.5 \ft abundance…: or, noise of the sea shall be turned toward thee\f*\f + \fr 60.5 \ft forces: or, wealth\f*
\v 6 The \w multitude|strong="H8229"\w* of \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* shall \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* thee, the \w dromedaries|strong="H1070"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* and \w Ephah|strong="H5891"\w*; all they from \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w*: they shall \w bring|strong="H5375"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* and \w incense|strong="H3828"\w*; and they shall shew \w forth|strong="H1319"\w* the \w praises|strong="H8416"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 7 All the \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* of \w Kedar|strong="H6938"\w* shall be gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* unto thee, the \w rams|strong="H0352"\w* of \w Nebaioth|strong="H5032"\w* shall \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* unto thee: they shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with \w acceptance|strong="H7522"\w* on mine \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and I will \w glorify|strong="H6286"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of my \w glory|strong="H8597"\w*.
\v 8 Who \add are\add* these \add that\add* \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* as a \w cloud|strong="H5645"\w*, and as the \w doves|strong="H3123"\w* to their \w windows|strong="H0699"\w*?
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\v 9 Surely the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w* shall \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* for me, and the \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* of \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* from \w far|strong="H7350"\w*, their \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and their \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* with them, unto the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and to the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, because he hath \w glorified|strong="H6286"\w* thee.
\v 10 And the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w strangers|strong="H5236"\w* shall build \w up|strong="H1129"\w* thy \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*, and their \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* unto thee: for in my \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w* I \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* thee, but in my \w favour|strong="H7522"\w* have I had \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* on thee.
\v 11 Therefore thy \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* shall be \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*; they shall not be \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* nor \w night|strong="H3915"\w*; that \add men\add* may \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee the \w forces|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*, and \add that\add* their \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add may be\add* \w brought|strong="H5090"\w*.\f + \fr 60.11 \ft forces: or, wealth\f*
\v 12 For the \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* and \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* that will not \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* thee shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*; yea, \add those\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* shall be \w utterly|strong="H2717"\w* \w wasted|strong="H2717"\w*.
\v 13 The \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee, the fir \w tree|strong="H1265"\w*, the pine \w tree|strong="H8410"\w*, and the \w box|strong="H8391"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, to \w beautify|strong="H6286"\w* the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of my \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*; and I will make the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3513"\w*.
\v 14 The \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* also of them that \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* thee shall \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w bending|strong="H7817"\w* unto thee; and all they that \w despised|strong="H5006"\w* thee shall bow themselves \w down|strong="H7812"\w* at the \w soles|strong="H3709"\w* of thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*; and they shall \w call|strong="H7121"\w* thee, The \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, The \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* of the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.
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\v 15 \w Whereas|strong="H8478"\w* thou hast been \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* and \w hated|strong="H8130"\w*, so that no man went \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \add thee\add*, I will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thee an \w eternal|strong="H5769"\w* \w excellency|strong="H1347"\w*, a \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* of \w many|strong="H1755"\w* \w generations|strong="H1755"\w*.
\v 16 Thou shalt also \w suck|strong="H3243"\w* the \w milk|strong="H2461"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*, and shalt \w suck|strong="H3243"\w* the \w breast|strong="H7699"\w* of \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*: and thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add am\add* thy \w Saviour|strong="H3467"\w* and thy \w Redeemer|strong="H1350"\w*, the mighty \w One|strong="H0046"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*.
\v 17 For \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and for \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and for \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*, and for \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*: I will also \w make|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w officers|strong="H6486"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, and thine \w exactors|strong="H5065"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.
\v 18 \w Violence|strong="H2555"\w* shall no more be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w wasting|strong="H7701"\w* nor \w destruction|strong="H7667"\w* within thy \w borders|strong="H1366"\w*; but thou shalt \w call|strong="H7121"\w* thy \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w Salvation|strong="H3444"\w*, and thy \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w Praise|strong="H8416"\w*.
\v 19 The \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* shall be no more thy \w light|strong="H0216"\w* by \w day|strong="H3119"\w*; neither for \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w* shall the \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* give \w light|strong="H0216"\w* unto thee: but the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be unto thee an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w light|strong="H0215"\w*, and thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* thy \w glory|strong="H8597"\w*.
\v 20 Thy \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* shall no more go \w down|strong="H0935"\w*; neither shall thy \w moon|strong="H3391"\w* \w withdraw|strong="H0622"\w* itself: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be thine \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, and the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of thy \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* shall be \w ended|strong="H7999"\w*.
\v 21 Thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* also \add shall be\add* all \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*: they shall \w inherit|strong="H3423"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, the \w branch|strong="H5342"\w* of my \w planting|strong="H4302"\w*, the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of my \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, that I may be \w glorified|strong="H6286"\w*.
\v 22 A little \w one|strong="H6996"\w* shall become a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, and a small \w one|strong="H6810"\w* a \w strong|strong="H6099"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*: I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w hasten|strong="H2363"\w* it in his \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.
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\v 1 The \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* upon me; because the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* me to preach good \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w* unto the \w meek|strong="H6035"\w*; he hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to bind \w up|strong="H2280"\w* the \w brokenhearted|strong="H7665"\w*, to \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w liberty|strong="H1865"\w* to the \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*, and the opening of the \w prison|strong="H6495"\w* to \add them that are\add* \w bound|strong="H0631"\w*;
\v 2 To \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* the \w acceptable|strong="H7522"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w vengeance|strong="H5359"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; to \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* all that \w mourn|strong="H0057"\w*;
\v 3 To \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* unto them that \w mourn|strong="H0057"\w* in \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* unto them \w beauty|strong="H6287"\w* for \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w*, the \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* of \w joy|strong="H8342"\w* for \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w*, the \w garment|strong="H4594"\w* of \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* for the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w heaviness|strong="H3544"\w*; that they might be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w trees|strong="H0352"\w* of \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, the \w planting|strong="H4302"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that he might be \w glorified|strong="H6286"\w*.
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\v 4 ¶ And they shall \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w old|strong="H5769"\w* \w wastes|strong="H2723"\w*, they shall raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w desolations|strong="H8074"\w*, and they shall \w repair|strong="H2318"\w* the \w waste|strong="H2721"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, the \w desolations|strong="H8074"\w* of \w many|strong="H1755"\w* \w generations|strong="H1755"\w*.
\v 5 And \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* shall \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* and \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* your \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w*, and the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w alien|strong="H5236"\w* \add shall be\add* your \w plowmen|strong="H0406"\w* and your \w vinedressers|strong="H3755"\w*.
\v 6 But ye shall be \w named|strong="H7121"\w* the \w Priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: \add men\add* shall \w call|strong="H0559"\w* you the \w Ministers|strong="H8334"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: ye shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w riches|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*, and in their \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* shall ye \w boast|strong="H3235"\w* yourselves.
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\v 7 ¶ For your \w shame|strong="H1322"\w* \add ye shall have\add* \w double|strong="H4932"\w*; and \add for\add* \w confusion|strong="H3639"\w* they shall \w rejoice|strong="H7442"\w* in their \w portion|strong="H2506"\w*: therefore in their \w land|strong="H0776"\w* they shall \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w double|strong="H4932"\w*: \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* shall be unto them.
\v 8 For I the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, I \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w robbery|strong="H1498"\w* for burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*; and I will \w direct|strong="H5414"\w* their \w work|strong="H6468"\w* in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*, and I will \w make|strong="H3772"\w* an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with them.
\v 9 And their \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* shall be \w known|strong="H3045"\w* among the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*, and their \w offspring|strong="H6631"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: all that \w see|strong="H7200"\w* them shall \w acknowledge|strong="H5234"\w* them, that they \add are\add* the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \add which\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*.
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\v 10 I will \w greatly|strong="H7797"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H7797"\w* in the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* shall be \w joyful|strong="H1523"\w* in my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; for he hath \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* me with the \w garments|strong="H0899"\w* of \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*, he hath \w covered|strong="H3271"\w* me with the \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* of \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, as a \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w* \w decketh|strong="H3547"\w* \add himself\add* with \w ornaments|strong="H6287"\w*, and as a \w bride|strong="H3618"\w* \w adorneth|strong="H5710"\w* \add herself\add* with her \w jewels|strong="H3627"\w*.\f + \fr 61.10 \ft decketh: Heb. decketh as a priest\f*
\v 11 For as the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* bringeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* her \w bud|strong="H6780"\w*, and as the \w garden|strong="H1593"\w* causeth the things that are \w sown|strong="H2221"\w* in it to spring \w forth|strong="H6779"\w*; so the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* will cause \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* and \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* to spring \w forth|strong="H6779"\w* before all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.
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\v 1 For \w Zion’s|strong="H6726"\w* sake will I not hold my \w peace|strong="H2814"\w*, and for \w Jerusalem’s|strong="H3389"\w* sake I will not \w rest|strong="H8252"\w*, until the \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* thereof go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* as \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w*, and the \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* thereof as a \w lamp|strong="H3940"\w* \add that\add* \w burneth|strong="H1197"\w*.
\v 2 And the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* thy \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, and all \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* thy \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*: and thou shalt be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w name|strong="H5344"\w*, which the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.
\v 3 Thou shalt also be a \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* of \w glory|strong="H8597"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and a \w royal|strong="H4410"\w* \w diadem|strong="H6797"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.
\v 4 Thou shalt no more be \w termed|strong="H0559"\w* \w Forsaken|strong="H5800"\w*; neither shall thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w* any more be \w termed|strong="H0559"\w* \w Desolate|strong="H8077"\w*: but thou shalt be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Hephzi-bah|strong="H2657"\w*, and thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w Beulah|strong="H1166"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w delighteth|strong="H2654"\w* in thee, and thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w* shall be \w married|strong="H1166"\w*.\f + \fr 62.4 \ft Hephzi-bah: that is, My delight is in her\f*\f + \fr 62.4 \ft Beulah: that is, Married\f*
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\v 5 ¶ For \add as\add* a young \w man|strong="H0970"\w* \w marrieth|strong="H1166"\w* a \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*, \add so\add* shall thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w marry|strong="H1166"\w* thee: and \add as\add* the \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w* \w rejoiceth|strong="H4885"\w* over the \w bride|strong="H3618"\w*, \add so\add* shall thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H7797"\w* over thee.\f + \fr 62.5 \ft as the…: Heb. with the joy of the bridegroom\f*
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\v 6 I have \w set|strong="H6485"\w* \w watchmen|strong="H8104"\w* upon thy \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*, O \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \add which\add* shall \w never|strong="H8548"\w* hold their \w peace|strong="H2814"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* nor \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: ye that make \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, keep not \w silence|strong="H1824"\w*,\f + \fr 62.6 \ft make…: or, are the \+nd LORD’s\+nd* remembrancers\f*
\v 7 And \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him no \w rest|strong="H1824"\w*, till he \w establish|strong="H3559"\w*, and till he \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* a \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 62.7 \ft rest: Heb. silence\f*
\v 8 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* by his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, and by the \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* of his \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*, Surely I \w will|strong="H0518"\w* no more \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w corn|strong="H1715"\w* \add to be\add* \w meat|strong="H3978"\w* for thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*; and the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w stranger|strong="H5236"\w* shall not \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* thy \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, for the which thou hast \w laboured|strong="H3021"\w*:\f + \fr 62.8 \ft Surely…: Heb. If I give, etc\f*
\v 9 But they that have \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* it shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* it, and \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and they that have brought it \w together|strong="H6908"\w* shall \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* it in the \w courts|strong="H2691"\w* of my \w holiness|strong="H6944"\w*.
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\v 10 ¶ Go \w through|strong="H5674"\w*, go \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*; \w prepare|strong="H6437"\w* ye the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; cast \w up|strong="H5549"\w*, cast \w up|strong="H5549"\w* the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w*; gather \w out|strong="H5619"\w* the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*; lift \w up|strong="H7311"\w* a \w standard|strong="H5251"\w* for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.
\v 11 Behold, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w proclaimed|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w world|strong="H0776"\w*, \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* ye to the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, Behold, thy \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*; behold, his \w reward|strong="H7939"\w* \add is\add* with him, and his \w work|strong="H6468"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.\f + \fr 62.11 \ft work: or, recompence\f*
\v 12 And they shall \w call|strong="H7121"\w* them, The \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, The \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and thou shalt be \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, Sought \w out|strong="H1875"\w*, A \w city|strong="H5892"\w* not \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w*.
\c 63
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\v 1 Who \add is\add* this that \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, with \w dyed|strong="H2556"\w* \w garments|strong="H0899"\w* from \w Bozrah|strong="H1224"\w*? this \add that is\add* \w glorious|strong="H1921"\w* in his \w apparel|strong="H3830"\w*, \w travelling|strong="H6808"\w* in the \w greatness|strong="H7230"\w* of his \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*? I that \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* in \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, \w mighty|strong="H7227"\w* to \w save|strong="H3467"\w*.\f + \fr 63.1 \ft glorious: Heb. decked\f*
\v 2 Wherefore \add art thou\add* \w red|strong="H0122"\w* in thine \w apparel|strong="H3830"\w*, and thy \w garments|strong="H0899"\w* like him that \w treadeth|strong="H1869"\w* in the \w winefat|strong="H1660"\w*?
\v 3 I have \w trodden|strong="H1869"\w* the \w winepress|strong="H6333"\w* alone; and of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add there was\add* \w none|strong="H0376"\w* with me: for I will \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* them in mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and \w trample|strong="H7429"\w* them in my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*; and their \w blood|strong="H5332"\w* shall be \w sprinkled|strong="H5137"\w* upon my \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, and I will \w stain|strong="H1351"\w* all my \w raiment|strong="H4403"\w*.
\v 4 For the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w vengeance|strong="H5359"\w* \add is\add* in mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of my \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.
\v 5 And I \w looked|strong="H5027"\w*, and \add there was\add* none to \w help|strong="H5826"\w*; and I \w wondered|strong="H8074"\w* that \add there was\add* none to \w uphold|strong="H5564"\w*: therefore mine own \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* brought \w salvation|strong="H3467"\w* unto me; and my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, it \w upheld|strong="H5564"\w* me.
\v 6 And I will tread \w down|strong="H0947"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in mine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and make them \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w* in my \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, and I will bring \w down|strong="H3381"\w* their \w strength|strong="H5332"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.
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\v 7 ¶ I will \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* the \w lovingkindnesses|strong="H2617"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add and\add* the \w praises|strong="H8416"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, according to all that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w bestowed|strong="H1580"\w* on us, and the \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w* toward the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which he hath \w bestowed|strong="H1580"\w* on them according to his \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w*, and according to the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of his \w lovingkindnesses|strong="H2617"\w*.
\v 8 For he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely they \add are\add* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \add that\add* will not \w lie|strong="H8266"\w*: so he was their \w Saviour|strong="H3467"\w*.
\v 9 In all their \w affliction|strong="H6869"\w* he was \w afflicted|strong="H6862"\w*, and the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* them: in his \w love|strong="H0160"\w* and in his \w pity|strong="H2551"\w* he \w redeemed|strong="H1350"\w* them; and he \w bare|strong="H5190"\w* them, and \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* them all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w old|strong="H5769"\w*.
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\v 10 ¶ But they \w rebelled|strong="H4784"\w*, and \w vexed|strong="H6087"\w* his \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w*: therefore he was \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* to be their \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, \add and\add* he \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against them.
\v 11 Then he \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w old|strong="H5769"\w*, \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \add and\add* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add saying\add*, Where \add is\add* he that brought them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* with the \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* of his \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*? where \add is\add* he that \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* him?\f + \fr 63.11 \ft shepherd: or, shepherds\f*
\v 12 That \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \add them\add* by the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* with his \w glorious|strong="H8597"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, \w dividing|strong="H1234"\w* the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* himself an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*?
\v 13 That \w led|strong="H3212"\w* them through the \w deep|strong="H8415"\w*, as an \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \add that\add* they should not \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*?
\v 14 As a \w beast|strong="H0929"\w* goeth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* into the \w valley|strong="H1237"\w*, the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* caused him to \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*: so didst thou \w lead|strong="H5090"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* thyself a \w glorious|strong="H8597"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.
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\v 15 ¶ Look \w down|strong="H5027"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* from the \w habitation|strong="H2073"\w* of thy \w holiness|strong="H6944"\w* and of thy \w glory|strong="H8597"\w*: where \add is\add* thy \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* and thy \w strength|strong="H1369"\w*, the \w sounding|strong="H1995"\w* of thy \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w* and of thy \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* toward me? are they \w restrained|strong="H0662"\w*?\f + \fr 63.15 \ft the sounding: or, the multitude\f*
\v 16 \w Doubtless|strong="H3588"\w* thou \add art\add* our \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, though \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w* be \w ignorant|strong="H3808"\w* of us, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="H5234"\w* us not: thou, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add art\add* our \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, our \w redeemer|strong="H1350"\w*; thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add is\add* from \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w*.\f + \fr 63.16 \ft our redeemer…: or, our redeemer from everlasting is thy name\f*
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\v 17 ¶ O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, why hast thou made us to \w err|strong="H8582"\w* from thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, \add and\add* \w hardened|strong="H7188"\w* our \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* from thy \w fear|strong="H3374"\w*? \w Return|strong="H7725"\w* for thy \w servants’|strong="H5650"\w* sake, the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of thine \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*.
\v 18 The \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of thy \w holiness|strong="H6944"\w* have \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* \add it\add* but a little \w while|strong="H4705"\w*: our \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w* have trodden \w down|strong="H0947"\w* thy \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*.
\v 19 We are \add thine:\add* thou \w never|strong="H5769"\w* barest \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over them; they were not \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.\f + \fr 63.19 \ft they…: Heb. thy name was not called upon them\f*
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\v 1 \w Oh|strong="H3863"\w* that thou wouldest \w rend|strong="H7167"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, that thou wouldest come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, that the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* might flow \w down|strong="H2151"\w* at thy \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*,
\v 2 As \add when\add* the \w melting|strong="H2003"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w burneth|strong="H6919"\w*, the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* causeth the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* to \w boil|strong="H1158"\w*, to make thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* to thine \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*, \add that\add* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* may \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w* at thy \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*!\f + \fr 64.2 \ft the melting…: Heb. the fire of meltings\f*
\v 3 When thou \w didst|strong="H6213"\w* terrible \w things|strong="H3372"\w* \add which\add* we \w looked|strong="H6960"\w* not for, thou camest \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* flowed \w down|strong="H2151"\w* at thy \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.
\v 4 For since the beginning of the \w world|strong="H5769"\w* \add men\add* have not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, nor perceived by the \w ear|strong="H0238"\w*, neither hath the \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*, O \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w beside|strong="H2108"\w* thee, \add what\add* he hath \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* for him that \w waiteth|strong="H2442"\w* for him.\f + \fr 64.4 \ft seen…: or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for him, etc\f*
\v 5 Thou \w meetest|strong="H6293"\w* him that \w rejoiceth|strong="H7797"\w* and \w worketh|strong="H6213"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, \add those that\add* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* thee in thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*: behold, thou art \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w*; for we have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*: in those is \w continuance|strong="H5769"\w*, and we shall be \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*.
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\v 6 But we are all as an \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w* \add thing\add*, and all our \w righteousnesses|strong="H6666"\w* \add are\add* as \w filthy|strong="H5708"\w* \w rags|strong="H0899"\w*; and we all do \w fade|strong="H5034"\w* as a \w leaf|strong="H5929"\w*; and our \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*, like the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, have taken us \w away|strong="H5375"\w*.
\v 7 And \add there is\add* none that \w calleth|strong="H7121"\w* upon thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, that stirreth \w up|strong="H5782"\w* himself to take \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of thee: for thou hast \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w* from us, and hast \w consumed|strong="H4127"\w* us, \w because|strong="H3027"\w* of our \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*.\f + \fr 64.7 \ft consumed: Heb. melted\f*\f + \fr 64.7 \ft because: Heb. by the hand\f*
\v 8 But now, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, thou \add art\add* our \w father|strong="H0001"\w*; we \add are\add* the \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*, and thou our \w potter|strong="H3335"\w*; and we all \add are\add* the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of thy \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.
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\v 9 ¶ Be not \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w* very \w sore|strong="H3966"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, neither \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5703"\w*: behold, \w see|strong="H5027"\w*, we beseech thee, we \add are\add* all thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.
\v 10 Thy \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* are a \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* is a \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* a \w desolation|strong="H8077"\w*.
\v 11 Our \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* and our \w beautiful|strong="H8597"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, where our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* thee, is burned \w up|strong="H8316"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: and all our pleasant \w things|strong="H4261"\w* are laid \w waste|strong="H2723"\w*.
\v 12 Wilt thou \w refrain|strong="H0662"\w* thyself for these \add things\add*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*? wilt thou hold thy \w peace|strong="H2814"\w*, and \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* us very \w sore|strong="H3966"\w*?
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\v 1 I am \w sought|strong="H1875"\w* of \add them that\add* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add for me;\add* I am \w found|strong="H4672"\w* of \add them that\add* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* me \w not|strong="H3808"\w*: I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold me, behold me, unto a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \add that\add* was not \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.
\v 2 I have spread \w out|strong="H6566"\w* my \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* all the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* unto a \w rebellious|strong="H5637"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, which \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* in a \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \add that was\add* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* their own \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w*;
\v 3 A \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that provoketh me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* to my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*; that \w sacrificeth|strong="H2076"\w* in \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w*, and burneth \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* upon altars of \w brick|strong="H3843"\w*;\f + \fr 65.3 \ft upon…: Heb. upon bricks\f*
\v 4 Which \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* among the \w graves|strong="H6913"\w*, and \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* in the \w monuments|strong="H5341"\w*, which \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w swine’s|strong="H2386"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and \w broth|strong="H4839"\w* of \w abominable|strong="H6292"\w* \add things is in\add* their \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*;\f + \fr 65.4 \ft broth: or, pieces\f*
\v 5 Which \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Stand|strong="H7126"\w* by thyself, come not \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to me; for I am \w holier|strong="H6942"\w* than thou. These \add are\add* a \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* in my \w nose|strong="H0639"\w*, a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* that \w burneth|strong="H3344"\w* all the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 65.5 \ft nose: or, anger\f*
\v 6 Behold, \add it is\add* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me: I will not keep \w silence|strong="H2814"\w*, but will \w recompense|strong="H7999"\w*, even \w recompense|strong="H7999"\w* into their \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*,
\v 7 Your \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w*, and the \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* of your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which have burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w blasphemed|strong="H2778"\w* me upon the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*: therefore will I \w measure|strong="H4058"\w* their \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w work|strong="H6468"\w* into their \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*.
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\v 8 ¶ Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, As the new \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* is \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w cluster|strong="H0811"\w*, and \add one\add* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it not; for a \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* \add is\add* in it: so will I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for my \w servants’|strong="H5650"\w* sakes, that I may not \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* them all.
\v 9 And I will bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* out of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and out of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* an \w inheritor|strong="H3423"\w* of my \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*: and mine \w elect|strong="H0972"\w* shall \w inherit|strong="H3423"\w* it, and my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* there.
\v 10 And \w Sharon|strong="H8289"\w* shall be a \w fold|strong="H5116"\w* of \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w*, and the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Achor|strong="H5911"\w* a place for the \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* to lie down \w in|strong="H7258"\w*, for my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that have \w sought|strong="H1875"\w* me.
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\v 11 ¶ But ye \add are\add* they that \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that \w forget|strong="H7913"\w* my \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, that \w prepare|strong="H6186"\w* a \w table|strong="H7979"\w* for that \w troop|strong="H1409"\w*, and that \w furnish|strong="H4390"\w* the drink \w offering|strong="H4469"\w* unto that \w number|strong="H4507"\w*.\f + \fr 65.11 \ft troop: or, Gad\f*\f + \fr 65.11 \ft number: or, Meni, a pagan god\f*
\v 12 Therefore will I \w number|strong="H4487"\w* you to the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and ye shall all bow \w down|strong="H3766"\w* to the \w slaughter|strong="H2874"\w*: because when I \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, ye did not \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*; when I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, ye did not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*; but \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* before mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and did \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* \add that\add* wherein I \w delighted|strong="H2654"\w* not.
\v 13 Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*, Behold, my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, but ye shall be \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w*: behold, my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* shall \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, but ye shall be \w thirsty|strong="H6770"\w*: behold, my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* shall \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*, but ye shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*:
\v 14 Behold, my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* shall \w sing|strong="H7442"\w* for \w joy|strong="H2898"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, but ye shall \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* for \w sorrow|strong="H3511"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and shall \w howl|strong="H3213"\w* for \w vexation|strong="H7667"\w* of \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*.\f + \fr 65.14 \ft vexation: Heb. breaking\f*
\v 15 And ye shall \w leave|strong="H3240"\w* your \w name|strong="H8034"\w* for a \w curse|strong="H7621"\w* unto my \w chosen|strong="H0972"\w*: for the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* shall \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* thee, and \w call|strong="H7121"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* by \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:
\v 16 That he who \w blesseth|strong="H1288"\w* himself in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* himself in the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w truth|strong="H0543"\w*; and he that \w sweareth|strong="H7650"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w truth|strong="H0543"\w*; because the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w* are \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w*, and because they are \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* from mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.
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\v 17 ¶ For, behold, I \w create|strong="H1254"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* and a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: and the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* shall not be \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w*, nor \w come|strong="H5927"\w* into \w mind|strong="H3820"\w*.\f + \fr 65.17 \ft come…: Heb. come upon the heart\f*
\v 18 But be ye \w glad|strong="H7797"\w* and \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5703"\w* \add in that\add* which I \w create|strong="H1254"\w*: for, behold, I \w create|strong="H1254"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* a \w rejoicing|strong="H1525"\w*, and her \w people|strong="H5971"\w* a \w joy|strong="H4885"\w*.
\v 19 And I will \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w joy|strong="H7797"\w* in my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w* shall be no more \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in her, nor the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w crying|strong="H2201"\w*.
\v 20 There shall be no more thence an \w infant|strong="H5764"\w* of \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, nor an old \w man|strong="H2205"\w* that hath not \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* his \w days|strong="H3117"\w*: for the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*; but the \w sinner|strong="H2398"\w* \add being\add* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* shall be \w accursed|strong="H7043"\w*.
\v 21 And they shall \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w inhabit|strong="H3427"\w* \add them;\add* and they shall \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of them.
\v 22 They shall not \w build|strong="H1129"\w*, and \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w inhabit|strong="H3427"\w*; they shall not \w plant|strong="H5193"\w*, and \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: for as the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \add are\add* the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and mine \w elect|strong="H0972"\w* shall long \w enjoy|strong="H1086"\w* the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 65.22 \ft shall long…: Heb. shall make them continue long, or, shall wear out\f*
\v 23 They shall not \w labour|strong="H3021"\w* in \w vain|strong="H7385"\w*, nor bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w* for \w trouble|strong="H0928"\w*; for they \add are\add* the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of the \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and their \w offspring|strong="H6631"\w* with them.
\v 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they \w call|strong="H7121"\w*, I will \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*; and while they are yet \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, I will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.
\v 25 The \w wolf|strong="H2061"\w* and the \w lamb|strong="H2924"\w* shall \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* \w together|strong="H0259"\w*, and the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* like the \w bullock|strong="H1241"\w*: and \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \add shall be\add* the \w serpent’s|strong="H5175"\w* \w meat|strong="H3899"\w*. They shall not \w hurt|strong="H7489"\w* nor \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* in all my \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
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\v 1 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, The \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \add is\add* my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \add is\add* my \w footstool|strong="H7272"\w*: where \add is\add* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* that ye \w build|strong="H1129"\w* unto me? and where \add is\add* the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of my \w rest|strong="H4496"\w*?
\v 2 For all those \add things\add* hath mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, and all those \add things\add* have been, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but to this \add man\add* will I \w look|strong="H5027"\w*, \add even\add* to \add him that is\add* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* and of a \w contrite|strong="H5223"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*, and \w trembleth|strong="H2730"\w* at my \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.
\v 3 He that \w killeth|strong="H7819"\w* an \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \add is as if\add* he \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; he that \w sacrificeth|strong="H2076"\w* a \w lamb|strong="H7716"\w*, \add as if\add* he cut \w off|strong="H6202"\w* a \w dog’s|strong="H3611"\w* \w neck|strong="H6202"\w*; he that \w offereth|strong="H5927"\w* an \w oblation|strong="H4503"\w*, \add as if he offered\add* \w swine’s|strong="H2386"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*; he that \w burneth|strong="H2142"\w* \w incense|strong="H3828"\w*, \add as if\add* he \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* an \w idol|strong="H0205"\w*. Yea, they have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* their own \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and their \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w delighteth|strong="H2654"\w* in their \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w*.\f + \fr 66.3 \ft lamb: or, kid\f*\f + \fr 66.3 \ft burneth: Heb. maketh a memorial of\f*
\v 4 I also will \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* their \w delusions|strong="H8586"\w*, and will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* their \w fears|strong="H4035"\w* upon them; because when I \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, none did \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*; when I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, they did not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*: but they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* before mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \add that\add* in which I \w delighted|strong="H2654"\w* not.\f + \fr 66.4 \ft delusions: or, devices\f*
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\v 5 ¶ \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, ye that \w tremble|strong="H2730"\w* at his \w word|strong="H1697"\w*; Your \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* that \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* you, that cast you \w out|strong="H5077"\w* for my \w name’s|strong="H8034"\w* sake, \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* be \w glorified|strong="H3513"\w*: but he shall \w appear|strong="H7200"\w* to your \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*, and they shall be \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*.
\v 6 A \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w noise|strong="H7588"\w* from the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* from the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that \w rendereth|strong="H7999"\w* \w recompence|strong="H1576"\w* to his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.
\v 7 Before she \w travailed|strong="H2342"\w*, she brought \w forth|strong="H3205"\w*; before her \w pain|strong="H2256"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, she was \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w* of a man \w child|strong="H2145"\w*.
\v 8 Who hath \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* such a thing? who hath \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* such things? Shall the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* be made to bring \w forth|strong="H2342"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? \add or\add* shall a \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* be \w born|strong="H3205"\w* at \w once|strong="H6471"\w*? for as soon \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \w travailed|strong="H2342"\w*, she brought \w forth|strong="H3205"\w* her \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.
\v 9 Shall I bring to the \w birth|strong="H7665"\w*, and not cause to bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w*? \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: shall \w I|strong="H0589"\w* cause to bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w*, and \w shut|strong="H6113"\w* \add the womb\add*? \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.\f + \fr 66.9 \ft not…: or, not beget?\f*
\v 10 \w Rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* ye with \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and be \w glad|strong="H1523"\w* with her, all ye that \w love|strong="H0157"\w* her: \w rejoice|strong="H7797"\w* for \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* with her, all ye that \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w* for her:
\v 11 That ye may \w suck|strong="H3243"\w*, and be \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* with the \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w* of her \w consolations|strong="H8575"\w*; that ye may milk \w out|strong="H4711"\w*, and be \w delighted|strong="H6026"\w* with the \w abundance|strong="H2123"\w* of her \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*.\f + \fr 66.11 \ft abundance: or, brightness\f*
\v 12 For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Behold, I will \w extend|strong="H5186"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* to her like a \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, and the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* like a \w flowing|strong="H7857"\w* \w stream|strong="H5158"\w*: then shall ye \w suck|strong="H3243"\w*, ye shall be \w borne|strong="H5375"\w* upon \add her\add* \w sides|strong="H6654"\w*, and be \w dandled|strong="H8173"\w* upon \add her\add* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w*.
\v 13 As \w one|strong="H0376"\w* whom his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w comforteth|strong="H5162"\w*, so will I \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* you; and ye shall be \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.
\v 14 And when ye \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add this\add*, your \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall \w rejoice|strong="H7797"\w*, and your \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* shall \w flourish|strong="H6524"\w* like an \w herb|strong="H1877"\w*: and the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be \w known|strong="H3045"\w* toward his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \add his\add* \w indignation|strong="H2194"\w* toward his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.
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\v 15 For, behold, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w come|strong="H0935"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and with his \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* like a \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*, to \w render|strong="H7725"\w* his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* with \w fury|strong="H2534"\w*, and his \w rebuke|strong="H1606"\w* with \w flames|strong="H3851"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.
\v 16 For by \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* and by his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* will the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w plead|strong="H8199"\w* with all \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*: and the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall be \w many|strong="H7231"\w*.
\v 17 They that \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* themselves, and \w purify|strong="H2891"\w* themselves in the \w gardens|strong="H1593"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \add tree\add* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w*, \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* \w swine’s|strong="H2386"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and the \w abomination|strong="H8263"\w*, and the \w mouse|strong="H5909"\w*, shall be \w consumed|strong="H5486"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 66.17 \ft behind…: or, one after another\f*
\v 18 For I \add know\add* their \w works|strong="H4639"\w* and their \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w*: it shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that I will \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* and \w tongues|strong="H3956"\w*; and they shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* my \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*.
\v 19 And I will \w set|strong="H7760"\w* a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* among them, and I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* those that \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* of them unto the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \add to\add* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*, \w Pul|strong="H6322"\w*, and \w Lud|strong="H3865"\w*, that \w draw|strong="H4900"\w* the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, \add to\add* \w Tubal|strong="H8422"\w*, and \w Javan|strong="H3120"\w*, \add to\add* the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w* afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*, that have not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* my \w fame|strong="H8088"\w*, neither have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* my \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*; and they shall \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* my \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* among the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*.
\v 20 And they shall \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* all your \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* \add for\add* an \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* out of all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* upon \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and in \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and in \w litters|strong="H6632"\w*, and upon \w mules|strong="H6505"\w*, and upon swift \w beasts|strong="H3753"\w*, to my \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, as the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* an \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* in a \w clean|strong="H2889"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 66.20 \ft litters: or, coaches\f*
\v 21 And I will also \w take|strong="H3947"\w* of them for \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \add and\add* for \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.
\v 22 For as the \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* and the \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, which I will \w make|strong="H6213"\w*, shall \w remain|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, so shall your \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* and your \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w remain|strong="H5975"\w*.
\v 23 And it shall come to pass, \add that\add* \w from|strong="H1767"\w* one new \w moon|strong="H2320"\w* to \w another|strong="H2320"\w*, and \w from|strong="H1767"\w* one \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* to \w another|strong="H7676"\w*, shall all \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 66.23 \ft from one new…: Heb. from new moon to his new moon, and from sabbath to his sabbath\f*
\v 24 And they shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w look|strong="H7200"\w* upon the \w carcases|strong="H6297"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that have \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* against me: for their \w worm|strong="H8438"\w* shall not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, neither shall their \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* be \w quenched|strong="H3518"\w*; and they shall be an \w abhorring|strong="H1860"\w* unto all \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.
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