# verses

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Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare– just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

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surely no one knows his appointed time like fish that are caught in a deadly net and like birds that are caught in a snare just like them all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly


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Most People Are Not Receptive to Wise Counsel This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me:

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most people are not receptive to wise counsel this is what i also observed about wisdom on earth and it is a great burden to me


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There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.

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there was once a small city with a few men in it and a mighty king attacked it besieging it and building strong siege works against it


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However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom, but no one listened to that poor man.

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however a poor but wise man lived in the city and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom but no one listened to that poor man


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So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.

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so i concluded that wisdom is better than might but a poor man s wisdom is despised no one ever listens to his advice


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Wisdom versus Fools, Sin, and Folly The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools.

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wisdom versus fools sin and folly the words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools


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One dead fly makes the perfumer’s ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.

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one dead fly makes the perfumer s ointment give off a rancid stench so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom


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Wisdom Can Be Nullified By the Caprice of Rulers A wise person’s good sense protects him, but a fool’s lack of sense leaves him vulnerable.

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wisdom can be nullified by the caprice of rulers a wise person s good sense protects him but a fool s lack of sense leaves him vulnerable


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If the anger of the ruler flares up against you, do not resign from your position, for a calm response can undo great offenses.

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if the anger of the ruler flares up against you do not resign from your position for a calm response can undo great offenses


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Wisdom is Needed to Avert Dangers in Everyday Life One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

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wisdom is needed to avert dangers in everyday life one who digs a pit may fall into it and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake


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If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

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if an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge he must exert a great deal of effort so wisdom has the advantage of giving success


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Words and Works of Wise Men and Fools The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

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words and works of wise men and fools the words of a wise person win him favor but the words of a fool are self destructive


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yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

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yet a fool keeps on babbling no one knows what will happen who can tell him what will happen in the future


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The Problem with Foolish Rulers Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning!

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the problem with foolish rulers woe to you o land when your king is childish and your princes feast in the morning


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Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time– with self-control and not in drunkenness.

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blessed are you o land when your king is the son of nobility and your princes feast at the proper time with self control and not in drunkenness


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Do not curse a king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich while in your bedroom; for a bird might report what you are thinking, or some winged creature might repeat your words.

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do not curse a king even in your thoughts and do not curse the rich while in your bedroom for a bird might report what you are thinking or some winged creature might repeat your words


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Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.

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ignorance of the future demands diligence in the present send your grain overseas for after many days you will get a return


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Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.

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divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth


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If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.

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if the clouds are full of rain they will empty themselves on the earth and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north the tree will lie wherever it falls


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Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

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just as you do not know the path of the wind or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman so you do not know the work of god who makes everything


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Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed– whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.

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sow your seed in the morning and do not stop working until the evening for you do not know which activity will succeed whether this one or that one or whether both will prosper equally


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Life Should Be Enjoyed Because Death is Inevitable Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun.

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life should be enjoyed because death is inevitable light is sweet and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun


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So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many– all that is about to come is obscure.

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so if a man lives many years let him rejoice in them all but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many all that is about to come is obscure


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Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

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enjoy life to the fullest under the fear of god rejoice young man while you are young and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes but know that god will judge your motives and actions


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Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

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banish emotional stress from your mind and put away pain from your body for youth and the prime of life are fleeting


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Fear God Now Because Old Age and Death Come Quickly So remember your Creator in the days of your youth– before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say,“I have no pleasure in them”;

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fear god now because old age and death come quickly so remember your creator in the days of your youth before the difficult days come and the years draw near when you will say i have no pleasure in them


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before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

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before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark and the clouds disappear after the rain


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when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,

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when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble and the virile men begin to stoop over and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few and those who look through the windows grow dim


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and the doors along the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding mill grows low, and one is awakened by the sound of a bird, and all their songs grow faint,

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and the doors along the street are shut when the sound of the grinding mill grows low and one is awakened by the sound of a bird and all their songs grow faint


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and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up– because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets–

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and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street the almond blossoms grow white and the grasshopper drags itself along and the caper berry shrivels up because man goes to his eternal home and the mourners go about in the streets


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before the silver cord is removed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the well, or the water wheel is broken at the cistern–

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before the silver cord is removed or the golden bowl is broken or the pitcher is shattered at the well or the water wheel is broken at the cistern


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Concluding Refrain: Qoheleth Restates His Thesis“Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher,“All of these things are futile!”

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concluding refrain qoheleth restates his thesis absolutely futile laments the teacher all of these things are futile


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Concluding Epilogue: Qoheleth’s Advice is Wise Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught knowledge to the people; he carefully evaluated and arranged many proverbs.

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concluding epilogue qoheleth s advice is wise not only was the teacher wise but he also taught knowledge to the people he carefully evaluated and arranged many proverbs


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The words of the sages are like prods, and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd.

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the words of the sages are like prods and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails they are given by one shepherd


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Concluding Exhortation: Fear God and Obey His Commands! Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. There is no end to the making of many books, and much study is exhausting to the body.

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concluding exhortation fear god and obey his commands be warned my son of anything in addition to them there is no end to the making of many books and much study is exhausting to the body


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Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

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having heard everything i have reached this conclusion fear god and keep his commandments because this is the whole duty of man


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The Desire for LoveThe Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how I wish you would kiss me passionately! For your lovemaking is more delightful than wine.

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the desire for lovethe beloved to her lover oh how i wish you would kiss me passionately for your lovemaking is more delightful than wine


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The fragrance of your colognes is delightful; your name is like the finest perfume. No wonder the young women adore you!

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the fragrance of your colognes is delightful your name is like the finest perfume no wonder the young women adore you


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Draw me after you; let us hurry! May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers! The Maidens to the Lover: We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine.The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you!

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draw me after you let us hurry may the king bring me into his bedroom chambers the maidens to the lover we will rejoice and delight in you we will praise your love more than wine the beloved to her lover how rightly the young women adore you


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The Country Maiden and the Daughters of JerusalemThe Beloved to the Maidens: I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Qedar, lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah.

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the country maiden and the daughters of jerusalemthe beloved to the maidens i am dark but lovely o maidens of jerusalem dark like the tents of qedar lovely like the tent curtains of salmah


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Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has burned my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards. Alas, my own vineyard I could not keep!

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do not stare at me because i am dark for the sun has burned my skin my brothers were angry with me they made me the keeper of the vineyards alas my own vineyard i could not keep


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The Shepherd and the ShepherdessThe Beloved to Her Lover: Tell me, O you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest I wander around beside the flocks of your companions!

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the shepherd and the shepherdessthe beloved to her lover tell me o you whom my heart loves where do you pasture your sheep where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat tell me lest i wander around beside the flocks of your companions


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The Lover to His Beloved: If you do not know, O most beautiful of women, simply follow the tracks of my flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.

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the lover to his beloved if you do not know o most beautiful of women simply follow the tracks of my flock and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds


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The Beautiful Mare and the Fragrant MyrrhThe Lover to His Beloved: O my beloved, you are like a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.

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the beautiful mare and the fragrant myrrhthe lover to his beloved o my beloved you are like a mare among pharaoh s stallions


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The Beloved about Her Lover: While the king was at his banqueting table, my nard gave forth its fragrance.

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the beloved about her lover while the king was at his banqueting table my nard gave forth its fragrance


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Mutual Praise and AdmirationThe Lover to His Beloved: Oh, how beautiful you are, my beloved! Oh, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves!

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mutual praise and admirationthe lover to his beloved oh how beautiful you are my beloved oh how beautiful you are your eyes are like doves


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The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how delightful you are! The lush foliage is our canopied bed;

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the beloved to her lover oh how handsome you are my lover oh how delightful you are the lush foliage is our canopied bed


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The Lily among the Thorns and the Apple Tree in the ForestThe Beloved to Her Lover: I am a meadow flower from Sharon, a lily from the valleys.

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the lily among the thorns and the apple tree in the forestthe beloved to her lover i am a meadow flower from sharon a lily from the valleys


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The Beloved about Her Lover: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

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the beloved about her lover like an apple tree among the trees of the forest so is my beloved among the young men i delight to sit in his shade and his fruit is sweet to my taste


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The Banquet Hall for the Love-SickThe Beloved about Her Lover: He brought me into the banquet hall, and he looked at me lovingly.

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the banquet hall for the love sickthe beloved about her lover he brought me into the banquet hall and he looked at me lovingly


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Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration

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sustain me with raisin cakes refresh me with apples for i am faint with love the double refrain embracing and adjuration


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The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: Do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases!

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the beloved to the maidens i admonish you o maidens of jerusalem by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases


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The Arrival of the LoverThe Beloved about Her Lover: Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills!

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the arrival of the loverthe beloved about her lover listen my lover is approaching look here he comes leaping over the mountains bounding over the hills


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My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the window, peering through the lattice.

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my lover is like a gazelle or a young stag look there he stands behind our wall gazing through the window peering through the lattice


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The Season of Love and the Song of the TurtledoveThe Lover to His Beloved: My lover spoke to me, saying:“Arise, my darling; My beautiful one, come away with me!

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the season of love and the song of the turtledovethe lover to his beloved my lover spoke to me saying arise my darling my beautiful one come away with me


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Blossoms have appeared in the land, the time for pruning and singing has come; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

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blossoms have appeared in the land the time for pruning and singing has come the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land


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The fig tree has ripened its figs, the vines have blossomed and give off their fragrance. Arise, come away my darling; my beautiful one, come away with me!”

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the fig tree has ripened its figs the vines have blossomed and give off their fragrance arise come away my darling my beautiful one come away with me


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The Dove in the Clefts of En GediThe Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

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the dove in the clefts of en gedithe lover to his beloved o my dove in the clefts of the rock in the hiding places of the mountain crags let me see your face let me hear your voice for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely


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The Foxes in the VineyardThe Beloved to Her Lover: Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards– for our vineyard is in bloom.

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the foxes in the vineyardthe beloved to her lover catch the foxes for us the little foxes that ruin the vineyards for our vineyard is in bloom


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Poetic Refrain: Mutual PossessionThe Beloved about Her Lover: My lover is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.

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poetic refrain mutual possessionthe beloved about her lover my lover is mine and i am his he grazes among the lilies


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The Gazelle and the Rugged MountainsThe Beloved to Her Lover: Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved– be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountain gorges.

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the gazelle and the rugged mountainsthe beloved to her lover until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee turn my beloved be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountain gorges


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The Lost Lover is FoundThe Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.

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the lost lover is foundthe beloved about her lover all night long on my bed i longed for my lover i longed for him but he never appeared


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“I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved.” I searched for him but I did not find him.

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i will arise and look all around throughout the town and throughout the streets and squares i will search for my beloved i searched for him but i did not find him


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Scarcely had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him tightly and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother’s house, to the bedroom chamber of the one who conceived me.

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scarcely had i passed them by when i found my beloved i held onto him tightly and would not let him go until i brought him to my mother s house to the bedroom chamber of the one who conceived me


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The Adjuration RefrainThe Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields:“Do not awake or arouse love until it pleases!”

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the adjuration refrainthe beloved to the maidens i admonish you o maidens of jerusalem by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields do not awake or arouse love until it pleases


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The Royal Wedding ProcessionThe Speaker: Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, like a fragrant billow of myrrh and frankincense, every kind of fragrant powder of the traveling merchants?

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the royal wedding processionthe speaker who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke like a fragrant billow of myrrh and frankincense every kind of fragrant powder of the traveling merchants


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Look! It is Solomon’s portable couch! It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel’s mightiest warriors.

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look it is solomon s portable couch it is surrounded by sixty warriors some of israel s mightiest warriors


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All of them are skilled with a sword, well-trained in the art of warfare. Each has his sword at his side, to guard against the terrors of the night.

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all of them are skilled with a sword well trained in the art of warfare each has his sword at his side to guard against the terrors of the night


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Its posts were made of silver; its back was made of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple wool; its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of Jerusalem.

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its posts were made of silver its back was made of gold its seat was upholstered with purple wool its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of jerusalem


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Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life!

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come out o maidens of zion and gaze upon king solomon he is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day on the most joyous day of his life


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The Wedding Night: Praise of the Bride The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, you are beautiful, my darling! Oh, you are beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of female goats descending from Mount Gilead.

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the wedding night praise of the bride the lover to his beloved oh you are beautiful my darling oh you are beautiful your eyes behind your veil are like doves your hair is like a flock of female goats descending from mount gilead


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Your teeth are like a flock of newly-shorn sheep coming up from the washing place; each of them has a twin, and not one of them is missing.

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your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing place each of them has a twin and not one of them is missing


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Your lips are like a scarlet thread; your mouth is lovely. Your forehead behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

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your lips are like a scarlet thread your mouth is lovely your forehead behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate


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Your neck is like the tower of David built with courses of stones; one thousand shields are hung on it– all shields of valiant warriors.

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your neck is like the tower of david built with courses of stones one thousand shields are hung on it all shields of valiant warriors


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Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

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until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee i will go up to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense


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The Wedding Night: Beautiful as Lebanon Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions’ dens and the mountain haunts of the leopards.

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the wedding night beautiful as lebanon come with me from lebanon my bride come with me from lebanon descend from the crest of amana from the top of senir the summit of hermon from the lions dens and the mountain haunts of the leopards


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You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride! You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.

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you have stolen my heart my sister my bride you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes with one jewel of your necklace


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How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine; the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!

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how delightful is your love my sister my bride how much better is your love than wine the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice


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Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb my bride honey and milk are under your tongue the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of lebanon


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The Wedding Night: The Delightful GardenThe Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.

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the wedding night the delightful gardenthe lover to his beloved you are a locked garden my sister my bride you are an enclosed spring a sealed up fountain


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nard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice, myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices.

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nard and saffron calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices


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The Beloved to Her Lover: Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind! Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit!

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the beloved to her lover awake o north wind come o south wind blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell may my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit


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The Lover to His Beloved: I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk!The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers!

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the lover to his beloved i have entered my garden o my sister my bride i have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice i have eaten my honeycomb and my honey i have drunk my wine and my milk the poet to the couple eat friends and drink drink freely o lovers


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The Trials of Love: The Beloved’s Dream of Losing Her LoverThe Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved:“Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

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the trials of love the beloved s dream of losing her loverthe beloved about her lover i was asleep but my mind was dreaming listen my lover is knocking at the door the lover to his beloved open for me my sister my darling my dove my flawless one my head is drenched with dew my hair with the dampness of the night


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The Beloved to Her Lover:“I have already taken off my robe– must I put it on again? I have already washed my feet– must I soil them again?”

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the beloved to her lover i have already taken off my robe must i put it on again i have already washed my feet must i soil them again


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I arose to open for my beloved; my hands dripped with myrrh– my fingers flowed with myrrh on the handles of the lock.

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i arose to open for my beloved my hands dripped with myrrh my fingers flowed with myrrh on the handles of the lock


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I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.

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i opened for my beloved but my lover had already turned and gone away i fell into despair when he departed i looked for him but did not find him i called him but he did not answer me


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The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen on the walls!

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the watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city they beat me they bruised me they took away my cloak those watchmen on the walls


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The Triumph of Love: The Beloved Praises Her LoverThe Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem– If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!

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the triumph of love the beloved praises her loverthe beloved to the maidens i admonish you o maidens of jerusalem if you find my beloved what will you tell him tell him that i am lovesick


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The Maidens to The Beloved: Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would admonish us in this manner?

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the maidens to the beloved why is your beloved better than others o most beautiful of women why is your beloved better than others that you would admonish us in this manner


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The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved is dazzling and ruddy; he stands out in comparison to all other men.

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the beloved to the maidens my beloved is dazzling and ruddy he stands out in comparison to all other men


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His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.

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his cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume his lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh


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His arms are like rods of gold set with chrysolite. His abdomen is like polished ivory inlaid with sapphires.

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his arms are like rods of gold set with chrysolite his abdomen is like polished ivory inlaid with sapphires


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His legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.

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his legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold his appearance is like lebanon choice as its cedars


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His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!

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his mouth is very sweet he is totally desirable this is my beloved this is my companion o maidens of jerusalem


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The Lost Lover FoundThe Maidens to the Beloved: Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned? Tell us, that we may seek him with you.

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the lost lover foundthe maidens to the beloved where has your beloved gone o most beautiful among women where has your beloved turned tell us that we may seek him with you


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The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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the beloved to the maidens my beloved has gone down to his garden to the flowerbeds of balsam spices to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies


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Poetic Refrain: Mutual PossessionThe Beloved about Her Lover: I am my lover’s and my lover is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

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poetic refrain mutual possessionthe beloved about her lover i am my lover s and my lover is mine he grazes among the lilies


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The Renewal of LoveThe Lover to His Beloved: My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered armies!

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the renewal of lovethe lover to his beloved my darling you are as beautiful as tirzah as lovely as jerusalem as awe inspiring as bannered armies


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Turn your eyes away from me– they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.

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turn your eyes away from me they overwhelm me your hair is like a flock of goats descending from mount gilead


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Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin; not one of them is missing.

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your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing each has its twin not one of them is missing


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But she is unique! My dove, my perfect one! She is the special daughter of her mother, she is the favorite of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and complimented her; the queens and concubines praised her:

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but she is unique my dove my perfect one she is the special daughter of her mother she is the favorite of the one who bore her the maidens saw her and complimented her the queens and concubines praised her


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“Who is this who appears like the dawn? Beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as the stars in procession?”

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who is this who appears like the dawn beautiful as the moon bright as the sun awe inspiring as the stars in procession


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The Return to the VineyardsThe Lover to His Beloved: I went down to the orchard of walnut trees, to look for the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines had budded or if the pomegranates were in bloom.

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the return to the vineyardsthe lover to his beloved i went down to the orchard of walnut trees to look for the blossoms of the valley to see if the vines had budded or if the pomegranates were in bloom


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The Love Song and DanceThe Lover to His Beloved:(7:1) Turn, turn, O Perfect One! Turn, turn, that I may stare at you!The Beloved to Her Lover: Why do you gaze upon the Perfect One like the dance of the Mahanaim?

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the love song and dancethe lover to his beloved 7 1 turn turn o perfect one turn turn that i may stare at you the beloved to her lover why do you gaze upon the perfect one like the dance of the mahanaim


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The Lover to His Beloved:(7:2) How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O nobleman’s daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a master craftsman.

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the lover to his beloved 7 2 how beautiful are your sandaled feet o nobleman s daughter the curves of your thighs are like jewels the work of the hands of a master craftsman


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Your navel is a round mixing bowl– may it never lack mixed wine! Your belly is a mound of wheat, encircled by lilies.

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your navel is a round mixing bowl may it never lack mixed wine your belly is a mound of wheat encircled by lilies


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Your neck is like a tower made of ivory. Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus.

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your neck is like a tower made of ivory your eyes are the pools in heshbon by the gate of bath rabbim your nose is like the tower of lebanon overlooking damascus


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Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. The locks of your hair are like royal tapestries– the king is held captive in its tresses!

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your head crowns you like mount carmel the locks of your hair are like royal tapestries the king is held captive in its tresses


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The Palm Tree and the Palm Tree ClimberThe Lover to His Beloved: Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes.

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the palm tree and the palm tree climberthe lover to his beloved your stature is like a palm tree and your breasts are like clusters of grapes


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I want to climb the palm tree, and take hold of its fruit stalks. May your breasts be like the clusters of grapes, and may the fragrance of your breath be like apples!

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i want to climb the palm tree and take hold of its fruit stalks may your breasts be like the clusters of grapes and may the fragrance of your breath be like apples


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May your mouth be like the best wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together.

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may your mouth be like the best wine flowing smoothly for my beloved gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together


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The Journey to the CountrysideThe Beloved to Her Lover: Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night in the villages.

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the journey to the countrysidethe beloved to her lover come my beloved let us go to the countryside let us spend the night in the villages


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Let us rise early to go to the vineyards, to see if the vines have budded, to see if their blossoms have opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom– there I will give you my love.

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let us rise early to go to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded to see if their blossoms have opened if the pomegranates are in bloom there i will give you my love


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The mandrakes send out their fragrance; over our door is every delicacy, both new and old, which I have stored up for you, my lover.

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the mandrakes send out their fragrance over our door is every delicacy both new and old which i have stored up for you my lover


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The Beloved’s Wish SongThe Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother’s breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you– surely no one would despise me!

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the beloved s wish songthe beloved to her lover oh how i wish you were my little brother nursing at my mother s breasts if i saw you outside i could kiss you surely no one would despise me


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I would lead you and bring you to my mother’s house, the one who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

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i would lead you and bring you to my mother s house the one who taught me i would give you spiced wine to drink the nectar of my pomegranates


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Double Refrain: Embracing and AdjurationThe Beloved about Her Lover: His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

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double refrain embracing and adjurationthe beloved about her lover his left hand is under my head and his right hand embraces me


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The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem:“Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!”

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the beloved to the maidens i admonish you o maidens of jerusalem do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases


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The Awakening of LoveThe Maidens about His Beloved: Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved?The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth.

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the awakening of lovethe maidens about his beloved who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved the beloved to her lover under the apple tree i aroused you there your mother conceived you there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth


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The Nature of True LoveThe Beloved to Her Lover: Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame.

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the nature of true lovethe beloved to her lover set me like a cylinder seal over your heart like a signet on your arm for love is as strong as death passion is as unrelenting as sheol its flames burst forth it is a blazing flame


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Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the offer would be utterly despised.

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surging waters cannot quench love floodwaters cannot overflow it if someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love the offer would be utterly despised


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The Brother’s Plan and the Sister’s RewardThe Beloved’s Brothers: We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?

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the brother s plan and the sister s rewardthe beloved s brothers we have a little sister and as yet she has no breasts what shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for


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If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar.

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if she is a wall we will build on her a battlement of silver but if she is a door we will barricade her with boards of cedar


normalized_text: the beloved i was a wall and my breasts were like fortress towers then i found favor in his eyes
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The Beloved: I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes.


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Solomon’s Vineyard and the Beloved’s VineyardThe Beloved to Her Lover: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

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solomon s vineyard and the beloved s vineyardthe beloved to her lover solomon had a vineyard at baal hamon he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit


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My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.

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my vineyard which belongs to me is at my disposal alone the thousand shekels belong to you o solomon and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit


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Epilogue: The Lover’s Request and His Beloved’s InvitationThe Lover to His Beloved: O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to hear it!

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epilogue the lover s request and his beloved s invitationthe lover to his beloved o you who stay in the gardens my companions are listening attentively for your voice let me be the one to hear it


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The Beloved to Her Lover: Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

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the beloved to her lover make haste my beloved be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices


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¶ Heading Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah reigned over Judah.

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heading here is the message about judah and jerusalem that was revealed to isaiah son of amoz during the time when uzziah jotham ahaz and hezekiah reigned over judah


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Obedience, not Sacrifice Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the LORD speaks:“I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!

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obedience not sacrifice listen o heavens pay attention o earth for the lord speaks i raised children i brought them up but they have rebelled against me


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An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand.”

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an ox recognizes its owner a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food but israel does not recognize me my people do not understand


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Beware sinful nation, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the LORD, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.

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beware sinful nation the people weighed down by evil deeds they are offspring who do wrong children who do wicked things they have abandoned the lord and rejected the holy one of israel they are alienated from him


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Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole heart is sick.

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why do you insist on being battered why do you continue to rebel your head has a massive wound your whole heart is sick


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From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.

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from the soles of your feet to your head there is no spot that is unharmed there are only bruises cuts and open wounds they have not been cleansed or bandaged nor have they been treated with olive oil


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Your land is devastated, your cities burned with fire. Right before your eyes your crops are being destroyed by foreign invaders. They leave behind devastation and destruction.

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your land is devastated your cities burned with fire right before your eyes your crops are being destroyed by foreign invaders they leave behind devastation and destruction


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Daughter Zion is left isolated, like a hut in a vineyard, or a shelter in a cucumber field; she is a besieged city.

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daughter zion is left isolated like a hut in a vineyard or a shelter in a cucumber field she is a besieged city


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If the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly been like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.

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if the lord of heaven s armies had not left us a few survivors we would have quickly been like sodom we would have become like gomorrah


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Listen to the LORD’s message, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, people of Gomorrah!

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listen to the lord s message you leaders of sodom pay attention to our god s rebuke people of gomorrah


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“Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?” says the LORD.“I have had my fill of burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.

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of what importance to me are your many sacrifices says the lord i have had my fill of burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers the blood of bulls lambs and goats i do not want


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Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; I consider your incense detestable! You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations, but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations!

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do not bring any more meaningless offerings i consider your incense detestable you observe new moon festivals sabbaths and convocations but i cannot tolerate sin stained celebrations


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When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.

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when you spread out your hands in prayer i look the other way when you offer your many prayers i do not listen because your hands are covered with blood


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Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!

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learn to do what is right promote justice give the oppressed reason to celebrate take up the cause of the orphan defend the rights of the widow


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Come, let’s consider your options,” says the LORD.“Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.

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come let s consider your options says the lord though your sins have stained you like the color red you can become white like snow though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet you can become white like wool


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But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Know for certain that the LORD has spoken.

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but if you refuse and rebel you will be devoured by the sword know for certain that the lord has spoken


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Purifying Judgment How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.

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purifying judgment how tragic that the once faithful city has become a prostitute she was once a center of justice fairness resided in her but now only murderers


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Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

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your officials are rebels they associate with thieves all of them love bribery and look for payoffs they do not take up the cause of the orphan or defend the rights of the widow


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Therefore, the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the Powerful One of Israel, says this:“Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies.

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therefore the sovereign lord of heaven s armies the powerful one of israel says this ah i will seek vengeance against my adversaries i will take revenge against my enemies


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I will reestablish honest judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called,‘The Just City, Faithful Town.’”

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i will reestablish honest judges as in former times wise advisers as in earlier days then you will be called the just city faithful town


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Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you find so desirable; you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship.

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indeed they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you find so desirable you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship


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The powerful will be like a thread of yarn, their deeds like a spark; both will burn together, and no one will put out the fire.

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the powerful will be like a thread of yarn their deeds like a spark both will burn together and no one will put out the fire


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The Future Glory of Jerusalem Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz.

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the future glory of jerusalem here is the message about judah and jerusalem that was revealed to isaiah son of amoz


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In the future the mountain of the LORD’s temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it,

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in the future the mountain of the lord s temple will endure as the most important of mountains and will be the most prominent of hills all the nations will stream to it


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many peoples will come and say,“Come, let us go up to the LORD’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the LORD’s message will issue from Jerusalem.

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many peoples will come and say come let us go up to the lord s mountain to the temple of the god of jacob so he can teach us his requirements and we can follow his standards for zion will be the center for moral instruction the lord s message will issue from jerusalem


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He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

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he will judge disputes between nations he will settle cases for many peoples they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks nations will not take up the sword against other nations and they will no longer train for war


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The Lord’s Day of Judgment Indeed, O LORD, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. For diviners from the east are everywhere; they consult omen readers like the Philistines do. Plenty of foreigners are around.

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the lord s day of judgment indeed o lord you have abandoned your people the descendants of jacob for diviners from the east are everywhere they consult omen readers like the philistines do plenty of foreigners are around


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Their land is full of gold and silver; there is no end to their wealth. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots.

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their land is full of gold and silver there is no end to their wealth their land is full of horses there is no end to their chariots


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Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

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their land is full of worthless idols they worship the product of their own hands what their own fingers have fashioned


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Go up into the rocky cliffs, hide in the ground. Get away from the dreadful judgment of the LORD, from his royal splendor!

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go up into the rocky cliffs hide in the ground get away from the dreadful judgment of the lord from his royal splendor


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Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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proud men will be brought low arrogant men will be humiliated the lord alone will be exalted in that day


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Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated;

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indeed the lord of heaven s armies has planned a day of judgment for all the high and mighty for all who are proud they will be humiliated


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Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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proud men will be humiliated arrogant men will be brought low the lord alone will be exalted in that day


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They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

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they will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the lord and his royal splendor when he rises up to terrify the earth


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At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,

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at that time men will throw their silver and gold idols which they made for themselves to worship into the caves where rodents and bats live


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so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

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so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the lord and his royal splendor when he rises up to terrify the earth


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Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

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stop trusting in human beings whose life s breath is in their nostrils for why should they be given special consideration


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A Coming Leadership Crisis Look, the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah every source of security, including all the food and water,

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a coming leadership crisis look the sovereign lord of heaven s armies is about to remove from jerusalem and judah every source of security including all the food and water


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captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations.

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captains of groups of fifty the respected citizens advisers and those skilled in magical arts and those who know incantations


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The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.

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the people will treat each other harshly men will oppose each other neighbors will fight youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected


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Indeed, a man will grab his brother right in his father’s house and say,‘You own a coat– you be our leader! This heap of ruins will be under your control.’

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indeed a man will grab his brother right in his father s house and say you own a coat you be our leader this heap of ruins will be under your control


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At that time the brother will shout,‘I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don’t make me a leader of the people!’”

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at that time the brother will shout i am no doctor i have no food or coat in my house don t make me a leader of the people


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Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the LORD; they rebel against his royal authority.

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jerusalem certainly stumbles judah falls for their words and their actions offend the lord they rebel against his royal authority


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The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

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the look on their faces testifies to their guilt like the people of sodom they openly boast of their sin woe to them for they bring disaster on themselves


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Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people’s leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.

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oppressors treat my people cruelly creditors rule over them my people s leaders mislead them they give you confusing directions


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The LORD comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says,“It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

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the lord comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials he says it is you who have ruined the vineyard you have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor


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Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies has spoken.

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why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor the sovereign lord of heaven s armies has spoken


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Washing Away Impurity The LORD says,“The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.

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washing away impurity the lord says the women of zion are proud they walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes they skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles


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So the Lord will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women with skin diseases; the LORD will make the front of their heads bald.”

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so the lord will afflict the foreheads of zion s women with skin diseases the lord will make the front of their heads bald


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At that time the Lord will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, neck ornaments, crescent shaped ornaments,

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at that time the lord will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry neck ornaments crescent shaped ornaments


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A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner’s brand will replace beauty.

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a putrid stench will replace the smell of spices a rope will replace a belt baldness will replace braided locks of hair a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe and a prisoner s brand will replace beauty


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Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say,“We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you– take away our shame!”

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seven women will grab hold of one man at that time they will say we will provide our own food we will provide our own clothes but let us belong to you take away our shame


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The Branch of the Lord At that time the crops given by the LORD will bring admiration and honor; the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight to those who remain in Israel.

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the branch of the lord at that time the crops given by the lord will bring admiration and honor the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight to those who remain in israel


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Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called“holy,” all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.

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those remaining in zion those left in jerusalem will be called holy all in jerusalem who are destined to live


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At that time the Lord will wash the excrement from Zion’s women, he will rinse the bloodstains from Jerusalem’s midst, as he comes to judge and to bring devastation.

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at that time the lord will wash the excrement from zion s women he will rinse the bloodstains from jerusalem s midst as he comes to judge and to bring devastation


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Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over its convocations a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flame of fire by night; indeed a canopy will accompany the LORD’s glorious presence.

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then the lord will create over all of mount zion and over its convocations a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flame of fire by night indeed a canopy will accompany the lord s glorious presence


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By day it will be a shelter to provide shade from the heat, as well as safety and protection from the heavy downpour.

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by day it will be a shelter to provide shade from the heat as well as safety and protection from the heavy downpour


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A Love Song Gone Sour I will sing to my love– a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

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a love song gone sour i will sing to my love a song to my lover about his vineyard my love had a vineyard on a fertile hill


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He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.

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he built a hedge around it removed its stones and planted a vine he built a tower in the middle of it and constructed a winepress he waited for it to produce edible grapes but it produced sour ones instead


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What more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead?

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what more can i do for my vineyard beyond what i have already done when i waited for it to produce edible grapes why did it produce sour ones instead


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Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.

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now i will inform you what i am about to do to my vineyard i will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture i will break its wall and allow animals to graze there


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I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.

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i will make it a wasteland no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground and thorns and briers will grow there i will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it


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Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got– disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got– cries for help!

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indeed israel is the vineyard of the lord of heaven s armies the people of judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight he waited for justice but look what he got disobedience he waited for fairness but look what he got cries for help


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Disaster is Coming Beware, those who accumulate houses, who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.

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disaster is coming beware those who accumulate houses who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left and you are the only landowners remaining within the land


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The LORD of Heaven’s Armies told me this:“Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them.

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the lord of heaven s armies told me this many houses will certainly become desolate large impressive houses will have no one living in them


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Indeed, a large vineyard will produce just a few gallons, and enough seed to yield several bushels will produce less than a bushel.”

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indeed a large vineyard will produce just a few gallons and enough seed to yield several bushels will produce less than a bushel


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Beware, those who get up early to drink beer, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.

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beware those who get up early to drink beer those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine


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They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the LORD is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about.

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they have stringed instruments tambourines flutes and wine at their parties so they do not recognize what the lord is doing they do not perceive what he is bringing about


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Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.

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therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding their leaders will have nothing to eat their masses will have nothing to drink


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So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.

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so death will open up its throat and open wide its mouth zion s dignitaries and masses will descend into it including those who revel and celebrate within her


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The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted when he punishes, the holy God’s authority will be recognized when he judges.

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the lord of heaven s armies will be exalted when he punishes the holy god s authority will be recognized when he judges


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Beware, those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

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beware those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead who pull sin as with cart ropes


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They say,“Let him hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take shape and come to pass, then we will know it!”

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they say let him hurry let him act quickly so we can see let the plan of the holy one of israel take shape and come to pass then we will know it


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Beware, those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

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beware those who call evil good and good evil who turn darkness into light and light into darkness who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter


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Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.

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therefore as flaming fire devours straw and dry grass disintegrates in the flames so their root will rot and their flower will blow away like dust for they have rejected the law of the lord of heaven s armies they have spurned the commands of the holy one of israel


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So the LORD is furious with his people; he lifts his hand and strikes them. The mountains shake, and corpses lie like manure in the middle of the streets. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

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so the lord is furious with his people he lifts his hand and strikes them the mountains shake and corpses lie like manure in the middle of the streets despite all this his anger does not subside and his hand is ready to strike again


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He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they come quickly and swiftly.

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he lifts a signal flag for a distant nation he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth look they come quickly and swiftly


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None tire or stumble, they don’t stop to nap or sleep. They don’t loosen their belts, or unstrap their sandals to rest.

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none tire or stumble they don t stop to nap or sleep they don t loosen their belts or unstrap their sandals to rest


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Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are prepared. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm.

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their arrows are sharpened and all their bows are prepared the hooves of their horses are hard as flint and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm


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Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

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their roar is like a lion s they roar like young lions they growl and seize their prey they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue


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At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

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at that time they will growl over their prey it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks one will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster clouds will turn the light into darkness


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Isaiah’s Commission In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple.

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isaiah s commission in the year of king uzziah s death i saw the lord seated on a high elevated throne the hem of his robe filled the temple


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Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly.

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seraphs stood over him each one had six wings with two wings they covered their faces with two they covered their feet and they used the remaining two to fly


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They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”

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they called out to one another holy holy holy is the lord of heaven s armies his majestic splendor fills the entire earth


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I said,“Woe to me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”

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i said woe to me i am destroyed for my lips are contaminated by sin and i live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin my eyes have seen the king the lord of heaven s armies


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But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.

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but then one of the seraphs flew toward me in his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs


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He touched my mouth with it and said,“Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.”

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he touched my mouth with it and said look this coal has touched your lips your evil is removed your sin is forgiven


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I heard the voice of the Lord say,“Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?” I answered,“Here I am, send me!”

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i heard the voice of the lord say whom will i send who will go on our behalf i answered here i am send me


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He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’

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he said go and tell these people listen continually but don t understand look continually but don t perceive


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Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”

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make the hearts of these people calloused make their ears deaf and their eyes blind otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed


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I replied,“How long, Lord?” He said,“Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated,

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i replied how long lord he said until cities are in ruins and unpopulated and houses are uninhabited and the land is ruined and devastated


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and the LORD has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.

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and the lord has sent the people off to a distant place and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned


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Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family.”

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even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land it will again be destroyed like one of the large sacred trees or an asherah pole when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down that sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family


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Ahaz Receives a Sign During the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it.

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ahaz receives a sign during the reign of ahaz son of jotham son of uzziah king of judah king rezin of syria and king pekah son of remaliah of israel marched up to jerusalem to do battle but they were unable to prevail against it


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It was reported to the family of David,“Syria has allied with Ephraim.” They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

normalized_text:
it was reported to the family of david syria has allied with ephraim they and their people were emotionally shaken just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind


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So the LORD told Isaiah,“Go out with your son Shear-jashub and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

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so the lord told isaiah go out with your son shear jashub and meet ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth


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Tell him,‘Make sure you stay calm! Don’t be afraid! Don’t be intimidated by these two stubs of smoking logs, or by the raging anger of Rezin, Syria, and the son of Remaliah.

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tell him make sure you stay calm don t be afraid don t be intimidated by these two stubs of smoking logs or by the raging anger of rezin syria and the son of remaliah


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They say,“Let’s attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it. Then we’ll set up the son of Tabeel as its king.”

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they say let s attack judah terrorize it and conquer it then we ll set up the son of tabeel as its king


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For Syria’s leader is Damascus, and the leader of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation.

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for syria s leader is damascus and the leader of damascus is rezin within sixty five years ephraim will no longer exist as a nation


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Ephraim’s leader is Samaria, and Samaria’s leader is the son of Remaliah. If your faith does not remain firm, then you will not remain secure.”

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ephraim s leader is samaria and samaria s leader is the son of remaliah if your faith does not remain firm then you will not remain secure


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So Isaiah replied,“Pay attention, family of David. Do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men? Is that why you are also trying the patience of my God?

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so isaiah replied pay attention family of david do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men is that why you are also trying the patience of my god


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For this reason the Lord himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel.

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for this reason the lord himself will give you a confirming sign look this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son you young woman will name him immanuel


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He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.

normalized_text:
he will eat sour milk and honey which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right


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Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate.

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here is why this will be so before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate


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The LORD will bring on you, your people, and your father’s family a time unlike any since Ephraim departed from Judah– the king of Assyria!”

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the lord will bring on you your people and your father s family a time unlike any since ephraim departed from judah the king of assyria


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At that time the LORD will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.

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at that time the lord will whistle for flies from the distant streams of egypt and for bees from the land of assyria


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All of them will come and make their home in the ravines between the cliffs, and in the crevices of the cliffs, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering holes.

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all of them will come and make their home in the ravines between the cliffs and in the crevices of the cliffs in all the thorn bushes and in all the watering holes


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At that time the Lord will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave the hair off the head and private parts; it will also shave off the beard.

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at that time the lord will use a razor hired from the banks of the euphrates river the king of assyria to shave the hair off the head and private parts it will also shave off the beard


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From the abundance of milk they produce, he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.

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from the abundance of milk they produce he will have sour milk for his meals indeed everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey


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At that time every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun with thorns and briers.

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at that time every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun with thorns and briers


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They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers. Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them.

normalized_text:
they will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated for fear of the thorns and briers cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them


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A Sign-Child is Born The LORD told me,“Take a large tablet and inscribe these words on it with an ordinary stylus:‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.’

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a sign child is born the lord told me take a large tablet and inscribe these words on it with an ordinary stylus maher shalal hash baz


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I then approached the prophetess for marital relations; she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD told me,“Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz,

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i then approached the prophetess for marital relations she conceived and gave birth to a son the lord told me name him maher shalal hash baz


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for before the child knows how to cry out,‘My father’ or‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

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for before the child knows how to cry out my father or my mother the wealth of damascus and the plunder of samaria will be carried off by the king of assyria


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“These people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah.

normalized_text:
these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of shiloah and melt in fear over rezin and the son of remaliah


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So look, the Lord is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River– the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.

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so look the lord is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the euphrates river the king of assyria and all his majestic power it will reach flood stage and overflow its banks


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It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel.”

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it will spill into judah flooding and engulfing as it reaches to the necks of its victims he will spread his wings out over your entire land o immanuel


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You will be broken, O nations; you will be shattered! Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!

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you will be broken o nations you will be shattered pay attention all you distant lands of the earth get ready for battle and you will be shattered get ready for battle and you will be shattered


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Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

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devise your strategy but it will be thwarted issue your orders but they will not be executed for god is with us


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The Lord Encourages Isaiah Indeed this is what the LORD told me quite forcefully. He warned me not to act like these people:

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the lord encourages isaiah indeed this is what the lord told me quite forcefully he warned me not to act like these people


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“Do not say,‘Conspiracy,’ every time these people say the word. Don’t be afraid of what scares them; don’t be terrified.

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do not say conspiracy every time these people say the word don t be afraid of what scares them don t be terrified


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You must recognize the authority of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.

normalized_text:
you must recognize the authority of the lord of heaven s armies he is the one you must respect he is the one you must fear


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He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble– to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.

normalized_text:
he will become a sanctuary but a stone that makes a person trip and a rock that makes one stumble to the two houses of israel he will become a trap and a snare to the residents of jerusalem


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Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”

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many will stumble over the stone and the rock and will fall and be seriously injured and will be ensnared and captured


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Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers.

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tie up the scroll as legal evidence seal the official record of god s instructions and give it to my followers


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Look, I and the sons whom the LORD has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who lives on Mount Zion.

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look i and the sons whom the lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in israel sent from the lord of heaven s armies who lives on mount zion


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Darkness Turns to Light as an Ideal King Arrives They will say to you,“Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?”

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darkness turns to light as an ideal king arrives they will say to you seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations should people not seek oracles from their gods by asking the dead about the destiny of the living


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Then you must recall the LORD’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

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then you must recall the lord s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened


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They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

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they will pass through the land destitute and starving their hunger will make them angry and they will curse their king and their god as they look upward


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When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

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when one looks out over the land he sees distress and darkness gloom and anxiety darkness and people forced from the land


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(8:23) The gloom will be dispelled for those who were anxious. In earlier times he humiliated the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali; but now he brings honor to the way of the sea, the region beyond the Jordan, and Galilee of the nations.

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8 23 the gloom will be dispelled for those who were anxious in earlier times he humiliated the land of zebulun and the land of naphtali but now he brings honor to the way of the sea the region beyond the jordan and galilee of the nations


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(9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

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9 1 the people walking in darkness see a bright light light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness


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You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder.

normalized_text:
you have enlarged the nation you give them great joy they rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder


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For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.

normalized_text:
for their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders the cudgel the oppressor uses on them you have shattered as in the day of midian s defeat


text:
Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth and every garment dragged through blood is used as fuel for the fire.

normalized_text:
indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth and every garment dragged through blood is used as fuel for the fire


text:
For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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for a child has been born to us a son has been given to us he shoulders responsibility and is called amazing adviser mighty god everlasting father prince of peace


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His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will accomplish this.

normalized_text:
his dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity he will rule on david s throne and over david s kingdom establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness from this time forward and forevermore the zeal of the lord of heaven s armies will accomplish this


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All the people were aware of it, the people of Ephraim and those living in Samaria. Yet with pride and an arrogant attitude, they said,

normalized_text:
all the people were aware of it the people of ephraim and those living in samaria yet with pride and an arrogant attitude they said


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“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”

normalized_text:
the bricks have fallen but we will rebuild with chiseled stone the sycamore fig trees have been cut down but we will replace them with cedars


text:
Syria from the east, and the Philistines from the west, they gobbled up Israelite territory. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

normalized_text:
syria from the east and the philistines from the west they gobbled up israelite territory despite all this his anger does not subside and his hand is ready to strike again


text:
The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

normalized_text:
the people did not return to the one who struck them they did not seek reconciliation with the lord of heaven s armies


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So the Lord was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

normalized_text:
so the lord was not pleased with their young men he took no pity on their orphans and widows for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things every mouth was speaking disgraceful words despite all this his anger does not subside and his hand is ready to strike again


text:
For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

normalized_text:
for evil burned like a fire it consumed thorns and briers it burned up the thickets of the forest and they went up in smoke


text:
Because of the anger of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the land was scorched, and the people became fuel for the fire. People had no compassion on one another.

normalized_text:
because of the anger of the lord of heaven s armies the land was scorched and the people became fuel for the fire people had no compassion on one another


text:
They devoured on the right, but were still hungry, they ate on the left, but were not satisfied. People even ate the flesh of their own arm!

normalized_text:
they devoured on the right but were still hungry they ate on the left but were not satisfied people even ate the flesh of their own arm


text:
Manasseh fought against Ephraim, and Ephraim against Manasseh; together they fought against Judah. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

normalized_text:
manasseh fought against ephraim and ephraim against manasseh together they fought against judah despite all this his anger does not subside and his hand is ready to strike again


text:
to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

normalized_text:
to keep the poor from getting fair treatment and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice so they can steal what widows own and loot what belongs to orphans


text:
What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

normalized_text:
what will you do on judgment day when destruction arrives from a distant place to whom will you run for help where will you leave your wealth


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You will have no place to go, except to kneel with the prisoners, or to fall among those who have been killed. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

normalized_text:
you will have no place to go except to kneel with the prisoners or to fall among those who have been killed despite all this his anger does not subside and his hand is ready to strike again


text:
The Lord Turns on Arrogant Assyria Beware, Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.

normalized_text:
the lord turns on arrogant assyria beware assyria the club i use to vent my anger a cudgel with which i angrily punish


text:
I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.

normalized_text:
i sent him against a godless nation i ordered him to attack the people with whom i was angry to take plunder and to carry away loot to trample them down like dirt in the streets


text:
But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.

normalized_text:
but he does not agree with this his mind does not reason this way for his goal is to destroy and to eliminate many nations


text:
I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols, whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem’s or Samaria’s.

normalized_text:
i overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols whose carved images were more impressive than jerusalem s or samaria s


text:
But when the Lord finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays.

normalized_text:
but when the lord finishes judging mount zion and jerusalem then i will punish the king of assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays


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For he says:“By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.

normalized_text:
for he says by my strong hand i have accomplished this by my strategy that i devised i invaded the territory of nations and looted their storehouses like a mighty conqueror i brought down rulers


text:
My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest, as one gathers up abandoned eggs, I gathered up the whole earth. There was no wing flapping, or open mouth chirping.”

normalized_text:
my hand discovered the wealth of the nations as if it were in a nest as one gathers up abandoned eggs i gathered up the whole earth there was no wing flapping or open mouth chirping


text:
Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!

normalized_text:
does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it as if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood


text:
For this reason the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.

normalized_text:
for this reason the sovereign lord of heaven s armies will make his healthy ones emaciated his majestic glory will go up in smoke


text:
The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s briers and his thorns in one day.

normalized_text:
the light of israel will become a fire their holy one will become a flame it will burn and consume the assyrian king s briers and his thorns in one day


text:
The splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed, as when a sick man’s life ebbs away.

normalized_text:
the splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed as when a sick man s life ebbs away


text:
At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

normalized_text:
at that time those left in israel those who remain of the family of jacob will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them instead they will truly rely on the lord the holy one of israel


text:
For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back. Destruction has been decreed; just punishment is about to engulf you.

normalized_text:
for though your people israel are as numerous as the sand on the seashore only a remnant will come back destruction has been decreed just punishment is about to engulf you


text:
The Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land.

normalized_text:
the sovereign lord of heaven s armies is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land


text:
So here is what the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, says:“My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria, even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as Egypt did.

normalized_text:
so here is what the sovereign lord of heaven s armies says my people who live in zion do not be afraid of assyria even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as egypt did


text:
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is about to beat them with a whip, similar to the way he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will use his staff against the sea, lifting it up as he did in Egypt.

normalized_text:
the lord of heaven s armies is about to beat them with a whip similar to the way he struck down midian at the rock of oreb he will use his staff against the sea lifting it up as he did in egypt


text:
At that time the LORD will remove their burden from your shoulders, and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large.

normalized_text:
at that time the lord will remove their burden from your shoulders and their yoke from your neck the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large


text:
This very day, standing in Nob, they shake their fist at Daughter Zion’s mountain– at the hill of Jerusalem.

normalized_text:
this very day standing in nob they shake their fist at daughter zion s mountain at the hill of jerusalem


text:
Look, the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

normalized_text:
look the sovereign lord of heaven s armies is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power the tallest trees will be cut down the loftiest ones will be brought low


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An Ideal King Establishes a Kingdom of Peace A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.

normalized_text:
an ideal king establishes a kingdom of peace a shoot will grow out of jesse s root stock a bud will sprout from his roots


text:
The LORD’s Spirit will rest on him– a Spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a Spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a Spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the LORD.

normalized_text:
the lord s spirit will rest on him a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the lord


text:
He will take delight in obeying the LORD. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

normalized_text:
he will take delight in obeying the lord he will not judge by mere appearances or make decisions on the basis of hearsay


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He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

normalized_text:
he will treat the poor fairly and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth he will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth and order the wicked to be executed


text:
A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.

normalized_text:
a wolf will reside with a lamb and a leopard will lie down with a young goat an ox and a young lion will graze together as a small child leads them along


text:
A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.

normalized_text:
a cow and a bear will graze together their young will lie down together a lion like an ox will eat straw


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They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain. For there will be universal submission to the LORD’s sovereignty, just as the waters completely cover the sea.

normalized_text:
they will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain for there will be universal submission to the lord s sovereignty just as the waters completely cover the sea


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Israel is Reclaimed and Reunited At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic.

normalized_text:
israel is reclaimed and reunited at that time a root from jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations nations will look to him for guidance and his residence will be majestic


text:
At that time the Lord will again lift his hand to reclaim the remnant of his people from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the seacoasts.

normalized_text:
at that time the lord will again lift his hand to reclaim the remnant of his people from assyria egypt pathros cush elam shinar hamath and the seacoasts


text:
He will lift a signal flag for the nations; he will gather Israel’s dispersed people and assemble Judah’s scattered people from the four corners of the earth.

normalized_text:
he will lift a signal flag for the nations he will gather israel s dispersed people and assemble judah s scattered people from the four corners of the earth


text:
Ephraim’s jealousy will end, and Judah’s hostility will be eliminated. Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah, and Judah will no longer be hostile toward Ephraim.

normalized_text:
ephraim s jealousy will end and judah s hostility will be eliminated ephraim will no longer be jealous of judah and judah will no longer be hostile toward ephraim


text:
They will swoop down on the Philistine hills to the west; together they will loot the people of the east. They will take over Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be their subjects.

normalized_text:
they will swoop down on the philistine hills to the west together they will loot the people of the east they will take over edom and moab and the ammonites will be their subjects


text:
The LORD will divide the gulf of the Egyptian Sea; he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River and send a strong wind, he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, and enable them to walk across in their sandals.

normalized_text:
the lord will divide the gulf of the egyptian sea he will wave his hand over the euphrates river and send a strong wind he will turn it into seven dried up streams and enable them to walk across in their sandals


text:
There will be a highway leading out of Assyria for the remnant of his people, just as there was for Israel, when they went up from the land of Egypt.

normalized_text:
there will be a highway leading out of assyria for the remnant of his people just as there was for israel when they went up from the land of egypt


text:
At that time you will say:“I praise you, O LORD, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me.

normalized_text:
at that time you will say i praise you o lord for even though you were angry with me your anger subsided and you consoled me


text:
Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”

normalized_text:
look god is my deliverer i will trust in him and not fear for the lord gives me strength and protects me he has become my deliverer


text:
At that time you will say:“Praise the LORD! Ask him for help! Publicize his mighty acts among the nations! Make it known that he is unique!

normalized_text:
at that time you will say praise the lord ask him for help publicize his mighty acts among the nations make it known that he is unique


text:
On a bare hill raise a signal flag, shout to them, wave your hand, so they might enter the gates of the princes!

normalized_text:
on a bare hill raise a signal flag shout to them wave your hand so they might enter the gates of the princes


text:
I have given orders to my chosen soldiers; I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger, my boasting, arrogant ones.

normalized_text:
i have given orders to my chosen soldiers i have summoned the warriors through whom i will vent my anger my boasting arrogant ones


text:
There is a loud noise on the mountains– it sounds like a large army! There is great commotion among the kingdoms– nations are being assembled! The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is mustering forces for battle.

normalized_text:
there is a loud noise on the mountains it sounds like a large army there is great commotion among the kingdoms nations are being assembled the lord of heaven s armies is mustering forces for battle


text:
They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the LORD with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth.

normalized_text:
they come from a distant land from the horizon it is the lord with his instruments of judgment coming to destroy the whole earth


text:
Wail, for the LORD’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the Sovereign One.

normalized_text:
wail for the lord s day of judgment is near it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign one


text:
They panic– cramps and pain seize hold of them like those of a woman who is straining to give birth. They look at one another in astonishment; their faces are flushed red.

normalized_text:
they panic cramps and pain seize hold of them like those of a woman who is straining to give birth they look at one another in astonishment their faces are flushed red


text:
Look, the LORD’s day of judgment is coming; it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners.

normalized_text:
look the lord s day of judgment is coming it is a day of cruelty and savage raging anger destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners


text:
Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.

normalized_text:
indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light the sun is darkened as soon as it rises and the moon does not shine


text:
I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin. I will put an end to the pride of the insolent, I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.

normalized_text:
i will punish the world for its evil and wicked people for their sin i will put an end to the pride of the insolent i will bring down the arrogance of tyrants


text:
So I will shake the heavens, and the earth will shake loose from its foundation, because of the fury of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, in the day he vents his raging anger.

normalized_text:
so i will shake the heavens and the earth will shake loose from its foundation because of the fury of the lord of heaven s armies in the day he vents his raging anger


text:
Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd, each will turn toward home, each will run to his homeland.

normalized_text:
like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd each will turn toward home each will run to his homeland


text:
Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

normalized_text:
their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes their houses will be looted and their wives raped


text:
Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.

normalized_text:
look i am stirring up the medes to attack them they are not concerned about silver nor are they interested in gold


text:
Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, they will not look with pity on children.

normalized_text:
their arrows will cut young men to ribbons they have no compassion on a person s offspring they will not look with pity on children


text:
Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.

normalized_text:
babylon the most admired of kingdoms the chaldeans source of honor and pride will be destroyed by god just as sodom and gomorrah were


text:
No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there.

normalized_text:
no one will live there again no one will ever reside there again no bedouin will camp there no shepherds will rest their flocks there


text:
Wild animals will rest there, the ruined houses will be full of hyenas. Ostriches will live there, wild goats will skip among the ruins.

normalized_text:
wild animals will rest there the ruined houses will be full of hyenas ostriches will live there wild goats will skip among the ruins


text:
Wild dogs will yip in her ruined fortresses, jackals will yelp in the once-splendid palaces. Her time is almost up, her days will not be prolonged.

normalized_text:
wild dogs will yip in her ruined fortresses jackals will yelp in the once splendid palaces her time is almost up her days will not be prolonged


text:
The LORD will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.

normalized_text:
the lord will certainly have compassion on jacob he will again choose israel as his special people and restore them to their land resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of jacob


text:
Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Israel will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the LORD’s land. They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.

normalized_text:
nations will take them and bring them back to their own place then the family of israel will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the lord s land they will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them


text:
When the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

normalized_text:
when the lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety and from the hard labor which you were made to perform


text:
you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words:“Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!

normalized_text:
you will taunt the king of babylon with these words look how the oppressor has met his end hostility has ceased


text:
It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint.

normalized_text:
it furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows it angrily ruled over nations oppressing them without restraint


text:
The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing,‘Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’

normalized_text:
the evergreens also rejoice over your demise as do the cedars of lebanon singing since you fell asleep no woodsman comes up to chop us down


text:
Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

normalized_text:
sheol below is stirred up about you ready to meet you when you arrive it rouses the spirits of the dead for you all the former leaders of the earth it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones


text:
Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you.

normalized_text:
your splendor has been brought down to sheol as well as the sound of your stringed instruments you lie on a bed of maggots with a blanket of worms over you


text:
Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations!

normalized_text:
look how you have fallen from the sky o shining one son of the dawn you have been cut down to the ground o conqueror of the nations


text:
You said to yourself,“I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon.

normalized_text:
you said to yourself i will climb up to the sky above the stars of el i will set up my throne i will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of zaphon


text:
Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking:“Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble?

normalized_text:
those who see you stare at you they look at you carefully thinking is this the man who shook the earth the one who made kingdoms tremble


text:
Is this the one who made the world like a wilderness, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?”’

normalized_text:
is this the one who made the world like a wilderness who ruined its cities and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home


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But you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain, among those who have been slashed by the sword, among those headed for the stones of the Pit, as if you were a mangled corpse.

normalized_text:
but you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away you lie among the slain among those who have been slashed by the sword among those headed for the stones of the pit as if you were a mangled corpse


text:
You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

normalized_text:
you will not be buried with them because you destroyed your land and killed your people the offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again


text:
Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities.”

normalized_text:
prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed they must not rise up and take possession of the earth or fill the surface of the world with cities


text:
“I will rise up against them,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, including the offspring she produces,” says the LORD.

normalized_text:
i will rise up against them says the lord of heaven s armies i will blot out all remembrance of babylon and destroy all her people including the offspring she produces says the lord


text:
“I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

normalized_text:
i will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water i will get rid of her just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom says the lord of heaven s armies


text:
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies makes this solemn vow:“Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen.

normalized_text:
the lord of heaven s armies makes this solemn vow be sure of this just as i have intended so it will be just as i have planned it will happen


text:
I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.

normalized_text:
i will break assyria in my land i will trample them underfoot on my hills their yoke will be removed from my people the burden will be lifted from their shoulders


text:
Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?

normalized_text:
indeed the lord of heaven s armies has a plan and who can possibly frustrate it his hand is ready to strike and who can possibly stop it


text:
Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root, and its fruit will be a darting adder.

normalized_text:
don t be so happy all you philistines just because the club that beat you has been broken for a viper will grow out of the serpent s root and its fruit will be a darting adder


text:
The poor will graze in my pastures; the needy will rest securely. But I will kill your root by famine; it will put to death all your survivors.

normalized_text:
the poor will graze in my pastures the needy will rest securely but i will kill your root by famine it will put to death all your survivors


text:
Wail, O city gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

normalized_text:
wail o city gate cry out o city melt with fear all you philistines for out of the north comes a cloud of smoke and there are no stragglers in its ranks


text:
How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the LORD has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

normalized_text:
how will they respond to the messengers of this nation indeed the lord has made zion secure the oppressed among his people will find safety in her


text:
The Lord Will Judge Moab This is an oracle about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed!

normalized_text:
the lord will judge moab this is an oracle about moab indeed in a night it is devastated ar of moab is destroyed indeed in a night it is devastated kir of moab is destroyed


text:
They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.

normalized_text:
they went up to the temple the people of dibon went up to the high places to lament because of what happened to nebo and medeba moab wails every head is shaved bare every beard is trimmed off


text:
In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail, they fall down weeping.

normalized_text:
in their streets they wear sackcloth on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail they fall down weeping


text:
The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. For this reason Moab’s soldiers shout in distress; their courage wavers.

normalized_text:
the people of heshbon and elealeh cry out their voices are heard as far away as jahaz for this reason moab s soldiers shout in distress their courage wavers


text:
My heart cries out because of Moab’s plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim.

normalized_text:
my heart cries out because of moab s plight and for the fugitives stretched out as far as zoar and eglath shelishiyah for they weep as they make their way up the ascent of luhith they loudly lament their demise on the road to horonaim


text:
For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.

normalized_text:
for the waters of nimrim are gone the grass is dried up the vegetation has disappeared and there are no plants


text:
Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim.

normalized_text:
indeed the cries of distress echo throughout moabite territory their wailing can be heard in eglaim and beer elim


text:
Indeed, the waters of Dimon are full of blood! Indeed, I will heap even more trouble on Dimon. A lion will attack the Moabite fugitives and the people left in the land.

normalized_text:
indeed the waters of dimon are full of blood indeed i will heap even more trouble on dimon a lion will attack the moabite fugitives and the people left in the land


text:
Send rams as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the wilderness to the hill of Daughter Zion.

normalized_text:
send rams as tribute to the ruler of the land from sela in the wilderness to the hill of daughter zion


text:
At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest.

normalized_text:
at the fords of the arnon the moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest


text:
“Bring a plan, make a decision! Provide some shade in the middle of the day! Hide the fugitives! Do not betray the one who tries to escape!

normalized_text:
bring a plan make a decision provide some shade in the middle of the day hide the fugitives do not betray the one who tries to escape


text:
Please let the Moabite fugitives live among you. Hide them from the destroyer!” Certainly the one who applies pressure will cease, the destroyer will come to an end, those who trample will disappear from the earth.

normalized_text:
please let the moabite fugitives live among you hide them from the destroyer certainly the one who applies pressure will cease the destroyer will come to an end those who trample will disappear from the earth


text:
Then a trustworthy king will be established; he will rule in a reliable manner, this one from David’s family. He will be sure to make just decisions and will be experienced in executing justice.

normalized_text:
then a trustworthy king will be established he will rule in a reliable manner this one from david s family he will be sure to make just decisions and will be experienced in executing justice


text:
We have heard about Moab’s pride, their great arrogance, their boasting, pride, and excess. But their boastful claims are empty!

normalized_text:
we have heard about moab s pride their great arrogance their boasting pride and excess but their boastful claims are empty


text:
So Moab wails over its demise– they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

normalized_text:
so moab wails over its demise they all wail completely devastated they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of kir hareseth


text:
For the fields of Heshbon are dried up, as well as the vines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations trample all over its vines, which reach Jazer and spread to the wilderness; their shoots spread out and cross the sea.

normalized_text:
for the fields of heshbon are dried up as well as the vines of sibmah the rulers of the nations trample all over its vines which reach jazer and spread to the wilderness their shoots spread out and cross the sea


text:
So I weep along with Jazer over the vines of Sibmah. I will saturate you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh, for the conquering invaders shout triumphantly over your fruit and crops.

normalized_text:
so i weep along with jazer over the vines of sibmah i will saturate you with my tears heshbon and elealeh for the conquering invaders shout triumphantly over your fruit and crops


text:
Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards, and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts; no one treads out juice in the wine vats– I have brought the joyful shouts to an end.

normalized_text:
joy and happiness disappear from the orchards and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts no one treads out juice in the wine vats i have brought the joyful shouts to an end


text:
So my heart constantly sighs for Moab, like the strumming of a harp, my inner being sighs for Kir Hareseth.

normalized_text:
so my heart constantly sighs for moab like the strumming of a harp my inner being sighs for kir hareseth


text:
When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective!

normalized_text:
when the moabites plead with all their might at their high places and enter their temples to pray their prayers will be ineffective


text:
Now the LORD makes this announcement:“Within exactly three years Moab’s splendor will disappear, along with all her many people; there will be just a few, insignificant survivors left.”

normalized_text:
now the lord makes this announcement within exactly three years moab s splendor will disappear along with all her many people there will be just a few insignificant survivors left


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The Lord Will Judge Damascus This is an oracle about Damascus:“Look, Damascus is no longer a city, it is a heap of ruins!

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the lord will judge damascus this is an oracle about damascus look damascus is no longer a city it is a heap of ruins


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Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim, and Damascus will lose its kingdom. The survivors in Syria will end up like the splendor of the Israelites,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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fortified cities will disappear from ephraim and damascus will lose its kingdom the survivors in syria will end up like the splendor of the israelites says the lord of heaven s armies


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It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest, and his hand gleans the ear of grain. It will be like one gathering the ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

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it will be as when one gathers the grain harvest and his hand gleans the ear of grain it will be like one gathering the ears of grain in the valley of rephaim


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There will be some left behind, like when an olive tree is beaten– two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top, four or five on its fruitful branches,” says the LORD God of Israel.

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there will be some left behind like when an olive tree is beaten two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top four or five on its fruitful branches says the lord god of israel


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They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.

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they will no longer trust in the altars their hands made or depend on the asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made


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At that time their fortified cities will be like the abandoned summits of the Amorites, which they abandoned because of the Israelites; there will be desolation.

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at that time their fortified cities will be like the abandoned summits of the amorites which they abandoned because of the israelites there will be desolation


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For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.

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for you ignore the god who rescues you you pay no attention to your strong protector so this is what happens you cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines


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The day you begin cultivating, you do what you can to make it grow; the morning you begin planting, you do what you can to make it sprout. Yet the harvest will disappear in the day of disease and incurable pain.

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the day you begin cultivating you do what you can to make it grow the morning you begin planting you do what you can to make it sprout yet the harvest will disappear in the day of disease and incurable pain


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Beware, you many nations massing together, those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea’s waves. Beware, you people making such an uproar, those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves.

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beware you many nations massing together those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea s waves beware you people making such an uproar those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves


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Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale.

normalized_text:
though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves when he shouts at them they will flee to a distant land driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills or like dead thistles before a strong gale


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In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!

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in the evening there is sudden terror by morning they vanish this is the fate of those who try to plunder us the destiny of those who try to loot us


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The Lord Will Judge a Distant Land in the South Beware, land of buzzing wings, the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

normalized_text:
the lord will judge a distant land in the south beware land of buzzing wings the one beyond the rivers of cush


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that sends messengers by sea, who glide over the water’s surface in boats made of papyrus. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people, to a people that are feared far and wide, to a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide.

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that sends messengers by sea who glide over the water s surface in boats made of papyrus go you swift messengers to a nation of tall smooth skinned people to a people that are feared far and wide to a nation strong and victorious whose land rivers divide


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All you who live in the world, who reside on the earth, you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains; you will hear a trumpet being blown.

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all you who live in the world who reside on the earth you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains you will hear a trumpet being blown


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For this is what the LORD has told me:“I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest.”

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for this is what the lord has told me i will wait and watch from my place like scorching heat produced by the sunlight like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest


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For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils.

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for before the harvest when the bud has sprouted and the ripening fruit appears he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives he will prune the tendrils


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They will all be left for the birds of the hills and the wild animals; the birds will eat them during the summer, and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.

normalized_text:
they will all be left for the birds of the hills and the wild animals the birds will eat them during the summer and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter


text:
At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned, a people that are feared far and wide, a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. The tribute will be brought to the place where the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion.

normalized_text:
at that time tribute will be brought to the lord of heaven s armies by a people that are tall and smooth skinned a people that are feared far and wide a nation strong and victorious whose land rivers divide the tribute will be brought to the place where the lord of heaven s armies has chosen to reside on mount zion


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The Lord Will Judge Egypt This is an oracle about Egypt: Look, the LORD rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.

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the lord will judge egypt this is an oracle about egypt look the lord rides on a swift moving cloud and approaches egypt the idols of egypt tremble before him the egyptians lose their courage


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“I will provoke civil strife in Egypt, brothers will fight with each other, as will neighbors, cities, and kingdoms.

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i will provoke civil strife in egypt brothers will fight with each other as will neighbors cities and kingdoms


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The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.

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the egyptians will panic and i will confuse their strategy they will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits and from the magicians


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I will hand Egypt over to a harsh master; a powerful king will rule over them,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

normalized_text:
i will hand egypt over to a harsh master a powerful king will rule over them says the sovereign lord of heaven s armies


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The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

normalized_text:
the canals will stink the streams of egypt will trickle and then dry up the bulrushes and reeds will decay


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along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away.

normalized_text:
along with the plants by the mouth of the river all the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away


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The fishermen will mourn and lament, all those who cast a fishhook into the river, and those who spread out a net on the water’s surface will grieve.

normalized_text:
the fishermen will mourn and lament all those who cast a fishhook into the river and those who spread out a net on the water s surface will grieve


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The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh,“I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?”

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the officials of zoan are nothing but fools pharaoh s wise advisers give stupid advice how dare you say to pharaoh i am one of the sages one well versed in the writings of the ancient kings


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But where, oh where, are your wise men? Let them tell you, let them find out what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned for Egypt.

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but where oh where are your wise men let them tell you let them find out what the lord of heaven s armies has planned for egypt


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The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray.

normalized_text:
the officials of zoan are fools the officials of memphis are misled the rulers of her tribes lead egypt astray


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The LORD has made them undiscerning; they lead Egypt astray in all she does, so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit.

normalized_text:
the lord has made them undiscerning they lead egypt astray in all she does so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit


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At that time the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because the LORD of Heaven’s Armies brandishes his fist against them.

normalized_text:
at that time the egyptians will be like women they will tremble and fear because the lord of heaven s armies brandishes his fist against them


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The land of Judah will humiliate Egypt. Everyone who hears about Judah will be afraid because of what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is planning to do to them.

normalized_text:
the land of judah will humiliate egypt everyone who hears about judah will be afraid because of what the lord of heaven s armies is planning to do to them


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At that time five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. One will be called the City of the Sun.

normalized_text:
at that time five cities in the land of egypt will speak the language of canaan and swear allegiance to the lord of heaven s armies one will be called the city of the sun


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At that time there will be an altar for the LORD in the middle of the land of Egypt, as well as a sacred pillar dedicated to the LORD at its border.

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at that time there will be an altar for the lord in the middle of the land of egypt as well as a sacred pillar dedicated to the lord at its border


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It will become a visual reminder in the land of Egypt of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. When they cry out to the LORD because of oppressors, he will send them a deliverer and defender who will rescue them.

normalized_text:
it will become a visual reminder in the land of egypt of the lord of heaven s armies when they cry out to the lord because of oppressors he will send them a deliverer and defender who will rescue them


text:
The LORD will reveal himself to the Egyptians, and they will acknowledge the LORD’s authority at that time. They will present sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.

normalized_text:
the lord will reveal himself to the egyptians and they will acknowledge the lord s authority at that time they will present sacrifices and offerings they will make vows to the lord and fulfill them


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The LORD will strike Egypt, striking and then healing them. They will turn to the LORD and he will listen to their prayers and heal them.

normalized_text:
the lord will strike egypt striking and then healing them they will turn to the lord and he will listen to their prayers and heal them


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At that time there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will visit Egypt, and the Egyptians will visit Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

normalized_text:
at that time there will be a highway from egypt to assyria the assyrians will visit egypt and the egyptians will visit assyria the egyptians and assyrians will worship together


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At that time Israel will be the third member of the group, along with Egypt and Assyria, and will be a recipient of blessing in the earth.

normalized_text:
at that time israel will be the third member of the group along with egypt and assyria and will be a recipient of blessing in the earth


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The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth, saying,“Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my special possession, Israel!”

normalized_text:
the lord of heaven s armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth saying blessed be my people egypt and the work of my hands assyria and my special possession israel


text:
The LORD revealed the following message during the year in which King Sargon of Assyria sent his commanding general to Ashdod, and he fought against it and captured it.

normalized_text:
the lord revealed the following message during the year in which king sargon of assyria sent his commanding general to ashdod and he fought against it and captured it


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At that time the LORD announced through Isaiah son of Amoz:“Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and take your sandals off your feet.” He did as instructed and walked around in undergarments and barefoot.

normalized_text:
at that time the lord announced through isaiah son of amoz go remove the sackcloth from your waist and take your sandals off your feet he did as instructed and walked around in undergarments and barefoot


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Later the LORD explained,“In the same way that my servant Isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years, as an object lesson and omen pertaining to Egypt and Cush,

normalized_text:
later the lord explained in the same way that my servant isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years as an object lesson and omen pertaining to egypt and cush


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so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, both young and old. They will be in undergarments and barefoot, with the buttocks exposed; the Egyptians will be publicly humiliated.

normalized_text:
so the king of assyria will lead away the captives of egypt and the exiles of cush both young and old they will be in undergarments and barefoot with the buttocks exposed the egyptians will be publicly humiliated


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At that time those who live on this coast will say,‘Look what has happened to our source of hope to whom we fled for help, expecting to be rescued from the king of Assyria! How can we escape now?’”

normalized_text:
at that time those who live on this coast will say look what has happened to our source of hope to whom we fled for help expecting to be rescued from the king of assyria how can we escape now


text:
The Lord Will Judge Babylon This is an oracle about the wilderness by the Sea: Like strong winds blowing in the south, one invades from the wilderness, from a land that is feared.

normalized_text:
the lord will judge babylon this is an oracle about the wilderness by the sea like strong winds blowing in the south one invades from the wilderness from a land that is feared


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I have received a distressing message:“The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!”

normalized_text:
i have received a distressing message the deceiver deceives the destroyer destroys attack you elamites lay siege you medes i will put an end to all the groaning


text:
For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.

normalized_text:
for this reason my stomach churns cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor i am disturbed by what i hear horrified by what i see


normalized_text: arrange the table lay out the carpet eat and drink get up you officers smear oil on the shields
text:
Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields!


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When he sees chariots, teams of horses, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert.”

normalized_text:
when he sees chariots teams of horses riders on donkeys riders on camels he must be alert very alert


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Then the guard cries out:“On the watchtower, O Lord, I stand all day long; at my post I am stationed every night.

normalized_text:
then the guard cries out on the watchtower o lord i stand all day long at my post i am stationed every night


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Look what’s coming! A charioteer, a team of horses.” When questioned, he replies,“Babylon has fallen, fallen! All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

normalized_text:
look what s coming a charioteer a team of horses when questioned he replies babylon has fallen fallen all the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground


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O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you.

normalized_text:
o my downtrodden people crushed like stalks on the threshing floor what i have heard from the lord of heaven s armies the god of israel i have reported to you


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Bad News for Seir This is an oracle about Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir,“Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

normalized_text:
bad news for seir this is an oracle about dumah someone calls to me from seir watchman what is left of the night watchman what is left of the night


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The Lord Will Judge Arabia This is an oracle about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans.

normalized_text:
the lord will judge arabia this is an oracle about arabia in the thicket of arabia you spend the night you dedanite caravans


text:
Bring out some water for the thirsty. You who live in the land of Tema, bring some food for the fugitives.

normalized_text:
bring out some water for the thirsty you who live in the land of tema bring some food for the fugitives


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For they flee from the swords– from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.

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for they flee from the swords from the drawn sword and from the battle ready bow and from the severity of the battle


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For this is what the Lord has told me:“Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.

normalized_text:
for this is what the lord has told me within exactly one year all the splendor of kedar will come to an end


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Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left.” Indeed, the LORD God of Israel has spoken.

normalized_text:
just a handful of archers the warriors of kedar will be left indeed the lord god of israel has spoken


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The Lord Will Judge Jerusalem This is an oracle about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops?

normalized_text:
the lord will judge jerusalem this is an oracle about the valley of vision what is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops


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The noisy city is full of raucous sounds; the town is filled with revelry. Your slain were not cut down by the sword; they did not die in battle.

normalized_text:
the noisy city is full of raucous sounds the town is filled with revelry your slain were not cut down by the sword they did not die in battle


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All your leaders ran away together– they fled to a distant place; all your refugees were captured together– they were captured without a single arrow being shot.

normalized_text:
all your leaders ran away together they fled to a distant place all your refugees were captured together they were captured without a single arrow being shot


text:
So I say:“Don’t look at me! I am weeping bitterly. Don’t try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.”

normalized_text:
so i say don t look at me i am weeping bitterly don t try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people


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For the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, has planned a day of panic, defeat, and confusion. In the Valley of Vision people shout and cry out to the hill.

normalized_text:
for the sovereign lord of heaven s armies has planned a day of panic defeat and confusion in the valley of vision people shout and cry out to the hill


text:
The Elamites picked up the quiver, and came with chariots and horsemen; the men of Kir prepared the shield.

normalized_text:
the elamites picked up the quiver and came with chariots and horsemen the men of kir prepared the shield


normalized_text: your very best valleys were full of chariots horsemen confidently took their positions at the gate
text:
Your very best valleys were full of chariots; horsemen confidently took their positions at the gate.


text:
They removed the defenses of Judah. At that time you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest.

normalized_text:
they removed the defenses of judah at that time you looked for the weapons in the house of the forest


text:
You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.

normalized_text:
you counted the houses in jerusalem and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall


text:
You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool– but you did not trust in the one who made it; you did not depend on the one who formed it long ago!

normalized_text:
you made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool but you did not trust in the one who made it you did not depend on the one who formed it long ago


text:
At that time the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

normalized_text:
at that time the sovereign lord of heaven s armies called for weeping and mourning for shaved heads and sackcloth


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But look, there is outright celebration! You say,“Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

normalized_text:
but look there is outright celebration you say kill the ox and slaughter the sheep eat meat and drink wine eat and drink for tomorrow we die


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The LORD of Heaven’s Armies told me this:“Certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

normalized_text:
the lord of heaven s armies told me this certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live says the sovereign lord of heaven s armies


text:
This is what the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, says:“Go visit this administrator, Shebna, who supervises the palace, and tell him:

normalized_text:
this is what the sovereign lord of heaven s armies says go visit this administrator shebna who supervises the palace and tell him


text:
‘What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff.

normalized_text:
what right do you have to be here what relatives do you have buried here why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here he chisels out his burial site in an elevated place he carves out his tomb on a cliff


text:
He will wind you up tightly into a ball and throw you into a wide, open land. There you will die, and there with you will be your impressive chariots, which bring disgrace to the house of your master.

normalized_text:
he will wind you up tightly into a ball and throw you into a wide open land there you will die and there with you will be your impressive chariots which bring disgrace to the house of your master


text:
I will put your robe on him, tie your belt around him, and transfer your authority to him. He will become a protector of the residents of Jerusalem and of the people of Judah.

normalized_text:
i will put your robe on him tie your belt around him and transfer your authority to him he will become a protector of the residents of jerusalem and of the people of judah


text:
I will place the key to the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens the door, no one can close it; when he closes the door, no one can open it.

normalized_text:
i will place the key to the house of david on his shoulder when he opens the door no one can close it when he closes the door no one can open it


text:
I will fasten him like a peg into a solid place; he will bring honor and respect to his father’s family.

normalized_text:
i will fasten him like a peg into a solid place he will bring honor and respect to his father s family


text:
His father’s family will gain increasing prominence because of him, including the offspring and the offshoots. All the small containers, including the bowls and all the jars will hang from this peg.’

normalized_text:
his father s family will gain increasing prominence because of him including the offspring and the offshoots all the small containers including the bowls and all the jars will hang from this peg


text:
“At that time,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

normalized_text:
at that time says the lord of heaven s armies the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose it will be cut off and fall and the load hanging on it will be cut off indeed the lord has spoken


text:
The Lord Will Judge Tyre This is an oracle about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.

normalized_text:
the lord will judge tyre this is an oracle about tyre wail you large ships for the port is too devastated to enter from the land of cyprus this news is announced to them


text:
Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over

normalized_text:
lament you residents of the coast you merchants of sidon who travel over the sea whose agents sail over


text:
the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations.

normalized_text:
the deep waters grain from the shihor region crops grown near the nile she receives she is the trade center of the nations


text:
Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea says this, O fortress of the sea:“I have not gone into labor or given birth; I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

normalized_text:
be ashamed o sidon for the sea says this o fortress of the sea i have not gone into labor or given birth i have not raised young men or brought up young women


text:
Is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past, and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?

normalized_text:
is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside


text:
Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?

normalized_text:
who planned this for royal tyre whose merchants are princes whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth


text:
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies planned it– to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

normalized_text:
the lord of heaven s armies planned it to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth


text:
Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre.

normalized_text:
daughter tarshish travel back to your land as one crosses the nile there is no longer any marketplace in tyre


text:
The LORD stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan’s fortresses.

normalized_text:
the lord stretched out his hand over the sea he shook kingdoms he gave the order to destroy canaan s fortresses


text:
He said,“You will no longer celebrate, oppressed virgin daughter Sidon! Get up, travel to Cyprus, but you will find no relief there.”

normalized_text:
he said you will no longer celebrate oppressed virgin daughter sidon get up travel to cyprus but you will find no relief there


text:
Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, demolished its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins.

normalized_text:
look at the land of the chaldeans these people who have lost their identity the assyrians have made it a home for wild animals they erected their siege towers demolished its fortresses and turned it into a heap of ruins


text:
At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the typical life span of a king. At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song:

normalized_text:
at that time tyre will be forgotten for seventy years the typical life span of a king at the end of seventy years tyre will try to attract attention again like the prostitute in the popular song


text:
“Take the harp, go through the city, forgotten prostitute! Play it well, play lots of songs, so you’ll be noticed!”

normalized_text:
take the harp go through the city forgotten prostitute play it well play lots of songs so you ll be noticed


text:
At the end of seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth’s kingdoms.

normalized_text:
at the end of seventy years the lord will revive tyre she will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth s kingdoms


text:
Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the LORD. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the LORD’s presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes.

normalized_text:
her profits and earnings will be set apart for the lord they will not be stored up or accumulated for her profits will be given to those who live in the lord s presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes


text:
The Lord Will Judge the Earth Look, the LORD is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

normalized_text:
the lord will judge the earth look the lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants


text:
Everyone will suffer– the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor.

normalized_text:
everyone will suffer the priest as well as the people the master as well as the servant the elegant lady as well as the female attendant the seller as well as the buyer the borrower as well as the lender the creditor as well as the debtor


text:
The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the LORD has decreed this judgment.

normalized_text:
the earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked for the lord has decreed this judgment


text:
The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.

normalized_text:
the earth dries up and withers the world shrivels up and withers the prominent people of the earth fade away


text:
The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty.

normalized_text:
the earth is defiled by its inhabitants for they have violated laws disregarded the regulation and broken the permanent treaty


text:
So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.

normalized_text:
so a treaty curse devours the earth its inhabitants pay for their guilt this is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear and are reduced to just a handful of people


text:
The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases.

normalized_text:
the happy sound of the tambourines stops the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt the happy sound of the harp ceases


text:
They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; all joy turns to sorrow; celebrations disappear from the earth.

normalized_text:
they howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine all joy turns to sorrow celebrations disappear from the earth


text:
This is what will happen throughout the earth, among the nations. It will be like when they beat an olive tree, and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest.

normalized_text:
this is what will happen throughout the earth among the nations it will be like when they beat an olive tree and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest


text:
From the ends of the earth we hear songs– the Just One is majestic. But I say,“I’m wasting away! I’m wasting away! I’m doomed! Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!”

normalized_text:
from the ends of the earth we hear songs the just one is majestic but i say i m wasting away i m wasting away i m doomed deceivers deceive deceivers thoroughly deceive


text:
The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake.

normalized_text:
the one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit the one who climbs out of the pit will be trapped by the snare for the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake


text:
The earth will stagger around like a drunk; it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. Its sin will weigh it down, and it will fall and never get up again.

normalized_text:
the earth will stagger around like a drunk it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm its sin will weigh it down and it will fall and never get up again


text:
The Lord Will Become King At that time the LORD will punish the heavenly forces in the heavens and the earthly kings on the earth.

normalized_text:
the lord will become king at that time the lord will punish the heavenly forces in the heavens and the earthly kings on the earth


text:
They will be imprisoned in a pit, locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, they will be punished.

normalized_text:
they will be imprisoned in a pit locked up in a prison and after staying there for a long time they will be punished


text:
The full moon will be covered up, the bright sun will be darkened; for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will rule on Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.

normalized_text:
the full moon will be covered up the bright sun will be darkened for the lord of heaven s armies will rule on mount zion in jerusalem in the presence of his assembly in majestic splendor


text:
O LORD, you are my God! I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame. For you have done extraordinary things, and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed.

normalized_text:
o lord you are my god i will exalt you in praise i will extol your fame for you have done extraordinary things and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed


text:
Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city, it will never be rebuilt.

normalized_text:
indeed you have made the city into a heap of rubble the fortified town into a heap of ruins the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city it will never be rebuilt


text:
For you are a protector for the poor, a protector for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm,

normalized_text:
for you are a protector for the poor a protector for the needy in their distress a shelter from the rainstorm a shade from the heat though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm


text:
like heat in a dry land, you humble the boasting foreigners. Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside, so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.

normalized_text:
like heat in a dry land you humble the boasting foreigners just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside so he causes the song of tyrants to cease


text:
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine– tender meat and choicest wine.

normalized_text:
the lord of heaven s armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain at this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine tender meat and choicest wine


text:
On this mountain he will swallow up the shroud that is over all the peoples, the woven covering that is over all the nations;

normalized_text:
on this mountain he will swallow up the shroud that is over all the peoples the woven covering that is over all the nations


text:
he will swallow up death permanently. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. Indeed, the LORD has announced it!

normalized_text:
he will swallow up death permanently the sovereign lord will wipe away the tears from every face and remove his people s disgrace from all the earth indeed the lord has announced it


text:
At that time they will say,“Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the LORD! We waited for him. Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

normalized_text:
at that time they will say look here is our god we waited for him and he delivered us here is the lord we waited for him let s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance


text:
For the LORD’s power will make this mountain secure. Moab will be trampled down where it stands, as a heap of straw is trampled down in a manure pile.

normalized_text:
for the lord s power will make this mountain secure moab will be trampled down where it stands as a heap of straw is trampled down in a manure pile


text:
Moab will spread out its hands in the middle of it, just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim; the LORD will bring down Moab’s pride as it spreads its hands.

normalized_text:
moab will spread out its hands in the middle of it just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim the lord will bring down moab s pride as it spreads its hands


text:
The fortified city(along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

normalized_text:
the fortified city along with the very tops of your walls he will knock down he will bring it down he will throw it down to the dusty ground


text:
Judah Will Celebrate At that time this song will be sung in the land of Judah:“We have a strong city! The LORD’s deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure.

normalized_text:
judah will celebrate at that time this song will be sung in the land of judah we have a strong city the lord s deliverance like walls and a rampart makes it secure


text:
Indeed, the LORD knocks down those who live in a high place, he brings down an elevated town; he brings it down to the ground, he throws it down to the dust.

normalized_text:
indeed the lord knocks down those who live in a high place he brings down an elevated town he brings it down to the ground he throws it down to the dust


text:
God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

normalized_text:
god s people anticipate vindication the way of the righteous is level the path of the righteous that you make is straight


text:
I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.

normalized_text:
i look for you during the night my spirit within me seeks you at dawn for when your judgments come upon the earth those who live in the world learn about justice


text:
If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the LORD’s majesty revealed.

normalized_text:
if the wicked are shown mercy they do not learn about justice even in a land where right is rewarded they act unjustly they do not see the lord s majesty revealed


text:
O LORD, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.

normalized_text:
o lord you are ready to act but they don t even notice they will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind yes fire will consume your enemies


text:
The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.

normalized_text:
the dead do not come back to life the spirits of the dead do not rise that is because you came in judgment and destroyed them you wiped out all memory of them


text:
You have made the nation larger, O LORD, you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor, you have extended all the borders of the land.

normalized_text:
you have made the nation larger o lord you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor you have extended all the borders of the land


text:
As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so were we because of you, O LORD.

normalized_text:
as when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains so were we because of you o lord


text:
We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born.

normalized_text:
we were pregnant we strained we gave birth as it were to wind we cannot produce deliverance on the earth people to populate the world are not born


text:
Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.

normalized_text:
your dead will come back to life your corpses will rise up wake up and shout joyfully you who live in the ground for you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits


text:
Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over!

normalized_text:
go my people enter your inner rooms close your doors behind you hide for a little while until his angry judgment is over


text:
For look, the LORD is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.

normalized_text:
for look the lord is coming out of the place where he lives to punish the sin of those who live on the earth the earth will display the blood shed on it it will no longer cover up its slain


text:
At that time the LORD will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster.

normalized_text:
at that time the lord will punish with his destructive great and powerful sword leviathan the fast moving serpent leviathan the squirming serpent he will kill the sea monster


text:
I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,

normalized_text:
i am not angry i wish i could confront some thorns and briers then i would march against them for battle i would set them all on fire


text:
The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.

normalized_text:
the time is coming when jacob will take root israel will blossom and grow branches the produce will fill the surface of the world


text:
Has the LORD struck down Israel like he did their oppressors? Has Israel been killed like their enemies?

normalized_text:
has the lord struck down israel like he did their oppressors has israel been killed like their enemies


text:
When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.

normalized_text:
when you summon her for divorce you prosecute her he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind


text:
So in this way Jacob’s sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.

normalized_text:
so in this way jacob s sin will be forgiven and this is how they will show they are finished sinning they will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone and the asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand


text:
For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the wilderness. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.

normalized_text:
for the fortified city is left alone it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the wilderness calves graze there they lie down there and eat its branches bare


text:
When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

normalized_text:
when its branches get brittle they break women come and use them for kindling for these people lack understanding therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them the one who formed them has no mercy on them


text:
At that time the LORD will shake the tree, from the Euphrates River to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites.

normalized_text:
at that time the lord will shake the tree from the euphrates river to the stream of egypt then you will be gathered up one by one o israelites


text:
At that time a large trumpet will be blown, and the ones lost in the land of Assyria will come, as well as the refugees in the land of Egypt. They will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

normalized_text:
at that time a large trumpet will be blown and the ones lost in the land of assyria will come as well as the refugees in the land of egypt they will worship the lord on the holy mountain in jerusalem


text:
The Lord Will Judge Samaria The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine.

normalized_text:
the lord will judge samaria the splendid crown of ephraim s drunkards is doomed the withering flower its beautiful splendor situated at the head of a rich valley the crown of those overcome with wine


text:
Look, the Lord sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.

normalized_text:
look the lord sends a strong powerful one with the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm with the might of a driving torrential rainstorm he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand


text:
The withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, will be like an early fig before harvest– as soon as someone notices it, he grabs it and swallows it.

normalized_text:
the withering flower its beautiful splendor situated at the head of a rich valley will be like an early fig before harvest as soon as someone notices it he grabs it and swallows it


text:
At that time the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will become a beautiful crown and a splendid diadem for the remnant of his people.

normalized_text:
at that time the lord of heaven s armies will become a beautiful crown and a splendid diadem for the remnant of his people


text:
He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.

normalized_text:
he will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions and strength to those who defend the city from attackers


text:
Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer– priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.

normalized_text:
even these men stagger because of wine they stumble around because of beer priests and prophets stagger because of beer they are confused because of wine they stumble around because of beer they stagger while seeing prophetic visions they totter while making legal decisions


text:
Who is the LORD trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother’s breast!

normalized_text:
who is the lord trying to teach to whom is he explaining a message those just weaned from milk those just taken from their mother s breast


normalized_text: indeed they will hear meaningless gibberish senseless babbling a syllable here a syllable there
text:
Indeed, they will hear meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there.


text:
In the past he said to them,“This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.

normalized_text:
in the past he said to them this is where security can be found provide security for the one who is exhausted this is where rest can be found but they refused to listen


text:
So the LORD’s message to them will sound like meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there. As a result, they will fall on their backsides when they try to walk, and be injured, ensnared, and captured.

normalized_text:
so the lord s message to them will sound like meaningless gibberish senseless babbling a syllable here a syllable there as a result they will fall on their backsides when they try to walk and be injured ensnared and captured


text:
The Lord Will Judge Jerusalem Therefore, listen to the LORD’s message, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!

normalized_text:
the lord will judge jerusalem therefore listen to the lord s message you who mock you rulers of these people who reside in jerusalem


text:
For you say,“We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word.”

normalized_text:
for you say we have made a treaty with death with sheol we have made an agreement when the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us for we have made a lie our refuge we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word


text:
Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD, says:“Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.

normalized_text:
therefore this is what the sovereign lord says look i am laying a stone in zion an approved stone set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation the one who maintains his faith will not panic


text:
I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

normalized_text:
i will make justice the measuring line fairness the plumb line hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place


text:
Your treaty with death will be dissolved; your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, you will be overrun by it.

normalized_text:
your treaty with death will be dissolved your agreement with sheol will not last when the overwhelming judgment sweeps by you will be overrun by it


text:
Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you; indeed, every morning it will sweep by, it will come through during the day and the night.” When this announcement is understood, it will cause nothing but terror.

normalized_text:
whenever it sweeps by it will overtake you indeed every morning it will sweep by it will come through during the day and the night when this announcement is understood it will cause nothing but terror


text:
For the LORD will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon, to accomplish his work, his peculiar work, to perform his task, his strange task.

normalized_text:
for the lord will rise up as he did at mount perazim he will rouse himself as he did in the valley of gibeon to accomplish his work his peculiar work to perform his task his strange task


text:
So now, do not mock, or your chains will become heavier! For I have heard a message about decreed destruction, from the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, against the entire land.

normalized_text:
so now do not mock or your chains will become heavier for i have heard a message about decreed destruction from the sovereign lord of heaven s armies against the entire land


text:
Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?

normalized_text:
does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground


text:
Once he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter the seed of the caraway plant, sow the seed of the cumin plant, and plant the wheat, barley, and grain in their designated places?

normalized_text:
once he has leveled its surface does he not scatter the seed of the caraway plant sow the seed of the cumin plant and plant the wheat barley and grain in their designated places


text:
Certainly caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed. Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick, and cumin seed with a flail.

normalized_text:
certainly caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick and cumin seed with a flail


text:
Grain is crushed, though one certainly does not thresh it forever. The wheel of one’s wagon rolls over it, but his horses do not crush it.

normalized_text:
grain is crushed though one certainly does not thresh it forever the wheel of one s wagon rolls over it but his horses do not crush it


text:
This also comes from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom.

normalized_text:
this also comes from the lord of heaven s armies who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom


text:
Ariel is Besieged Ariel is as good as dead– Ariel, the town David besieged! Keep observing your annual rituals; celebrate your festivals on schedule.

normalized_text:
ariel is besieged ariel is as good as dead ariel the town david besieged keep observing your annual rituals celebrate your festivals on schedule


text:
I will lay siege to you on all sides; I will besiege you with troops; I will raise siege works against you.

normalized_text:
i will lay siege to you on all sides i will besiege you with troops i will raise siege works against you


text:
You will fall; while lying on the ground you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation.

normalized_text:
you will fall while lying on the ground you will speak from the dust where you lie your words will be heard your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation


text:
But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash.

normalized_text:
but the horde of invaders will be like fine dust the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away it will happen suddenly in a flash


text:
Judgment will come from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, accompanied by thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise, by a strong gale, a windstorm, and a consuming flame of fire.

normalized_text:
judgment will come from the lord of heaven s armies accompanied by thunder earthquake and a loud noise by a strong gale a windstorm and a consuming flame of fire


text:
It will be like a dream, a night vision. There will be a horde from all the nations that fight against Ariel, those who attack her and her stronghold and besiege her.

normalized_text:
it will be like a dream a night vision there will be a horde from all the nations that fight against ariel those who attack her and her stronghold and besiege her


text:
It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating, only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking, only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

normalized_text:
it will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty it will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched so it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against mount zion


text:
God’s People Are Spiritually Insensitive You will be shocked and amazed! You are totally blind! They are drunk, but not because of wine; they stagger, but not because of beer.

normalized_text:
god s people are spiritually insensitive you will be shocked and amazed you are totally blind they are drunk but not because of wine they stagger but not because of beer


text:
For the LORD has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes(the prophets), and covered your heads(the seers).

normalized_text:
for the lord has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply he has shut your eyes the prophets and covered your heads the seers


text:
To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say,“Read this,” he responds,“I can’t, because it is sealed.”

normalized_text:
to you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll when they hand it to one who can read and say read this he responds i can t because it is sealed


text:
The Lord says,“These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.

normalized_text:
the lord says these people say they are loyal to me they say wonderful things about me but they are not really loyal to me their worship consists of nothing but man made ritual


text:
Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people– an absolutely extraordinary deed. Wise men will have nothing to say, the sages will have no explanations.”

normalized_text:
therefore i will again do an amazing thing for these people an absolutely extraordinary deed wise men will have nothing to say the sages will have no explanations


text:
Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

normalized_text:
those who try to hide their plans from the lord are as good as dead who do their work in secret and boast who sees us who knows what we re doing


text:
Your thinking is perverse! Should the potter be regarded as clay? Should the thing made say about its maker,“He didn’t make me”? Or should the pottery say about the potter,“He doesn’t understand”?

normalized_text:
your thinking is perverse should the potter be regarded as clay should the thing made say about its maker he didn t make me or should the pottery say about the potter he doesn t understand


text:
Changes Are Coming In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.

normalized_text:
changes are coming in just a very short time lebanon will turn into an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest


text:
At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

normalized_text:
at that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness


text:
The downtrodden will again rejoice in the LORD; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

normalized_text:
the downtrodden will again rejoice in the lord the poor among humankind will take delight in the holy one of israel


text:
For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated–

normalized_text:
for tyrants will disappear those who taunt will vanish and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated


text:
those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

normalized_text:
those who bear false testimony against a person who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges


text:
So this is what the LORD, the one who delivered Abraham, has said to the family of Jacob:“Jacob will no longer be ashamed; their faces will no longer show their embarrassment.

normalized_text:
so this is what the lord the one who delivered abraham has said to the family of jacob jacob will no longer be ashamed their faces will no longer show their embarrassment


text:
For when they see their children, whom I will produce among them, they will honor my name. They will honor the Holy One of Jacob; they will respect the God of Israel.

normalized_text:
for when they see their children whom i will produce among them they will honor my name they will honor the holy one of jacob they will respect the god of israel


text:
Egypt Will Prove Unreliable“The rebellious children are as good as dead,” says the LORD,“those who make plans without consulting me, who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, and thereby compound their sin.

normalized_text:
egypt will prove unreliable the rebellious children are as good as dead says the lord those who make plans without consulting me who form alliances without consulting my spirit and thereby compound their sin


text:
They travel down to Egypt without seeking my will, seeking Pharaoh’s protection, and looking for safety in Egypt’s protective shade.

normalized_text:
they travel down to egypt without seeking my will seeking pharaoh s protection and looking for safety in egypt s protective shade


text:
But Pharaoh’s protection will bring you nothing but shame, and the safety of Egypt’s protective shade nothing but humiliation.

normalized_text:
but pharaoh s protection will bring you nothing but shame and the safety of egypt s protective shade nothing but humiliation


text:
all will be put to shame because of a nation that cannot help them, who cannot give them aid or help, but only shame and disgrace.”

normalized_text:
all will be put to shame because of a nation that cannot help them who cannot give them aid or help but only shame and disgrace


text:
This is an oracle about the animals in the Negev: Through a land of distress and danger, inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, by snakes and darting adders, they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys, their riches on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot help them.

normalized_text:
this is an oracle about the animals in the negev through a land of distress and danger inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions by snakes and darting adders they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys their riches on the humps of camels to a nation that cannot help them


text:
Now go, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness.

normalized_text:
now go write it down on a tablet in their presence inscribe it on a scroll so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness


normalized_text: for these are rebellious people they are lying children children unwilling to obey the lord s law
text:
For these are rebellious people– they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s law.


text:
They say to the visionaries,“See no more visions!” and to the seers,“Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things; relate deceptive messages.

normalized_text:
they say to the visionaries see no more visions and to the seers don t relate messages to us about what is right tell us nice things relate deceptive messages


text:
For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says:“You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior.

normalized_text:
for this reason this is what the holy one of israel says you have rejected this message you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick and rely on that kind of behavior


text:
So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.

normalized_text:
so this sin will become your downfall you will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse it crumbles suddenly in a flash


text:
It shatters in pieces like a clay jar, so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern.”

normalized_text:
it shatters in pieces like a clay jar so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern


text:
For this is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel says:“If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling.

normalized_text:
for this is what the sovereign lord the holy one of israel says if you repented and patiently waited for me you would be delivered if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength but you are unwilling


text:
You say,‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say,‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.

normalized_text:
you say no we will flee on horses so you will indeed flee you say we will ride on fast horses so your pursuers will be fast


text:
One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, until the remaining few are as isolated as a flagpole on a mountaintop or a signal flag on a hill.”

normalized_text:
one thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away until the remaining few are as isolated as a flagpole on a mountaintop or a signal flag on a hill


text:
The Lord Will Not Abandon His People For this reason the LORD is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the LORD is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

normalized_text:
the lord will not abandon his people for this reason the lord is ready to show you mercy he sits on his throne ready to have compassion on you indeed the lord is a just god all who wait for him in faith will be blessed


text:
For people will live in Zion; in Jerusalem you will weep no more. When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy; when he hears it, he will respond to you.

normalized_text:
for people will live in zion in jerusalem you will weep no more when he hears your cry of despair he will indeed show you mercy when he hears it he will respond to you


text:
The Lord will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them.

normalized_text:
the lord will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink but your teachers will no longer be hidden your eyes will see them


text:
You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,“This is the correct way, walk in it,” whether you are heading to the right or the left.

normalized_text:
you will hear a word spoken behind you saying this is the correct way walk in it whether you are heading to the right or the left


text:
You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them,“Get out!”

normalized_text:
you will desecrate your silver plated idols and your gold plated images you will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag saying to them get out


text:
He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

normalized_text:
he will water the seed you plant in the ground and the ground will produce crops in abundance at that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures


text:
On every high mountain and every high hill there will be streams flowing with water, at the time of great slaughter when the fortified towers collapse.

normalized_text:
on every high mountain and every high hill there will be streams flowing with water at the time of great slaughter when the fortified towers collapse


text:
The light of the full moon will be like the sun’s glare and the sun’s glare will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, when the LORD binds up his people’s fractured bones and heals their severe wound.

normalized_text:
the light of the full moon will be like the sun s glare and the sun s glare will be seven times brighter like the light of seven days when the lord binds up his people s fractured bones and heals their severe wound


text:
Look, the name of the LORD comes from a distant place in raging anger and awesome splendor. He speaks angrily and his word is like destructive fire.

normalized_text:
look the name of the lord comes from a distant place in raging anger and awesome splendor he speaks angrily and his word is like destructive fire


text:
His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one’s neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction.

normalized_text:
his battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one s neck he shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction


text:
You will sing as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival. You will be happy like one who plays a flute as he goes to the mountain of the LORD, the Rock who shelters Israel.

normalized_text:
you will sing as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival you will be happy like one who plays a flute as he goes to the mountain of the lord the rock who shelters israel


text:
The LORD will give a mighty shout and intervene in power, with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.

normalized_text:
the lord will give a mighty shout and intervene in power with furious anger and flaming destructive fire with a driving rainstorm and hailstones


text:
Every blow from his punishing cudgel, with which the LORD will beat them, will be accompanied by music from the tambourine and harp, and he will attack them with his weapons.

normalized_text:
every blow from his punishing cudgel with which the lord will beat them will be accompanied by music from the tambourine and harp and he will attack them with his weapons


text:
For the burial place is already prepared; it has been made deep and wide for the king. The firewood is piled high on it. The LORD’s breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone, will ignite it.

normalized_text:
for the burial place is already prepared it has been made deep and wide for the king the firewood is piled high on it the lord s breath like a stream flowing with brimstone will ignite it


text:
Egypt Will Disappoint Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the LORD.

normalized_text:
egypt will disappoint those who go down to egypt for help are as good as dead those who rely on war horses and trust in egypt s many chariots and in their many many horsemen but they do not rely on the holy one of israel and do not seek help from the lord


text:
Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

normalized_text:
yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster he does not retract his decree he will attack the wicked nation and the nation that helps those who commit sin


text:
The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The LORD will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.

normalized_text:
the egyptians are mere humans not god their horses are made of flesh not spirit the lord will strike with his hand the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall together they will perish


text:
The Lord Will Defend Zion Indeed, this is what the LORD has said to me:“The LORD will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.

normalized_text:
the lord will defend zion indeed this is what the lord has said to me the lord will be like a growling lion like a young lion growling over its prey though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling in this same way the lord of heaven s armies will descend to do battle on mount zion and on its hill


text:
Just as birds hover over a nest, so the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it.

normalized_text:
just as birds hover over a nest so the lord of heaven s armies will protect jerusalem he will protect and deliver it as he passes over he will rescue it


text:
Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.

normalized_text:
assyria will fall by a sword but not one human made a sword not made by humankind will destroy them they will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor


text:
They will surrender their stronghold because of fear; their officers will be afraid of the LORD’s battle flag.” This is what the LORD says– the one whose fire is in Zion, whose firepot is in Jerusalem.

normalized_text:
they will surrender their stronghold because of fear their officers will be afraid of the lord s battle flag this is what the lord says the one whose fire is in zion whose firepot is in jerusalem


text:
Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.

normalized_text:
each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land


text:
The mind that acts rashly will possess discernment and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity.

normalized_text:
the mind that acts rashly will possess discernment and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity


text:
For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the LORD; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.

normalized_text:
for a fool speaks disgraceful things his mind plans out sinful deeds he commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the lord he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink


text:
A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

normalized_text:
a deceiver s methods are evil he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies even when the needy are in the right


text:
The Lord Will Give True Security You complacent women, get up and listen to me! You carefree daughters, pay attention to what I say!

normalized_text:
the lord will give true security you complacent women get up and listen to me you carefree daughters pay attention to what i say


text:
In a year’s time you carefree ones will shake with fear, for the grape harvest will fail, and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

normalized_text:
in a year s time you carefree ones will shake with fear for the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive


text:
Tremble, you complacent ones! Shake with fear, you carefree ones! Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves– put sackcloth on your waist!

normalized_text:
tremble you complacent ones shake with fear you carefree ones strip off your clothes and expose yourselves put sackcloth on your waist


text:
Mourn over the land of my people, which is overgrown with thorns and briers, and over all the once-happy houses in the city filled with revelry.

normalized_text:
mourn over the land of my people which is overgrown with thorns and briers and over all the once happy houses in the city filled with revelry


text:
For the fortress is neglected; the once-crowded city is abandoned. Hill and watchtower are permanently uninhabited. Wild donkeys love to go there, and flocks graze there.

normalized_text:
for the fortress is neglected the once crowded city is abandoned hill and watchtower are permanently uninhabited wild donkeys love to go there and flocks graze there


text:
This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the wilderness will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest.

normalized_text:
this desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven then the wilderness will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest


text:
you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

normalized_text:
you will be blessed you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams you who let your ox and donkey graze


text:
The Lord Will Restore Zion The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you!

normalized_text:
the lord will restore zion the destroyer is as good as dead you who have not been destroyed the deceitful one is as good as dead the one whom others have not deceived when you are through destroying you will be destroyed when you finish deceiving others will deceive you


normalized_text: lord be merciful to us we wait for you give us strength each morning deliver us when distress comes
text:
LORD, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.


text:
He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him.

normalized_text:
he is your constant source of stability he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom he gives all this to those who fear him


text:
Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

normalized_text:
highways are empty there are no travelers treaties are broken witnesses are despised human life is treated with disrespect


text:
The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the arid rift valley; Bashan and Carmel are parched.

normalized_text:
the land dries up and withers away the forest of lebanon shrivels up and decays sharon is like the arid rift valley bashan and carmel are parched


text:
The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.

normalized_text:
the nations will be burned to ashes like thorn bushes that have been cut down they will be set on fire


text:
Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say,‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’

normalized_text:
sinners are afraid in zion panic grips the godless they say who among us can coexist with destructive fire who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire


text:
The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–

normalized_text:
the one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others


text:
This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

normalized_text:
this is the person who will live in a secure place he will find safety in the rocky mountain strongholds he will have food and a constant supply of water


text:
Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves,“Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?”

normalized_text:
your mind will recall the terror you experienced and you will ask yourselves where is the scribe where is the one who weighs the money where is the one who counts the towers


text:
You will no longer see a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend, whose derisive speech you do not understand.

normalized_text:
you will no longer see a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend whose derisive speech you do not understand


text:
Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two.

normalized_text:
look at zion the city where we hold religious festivals you will see jerusalem a peaceful settlement a tent that stays put its stakes will never be pulled up none of its ropes will snap in two


text:
Instead the LORD will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through.

normalized_text:
instead the lord will rule there as our mighty king rivers and wide streams will flow through it no war galley will enter no large ships will sail through


text:
Though at this time your ropes are slack, the mast is not secured, and the sail is not unfurled, at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; even the lame will drag off plunder.

normalized_text:
though at this time your ropes are slack the mast is not secured and the sail is not unfurled at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot even the lame will drag off plunder


text:
The Lord Will Judge Edom Come near, you nations, and listen! Pay attention, you people! The earth and everything it contains must listen, the world and everything that lives in it.

normalized_text:
the lord will judge edom come near you nations and listen pay attention you people the earth and everything it contains must listen the world and everything that lives in it


text:
For the LORD is angry at all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will annihilate them and slaughter them.

normalized_text:
for the lord is angry at all the nations and furious with all their armies he will annihilate them and slaughter them


text:
All the stars in the sky will fade away, the sky will roll up like a scroll; all its stars will wither, like a leaf withers and falls from a vine or a fig withers and falls from a tree.

normalized_text:
all the stars in the sky will fade away the sky will roll up like a scroll all its stars will wither like a leaf withers and falls from a vine or a fig withers and falls from a tree


text:
He says,“Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. Look, it now descends on Edom, on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”

normalized_text:
he says indeed my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers look it now descends on edom on the people i will annihilate in judgment


text:
The LORD’s sword is dripping with blood, it is covered with fat; it drips with the blood of young rams and goats and is covered with the fat of rams’ kidneys. For the LORD is holding a sacrifice in Bozrah, a bloody slaughter in the land of Edom.

normalized_text:
the lord s sword is dripping with blood it is covered with fat it drips with the blood of young rams and goats and is covered with the fat of rams kidneys for the lord is holding a sacrifice in bozrah a bloody slaughter in the land of edom


text:
Wild oxen will be slaughtered along with them, as well as strong bulls. Their land is drenched with blood, their soil is covered with fat.

normalized_text:
wild oxen will be slaughtered along with them as well as strong bulls their land is drenched with blood their soil is covered with fat


text:
For the LORD has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion.

normalized_text:
for the lord has planned a day of revenge a time when he will repay edom for her hostility toward zion


text:
Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone; her land will become burning pitch.

normalized_text:
edom s streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone her land will become burning pitch


text:
Night and day it will burn; its smoke will ascend continually. Generation after generation it will be a wasteland and no one will ever pass through it again.

normalized_text:
night and day it will burn its smoke will ascend continually generation after generation it will be a wasteland and no one will ever pass through it again


text:
Owls and wild animals will live there, all kinds of wild birds will settle in it. The LORD will stretch out over her the measuring line of ruin and the plumb line of destruction.

normalized_text:
owls and wild animals will live there all kinds of wild birds will settle in it the lord will stretch out over her the measuring line of ruin and the plumb line of destruction


text:
Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns; thickets and weeds will grow in her fortified cities. Jackals will settle there; ostriches will live there.

normalized_text:
her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns thickets and weeds will grow in her fortified cities jackals will settle there ostriches will live there


text:
Wild animals and wild dogs will congregate there; wild goats will bleat to one another. Yes, nocturnal animals will rest there and make for themselves a nest.

normalized_text:
wild animals and wild dogs will congregate there wild goats will bleat to one another yes nocturnal animals will rest there and make for themselves a nest


text:
Owls will make nests and lay eggs there; they will hatch them and protect them. Yes, hawks will gather there, each with its mate.

normalized_text:
owls will make nests and lay eggs there they will hatch them and protect them yes hawks will gather there each with its mate


text:
Carefully read the scroll of the LORD! Not one of these creatures will be missing, none will lack a mate. For the LORD has issued the decree, and his own spirit gathers them.

normalized_text:
carefully read the scroll of the lord not one of these creatures will be missing none will lack a mate for the lord has issued the decree and his own spirit gathers them


text:
He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

normalized_text:
he assigns them their allotment he measures out their assigned place they will live there permanently they will settle in it through successive generations


text:
The Land and Its People Are Transformed Let the wilderness and desert be happy; let the arid rift valley rejoice and bloom like a lily!

normalized_text:
the land and its people are transformed let the wilderness and desert be happy let the arid rift valley rejoice and bloom like a lily


text:
Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

normalized_text:
let it richly bloom let it rejoice and shout with delight it is given the grandeur of lebanon the splendor of carmel and sharon they will see the grandeur of the lord the splendor of our god


text:
Tell those who panic,“Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge! With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.”

normalized_text:
tell those who panic be strong do not fear look your god comes to avenge with divine retribution he comes to deliver you


text:
Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will burst forth in the wilderness, streams in the arid rift valley.

normalized_text:
then the lame will leap like a deer the mute tongue will shout for joy for water will burst forth in the wilderness streams in the arid rift valley


text:
The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.

normalized_text:
the dry soil will become a pool of water the parched ground springs of water where jackals once lived and sprawled out grass reeds and papyrus will grow


text:
A thoroughfare will be there– it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it– fools will not stray into it.

normalized_text:
a thoroughfare will be there it will be called the way of holiness the unclean will not travel on it it is reserved for those authorized to use it fools will not stray into it


text:
No lions will be there, no ferocious wild animals will be on it– they will not be found there. Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,

normalized_text:
no lions will be there no ferocious wild animals will be on it they will not be found there those delivered from bondage will travel on it


text:
those whom the LORD has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

normalized_text:
those whom the lord has ransomed will return that way they will enter zion with a happy shout unending joy will crown them happiness and joy will overwhelm them grief and suffering will disappear


text:
The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. The chief adviser stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

normalized_text:
the king of assyria sent his chief adviser from lachish to king hezekiah in jerusalem along with a large army the chief adviser stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth


text:
Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet him.

normalized_text:
eliakim son of hilkiah the palace supervisor accompanied by shebna the scribe and joah son of asaph the secretary went out to meet him


text:
Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?

normalized_text:
your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk in whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me


text:
Look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If someone leans on it for support, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him!

normalized_text:
look you must be trusting in egypt that splintered reed staff if someone leans on it for support it punctures his hand and wounds him that is what pharaoh king of egypt does to all who trust in him


text:
Perhaps you will tell me,‘We are trusting in the LORD our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem,‘You must worship at this altar.’

normalized_text:
perhaps you will tell me we are trusting in the lord our god but hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of judah and jerusalem you must worship at this altar


text:
Furthermore it was by the command of the LORD that I marched up against this land to destroy it. The LORD told me,‘March up against this land and destroy it!’”’”

normalized_text:
furthermore it was by the command of the lord that i marched up against this land to destroy it the lord told me march up against this land and destroy it


text:
Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser,“Speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Judahite dialect in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

normalized_text:
eliakim shebna and joah said to the chief adviser speak to your servants in aramaic for we understand it don t speak with us in the judahite dialect in the hearing of the people who are on the wall


text:
But the chief adviser said,“My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you!”

normalized_text:
but the chief adviser said my master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you his message is also for the men who sit on the wall for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you


text:
Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the LORD by saying,“The LORD will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”

normalized_text:
don t let hezekiah talk you into trusting in the lord by saying the lord will certainly rescue us this city will not be handed over to the king of assyria


text:
until I come and take you to a land just like your own– a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

normalized_text:
until i come and take you to a land just like your own a land of grain and new wine a land of bread and vineyards


text:
Hezekiah is misleading you when he says,“The LORD will rescue us.” Has any of the gods of the nations rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

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hezekiah is misleading you when he says the lord will rescue us has any of the gods of the nations rescued his land from the power of the king of assyria


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Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria from my power?

normalized_text:
where are the gods of hamath and arpad where are the gods of sepharvaim indeed did any gods rescue samaria from my power


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Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power? So how can the LORD rescue Jerusalem from my power?’”

normalized_text:
who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power so how can the lord rescue jerusalem from my power


text:
Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, clothed in sackcloth, sent this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:

normalized_text:
eliakim the palace supervisor shebna the scribe and the leading priests clothed in sackcloth sent this message to the prophet isaiah son of amoz


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“This is what Hezekiah says:‘This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.

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this is what hezekiah says this is a day of distress insults and humiliation as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal but the mother lacks the strength to push it through


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Isaiah said to them,“Tell your master this:‘This is what the LORD has said:“Don’t be afraid because of the things you have heard– these insults the king of Assyria’s servants have hurled against me.

normalized_text:
isaiah said to them tell your master this this is what the lord has said don t be afraid because of the things you have heard these insults the king of assyria s servants have hurled against me


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Were the nations whom my predecessors destroyed– the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar– rescued by their gods?

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were the nations whom my predecessors destroyed the nations of gozan haran rezeph and the people of eden in telassar rescued by their gods


normalized_text: where are the king of hamath the king of arpad and the kings of lair sepharvaim hena and ivvah
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Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”


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“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.

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o lord of heaven s armies o god of israel who is enthroned on the cherubim you alone are god over all the kingdoms of the earth you made the sky and the earth


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Pay attention, LORD, and hear! Open your eyes, LORD, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!

normalized_text:
pay attention lord and hear open your eyes lord and observe listen to this entire message sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living god


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Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD.”

normalized_text:
now o lord our god rescue us from his power so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the lord


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Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah:“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘As to what you have prayed to me concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria,

normalized_text:
isaiah son of amoz sent this message to hezekiah this is what the lord god of israel has said as to what you have prayed to me concerning king sennacherib of assyria


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this is what the LORD says about him:“The virgin daughter Zion despises you– she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.

normalized_text:
this is what the lord says about him the virgin daughter zion despises you she makes fun of you daughter jerusalem shakes her head after you


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Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!

normalized_text:
whom have you taunted and hurled insults at at whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly at the holy one of israel


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Through your messengers you taunted the Lord,‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.

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through your messengers you taunted the lord with my many chariots i climbed up the high mountains the slopes of lebanon i cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens i invaded its most remote regions its thickest woods


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Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.

normalized_text:
certainly you must have heard long ago i worked it out in ancient times i planned it and now i am bringing it to pass the plan is this fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins


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Their residents are powerless; they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind.

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their residents are powerless they are terrified and ashamed they are as short lived as plants in the field or green vegetation they are as short lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind


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Because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came.”

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because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears i will put my hook in your nose and my bridle between your lips and i will lead you back the way you came


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“This will be your reminder that I have spoken the truth: This year you will eat what grows wild, and next year what grows on its own. But the year after that you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce.

normalized_text:
this will be your reminder that i have spoken the truth this year you will eat what grows wild and next year what grows on its own but the year after that you will plant seed and harvest crops you will plant vines and consume their produce


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“For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will accomplish this.

normalized_text:
for a remnant will leave jerusalem survivors will come out of mount zion the zeal of the lord of heaven s armies will accomplish this


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So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:‘He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shielded warriors, nor will he build siege works against it.

normalized_text:
so this is what the lord says about the king of assyria he will not enter this city nor will he shoot an arrow here he will not attack it with his shielded warriors nor will he build siege works against it


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I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’”

normalized_text:
i will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to david my servant


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The LORD’s angel went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!

normalized_text:
the lord s angel went out and killed 185 000 troops in the assyrian camp when they got up early the next morning there were all the corpses


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One day, as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

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one day as he was worshiping in the temple of his god nisroch his sons adrammelech and sharezer struck him down with the sword they ran away to the land of ararat his son esarhaddon replaced him as king


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The Lord Hears Hezekiah’s Prayer In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him,“This is what the LORD says,‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”

normalized_text:
the lord hears hezekiah s prayer in those days hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness the prophet isaiah son of amoz visited him and told him this is what the lord says give instructions to your household for you are about to die you will not get well


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“Go and tell Hezekiah:‘This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says:“I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life,

normalized_text:
go and tell hezekiah this is what the lord god of your ancestor david says i have heard your prayer i have seen your tears look i will add fifteen years to your life


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Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.” And then the shadow went back ten steps.

normalized_text:
look i will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of ahaz and then the shadow went back ten steps


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Hezekiah’s Song of Thanks This is the prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness:

normalized_text:
hezekiah s song of thanks this is the prayer of king hezekiah of judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness


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“I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

normalized_text:
i thought in the middle of my life i must walk through the gates of sheol i am deprived of the rest of my years


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“I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.

normalized_text:
i thought i will no longer see the lord in the land of the living i will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world


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My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

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my dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd s tent i rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth from the loom he cuts me off you turn day into night and end my life


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I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

normalized_text:
i cry out until morning like a lion he shatters all my bones you turn day into night and end my life


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Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!

normalized_text:
like a swallow or a thrush i chirp i coo like a dove my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky o lord i am oppressed help me


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What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

normalized_text:
what can i say he has decreed and acted i will walk slowly all my years because i am overcome with grief


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O Lord, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.’

normalized_text:
o lord your decrees can give men life may years of life be restored to me restore my health and preserve my life


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“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the Pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

normalized_text:
look the grief i experienced was for my benefit you delivered me from the pit of oblivion for you removed all my sins from your sight


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Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

normalized_text:
indeed sheol does not give you thanks death does not praise you those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness


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The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

normalized_text:
the living person the living person he gives you thanks as i do today a father tells his sons about your faithfulness


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The LORD is about to deliver me, and we will celebrate with music for the rest of our lives in the LORD’s temple.”

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the lord is about to deliver me and we will celebrate with music for the rest of our lives in the lord s temple


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Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been ill and had recovered.

normalized_text:
messengers from babylon visit hezekiah at that time merodach baladan son of baladan king of babylon sent letters and a gift to hezekiah for he heard that hezekiah had been ill and had recovered


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Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his storehouse with its silver, gold, spices, and high-quality olive oil, as well as his whole armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom.

normalized_text:
hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his storehouse with its silver gold spices and high quality olive oil as well as his whole armory and everything in his treasuries hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom


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Hezekiah said to Isaiah,“The LORD’s message which you have announced is appropriate.” Then he thought,“For there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”

normalized_text:
hezekiah said to isaiah the lord s message which you have announced is appropriate then he thought for there will be peace and stability during my lifetime


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“Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the LORD has made her pay double for all her sins.”

normalized_text:
speak kindly to jerusalem and tell her that her time of warfare is over that her punishment is completed for the lord has made her pay double for all her sins


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A voice cries out,“In the wilderness clear a way for the LORD; build a level road through the rift valley for our God.

normalized_text:
a voice cries out in the wilderness clear a way for the lord build a level road through the rift valley for our god


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Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

normalized_text:
every valley must be elevated and every mountain and hill leveled the rough terrain will become a level plain the rugged landscape a wide valley


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The splendor of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it at the same time. For the LORD has decreed it.”

normalized_text:
the splendor of the lord will be revealed and all people will see it at the same time for the lord has decreed it


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A voice says,“Cry out!” Another asks,“What should I cry out?” The first voice responds:“All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field.

normalized_text:
a voice says cry out another asks what should i cry out the first voice responds all people are like grass and all their promises are like the flowers in the field


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The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the LORD blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.

normalized_text:
the grass dries up the flowers wither when the wind sent by the lord blows on them surely humanity is like grass


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Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don’t be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah,“Here is your God!”

normalized_text:
go up on a high mountain o herald zion shout out loudly o herald jerusalem shout don t be afraid say to the towns of judah here is your god


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Look, the Sovereign LORD comes as a victorious warrior; his military power establishes his rule. Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him.

normalized_text:
look the sovereign lord comes as a victorious warrior his military power establishes his rule look his reward is with him his prize goes before him


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Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

normalized_text:
like a shepherd he tends his flock he gathers up the lambs with his arm he carries them close to his heart he leads the ewes along


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The Lord is Incomparable Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

normalized_text:
the lord is incomparable who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand or carefully measured the sky or carefully weighed the soil of the earth or weighed the mountains in a balance or the hills on scales


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From whom does he receive directions? Who teaches him the correct way to do things, or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in skillful design?

normalized_text:
from whom does he receive directions who teaches him the correct way to do things or imparts knowledge to him or instructs him in skillful design


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Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He lifts the coastlands as if they were dust.

normalized_text:
look the nations are like a drop in a bucket they are regarded as dust on the scales he lifts the coastlands as if they were dust


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Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings.

normalized_text:
not even lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings


text:
To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over.

normalized_text:
to make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over


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Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

normalized_text:
do you not know do you not hear has it not been told to you since the very beginning have you not understood from the time the earth s foundations were made


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He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.

normalized_text:
he is the one who sits on the earth s horizon its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him he is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain and spreads it out like a pitched tent


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Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.

normalized_text:
indeed they are barely planted yes they are barely sown yes they barely take root in the earth and then he blows on them causing them to dry up and the wind carries them away like straw


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Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.

normalized_text:
look up at the sky who created all these heavenly lights he is the one who leads out their ranks he calls them all by name because of his absolute power and awesome strength not one of them is missing


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Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?

normalized_text:
why do you say jacob why do you say israel the lord is not aware of what is happening to me my god is not concerned with my vindication


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Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is an eternal God, the Creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.

normalized_text:
do you not know have you not heard the lord is an eternal god the creator of the whole earth he does not get tired or weary there is no limit to his wisdom


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But those who wait for the LORD’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

normalized_text:
but those who wait for the lord s help find renewed strength they rise up as if they had eagles wings they run without growing weary they walk without getting tired


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The Lord Challenges the Nations“Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate!

normalized_text:
the lord challenges the nations listen to me in silence you coastlands let the nations find renewed strength let them approach and then speak let us come together for debate


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Who stirs up this one from the east? Who officially commissions him for service? He hands nations over to him, and enables him to subdue kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like windblown straw with his bow.

normalized_text:
who stirs up this one from the east who officially commissions him for service he hands nations over to him and enables him to subdue kings he makes them like dust with his sword like windblown straw with his bow


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Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end– I am the one.

normalized_text:
who acts and carries out decrees who summons the successive generations from the beginning i the lord am present at the very beginning and at the very end i am the one


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The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”

normalized_text:
the craftsman encourages the metalsmith the one who wields the hammer encourages the one who pounds on the anvil he approves the quality of the welding and nails it down so it won t fall over


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The Lord Encourages His People“You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,

normalized_text:
the lord encourages his people you my servant israel jacob whom i have chosen offspring of abraham my friend


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you whom I am bringing back from the earth’s extremities, and have summoned from the remote regions– I told you,“You are my servant.” I have chosen you and not rejected you.

normalized_text:
you whom i am bringing back from the earth s extremities and have summoned from the remote regions i told you you are my servant i have chosen you and not rejected you


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Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

normalized_text:
don t be afraid for i am with you don t be frightened for i am your god i strengthen you yes i help you yes i uphold you with my saving right hand


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Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish.

normalized_text:
look all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish


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When you will look for your opponents, you will not find them; your enemies will be reduced to absolutely nothing.

normalized_text:
when you will look for your opponents you will not find them your enemies will be reduced to absolutely nothing


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For I am the LORD your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you,‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’

normalized_text:
for i am the lord your god the one who takes hold of your right hand who says to you don t be afraid i am helping you


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Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the LORD, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.

normalized_text:
don t be afraid despised insignificant jacob men of israel i am helping you says the lord your protector the holy one of israel


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“Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and double-edged. You will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like straw.

normalized_text:
look i am making you like a sharp threshing sledge new and double edged you will thresh the mountains and crush them you will make the hills like straw


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You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the LORD; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

normalized_text:
you will winnow them and the wind will blow them away the wind will scatter them you will rejoice in the lord you will boast in the holy one of israel


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The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the LORD, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

normalized_text:
the oppressed and the poor look for water but there is none their tongues are parched from thirst i the lord will respond to their prayers i the god of israel will not abandon them


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I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the wilderness into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.

normalized_text:
i will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys i will turn the wilderness into a pool of water and the arid land into springs


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I will make cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees grow in the wilderness; I will make evergreens, firs, and cypresses grow together in the arid rift valley.

normalized_text:
i will make cedars acacias myrtles and olive trees grow in the wilderness i will make evergreens firs and cypresses grow together in the arid rift valley


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I will do this so people will observe and recognize, so they will pay attention and understand that the LORD’s power has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.”

normalized_text:
i will do this so people will observe and recognize so they will pay attention and understand that the lord s power has accomplished this and that the holy one of israel has brought it into being


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The Lord Challenges the Pagan Gods“Present your argument,” says the LORD.“Produce your evidence,” says Jacob’s king.

normalized_text:
the lord challenges the pagan gods present your argument says the lord produce your evidence says jacob s king


text:
“Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, so we may examine them and see how they were fulfilled. Or decree for us some future events!

normalized_text:
let them produce evidence let them tell us what will happen tell us about your earlier predictive oracles so we may examine them and see how they were fulfilled or decree for us some future events


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Predict how future events will turn out, so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe.

normalized_text:
predict how future events will turn out so we might know you are gods yes do something good or bad so we might be frightened and in awe


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Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.

normalized_text:
look you are nothing and your accomplishments are nonexistent the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting


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I have stirred up one out of the north and he advances, one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. He steps on rulers as if they were clay, like a potter treading the clay.

normalized_text:
i have stirred up one out of the north and he advances one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name he steps on rulers as if they were clay like a potter treading the clay


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Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know? Who announced it ahead of time, so we could say,‘He’s correct’? Indeed, none of them decreed it! Indeed, none of them announced it! Indeed, no one heard you say anything!

normalized_text:
who decreed this from the beginning so we could know who announced it ahead of time so we could say he s correct indeed none of them decreed it indeed none of them announced it indeed no one heard you say anything


text:
I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers.

normalized_text:
i look but there is no one among them there is no one who serves as an adviser that i might ask questions and receive answers


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Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.

normalized_text:
look all of them are nothing their accomplishments are nonexistent their metal images lack any real substance


text:
The Lord Commissions His Special Servant“Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my Spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.

normalized_text:
the lord commissions his special servant here is my servant whom i support my chosen one in whom i take pleasure i have placed my spirit on him he will make just decrees for the nations


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A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.

normalized_text:
a crushed reed he will not break a dim wick he will not extinguish he will faithfully make just decrees


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He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees.”

normalized_text:
he will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees


text:
This is what the true God, the LORD, says– the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:

normalized_text:
this is what the true god the lord says the one who created the sky and stretched it out the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it the one who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who live on it


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“I, the LORD, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations,

normalized_text:
i the lord officially commission you i take hold of your hand i protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people and a light to the nations


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The Lord Intervenes I am the LORD! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.

normalized_text:
the lord intervenes i am the lord that is my name i will not share my glory with anyone else or the praise due me with idols


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Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you.”

normalized_text:
look my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass now i announce new events before they begin to occur i reveal them to you


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Sing to the LORD a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there!

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sing to the lord a brand new song praise him from the horizon of the earth you who go down to the sea and everything that lives in it you coastlands and those who live there


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Let the wilderness and its cities shout out, the towns where the nomads of Kedar live! Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully; let them shout loudly from the mountaintops.

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let the wilderness and its cities shout out the towns where the nomads of kedar live let the residents of sela shout joyfully let them shout loudly from the mountaintops


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The LORD emerges like a hero, like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; he shouts, yes, he yells, he shows his enemies his power.

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the lord emerges like a hero like a warrior he inspires himself for battle he shouts yes he yells he shows his enemies his power


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“I have been inactive for a long time; I kept quiet and held back. Like a woman in labor I groan; I pant and gasp.

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i have been inactive for a long time i kept quiet and held back like a woman in labor i groan i pant and gasp


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I will make the trees on the mountains and hills wither up; I will dry up all their vegetation. I will turn streams into islands, and dry up pools of water.

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i will make the trees on the mountains and hills wither up i will dry up all their vegetation i will turn streams into islands and dry up pools of water


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I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

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i will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way i will guide them down paths they have never traveled i will turn the darkness in front of them into light and level out the rough ground this is what i will do for them i will not abandon them


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Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images,‘You are our gods.’”

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those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated those who say to metal images you are our gods


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My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind.

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my servant is truly blind my messenger is truly deaf my covenant partner the servant of the lord is truly blind


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But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says,“Bring that back!”

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but these people are looted and plundered all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons they were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them they were carried away as plunder and no one says bring that back


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Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the LORD, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.

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who handed jacob over to the robber who handed israel over to the looters was it not the lord against whom we sinned they refused to follow his commands they disobeyed his law


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So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did not take it to heart.

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so he poured out his fierce anger on them along with the devastation of war its flames encircled them but they did not realize it it burned against them but they did not take it to heart


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The Lord Will Rescue His People Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

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the lord will rescue his people now this is what the lord says the one who created you o jacob and formed you o israel don t be afraid for i will protect you i call you by name you are mine


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When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.

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when you pass through the waters i am with you when you pass through the streams they will not overwhelm you when you walk through the fire you will not be burned the flames will not harm you


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For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your deliverer. I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price, Ethiopia and Seba in place of you.

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for i am the lord your god the holy one of israel your deliverer i have handed over egypt as a ransom price ethiopia and seba in place of you


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Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.

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since you are precious and special in my sight and i love you i will hand over people in place of you nations in place of your life


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Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you.

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don t be afraid for i am with you from the east i will bring your descendants from the west i will gather you


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I will say to the north,‘Hand them over!’ and to the south,‘Don’t hold any back!’ Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

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i will say to the north hand them over and to the south don t hold any back bring my sons from distant lands and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth


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The Lord Declares His Sovereignty Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!

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the lord declares his sovereignty bring out the people who are blind even though they have eyes those who are deaf even though they have ears


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All nations gather together, the peoples assemble. Who among them announced this? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right; let them listen and affirm,‘It is true.’

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all nations gather together the peoples assemble who among them announced this who predicted earlier events for us let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right let them listen and affirm it is true


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You are my witnesses,” says the LORD,“my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me.

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you are my witnesses says the lord my servant whom i have chosen so that you may consider and believe in me and understand that i am he no god was formed before me and none will outlive me


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I decreed and delivered and proclaimed, and there was no other god among you. You are my witnesses,” says the LORD,“that I am God.

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i decreed and delivered and proclaimed and there was no other god among you you are my witnesses says the lord that i am god


normalized_text: from this day forward i am he no one can deliver from my power i will act and who can prevent it
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From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”


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The Lord Will Do Something New This is what the LORD says, your protector, the Holy One of Israel:“For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs.

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the lord will do something new this is what the lord says your protector the holy one of israel for your sake i send to babylon and make them all fugitives turning the babylonians joyful shouts into mourning songs


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This is what the LORD says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,

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this is what the lord says the one who made a road through the sea a pathway through the surging waters


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the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, together with a mighty army. They fell down, never to rise again; they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick:

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the one who led chariots and horses to destruction together with a mighty army they fell down never to rise again they were extinguished put out like a burning wick


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“Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the wilderness and paths in the wastelands.

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look i am about to do something new now it begins to happen do you not recognize it yes i will make a road in the wilderness and paths in the wastelands


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The wild animals honor me, the jackals and ostriches, because I put water in the wilderness and streams in the wastelands, to quench the thirst of my chosen people,

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the wild animals honor me the jackals and ostriches because i put water in the wilderness and streams in the wastelands to quench the thirst of my chosen people


normalized_text: the lord rebukes his people but you did not call for me o jacob you did not long for me o israel
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The Lord Rebukes His People“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.


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You did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings; you did not honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you with offerings; I did not make you weary by demanding incense.

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you did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings you did not honor me with your sacrifices i did not burden you with offerings i did not make you weary by demanding incense


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You did not buy me aromatic reeds; you did not present to me the fat of your sacrifices. Yet you burdened me with your sins; you made me weary with your evil deeds.

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you did not buy me aromatic reeds you did not present to me the fat of your sacrifices yet you burdened me with your sins you made me weary with your evil deeds


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So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected Israel to humiliating abuse.”

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so i defiled your holy princes and handed jacob over to destruction and subjected israel to humiliating abuse


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This is what the LORD, the one who made you, says– the one who formed you in the womb and helps you:“Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen!

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this is what the lord the one who made you says the one who formed you in the womb and helps you don t be afraid my servant jacob jeshurun whom i have chosen


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For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

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for i will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land i will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children


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One will say,‘I belong to the LORD,’ and another will use the name‘Jacob.’ One will write on his hand,‘The LORD’s,’ and use the name‘Israel.’”

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one will say i belong to the lord and another will use the name jacob one will write on his hand the lord s and use the name israel


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The Absurdity of Idolatry This is what the LORD, Israel’s king, says, their protector, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:“I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.

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the absurdity of idolatry this is what the lord israel s king says their protector the lord of heaven s armies i am the first and i am the last there is no god but me


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Who is like me? Let him make his claim! Let him announce it and explain it to me– since I established an ancient people– let them announce future events!

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who is like me let him make his claim let him announce it and explain it to me since i established an ancient people let them announce future events


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Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.

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don t panic don t be afraid did i not tell you beforehand and decree it you are my witnesses is there any god but me there is no other sheltering rock i know of none


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All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

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all who form idols are nothing the things in which they delight are worthless their witnesses cannot see they recognize nothing so they are put to shame


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Look, all his associates will be put to shame; the craftsmen are mere humans. Let them all assemble and take their stand! They will panic and be put to shame.

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look all his associates will be put to shame the craftsmen are mere humans let them all assemble and take their stand they will panic and be put to shame


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A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.

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a blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals he forms it with hammers he makes it with his strong arm he gets hungry and loses his energy he drinks no water and gets tired


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A carpenter takes measurements; he marks out an outline of its form; he scrapes it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine.

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a carpenter takes measurements he marks out an outline of its form he scrapes it with chisels and marks it with a compass he patterns it after the human form like a well built human being and puts it in a shrine


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He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow.

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he cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak he gets trees from the forest he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow


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A man uses it to make a fire; he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

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a man uses it to make a fire he takes some of it and warms himself yes he kindles a fire and bakes bread then he makes a god and worships it he makes an idol and bows down to it


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Half of it he burns in the fire– over that half he cooks meat; he roasts a meal and fills himself. Yes, he warms himself and says,‘Ah! I am warm as I look at the fire.’

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half of it he burns in the fire over that half he cooks meat he roasts a meal and fills himself yes he warms himself and says ah i am warm as i look at the fire


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With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying,‘Rescue me, for you are my god!’

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with the rest of it he makes a god his idol he bows down to it and worships it he prays to it saying rescue me for you are my god


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They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

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they do not comprehend or understand for their eyes are blind and cannot see their minds do not discern


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No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:‘I burned half of it in the fire– yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?’

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no one thinks to himself nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves i burned half of it in the fire yes i baked bread over the coals i roasted meat and ate it with the rest of it should i make a disgusting idol should i bow down to dry wood


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He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say,‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’

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he feeds on ashes his deceived mind misleads him he cannot rescue himself nor does he say is this not a false god i hold in my right hand


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Remember these things, O Jacob, O Israel, for you are my servant. I formed you to be my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you!

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remember these things o jacob o israel for you are my servant i formed you to be my servant o israel i will not forget you


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I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you.”

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i remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud come back to me for i protect you


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Shout for joy, O sky, for the LORD intervenes; shout out, you subterranean regions of the earth. O mountains, give a joyful shout; you too, O forest and all your trees! For the LORD protects Jacob; he reveals his splendor through Israel.

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shout for joy o sky for the lord intervenes shout out you subterranean regions of the earth o mountains give a joyful shout you too o forest and all your trees for the lord protects jacob he reveals his splendor through israel


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The Lord Empowers Cyrus This is what the LORD, your protector, says, the one who formed you in the womb:“I am the LORD, who made everything, who alone stretched out the sky, who fashioned the earth all by myself,

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the lord empowers cyrus this is what the lord your protector says the one who formed you in the womb i am the lord who made everything who alone stretched out the sky who fashioned the earth all by myself


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who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,

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who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish


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who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers, who says about Jerusalem,‘She will be inhabited,’ and about the towns of Judah,‘They will be rebuilt, her ruins I will raise up,’

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who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers who says about jerusalem she will be inhabited and about the towns of judah they will be rebuilt her ruins i will raise up


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who commissions Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd to carry out all my wishes and to decree concerning Jerusalem,‘She will be rebuilt,’ and concerning the temple,‘It will be reconstructed.’”

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who commissions cyrus the one i appointed as shepherd to carry out all my wishes and to decree concerning jerusalem she will be rebuilt and concerning the temple it will be reconstructed


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This is what the LORD says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed:

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this is what the lord says to his chosen one to cyrus whose right hand i hold in order to subdue nations before him and disarm kings to open doors before him so gates remain unclosed


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“I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.

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i will go before you and level mountains bronze doors i will shatter and iron bars i will hack through


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I will give you hidden treasures, riches stashed away in secret places, so you may recognize that I am the LORD, the one who calls you by name, the God of Israel.

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i will give you hidden treasures riches stashed away in secret places so you may recognize that i am the lord the one who calls you by name the god of israel


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For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not submit to me.

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for the sake of my servant jacob israel my chosen one i call you by name and give you a title of respect even though you do not submit to me


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I am the LORD, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.

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i am the lord i have no peer there is no god but me i arm you for battle even though you do not recognize me


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I do this so people will recognize from east to west that there is no God but me; I am the LORD, I have no peer.

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i do this so people will recognize from east to west that there is no god but me i am the lord i have no peer


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I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the LORD, who accomplishes all these things.

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i am the one who forms light and creates darkness the one who brings about peace and creates calamity i am the lord who accomplishes all these things


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O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it so salvation may grow, and deliverance may sprout up along with it. I, the LORD, create it.

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o sky rain down from above let the clouds send down showers of deliverance let the earth absorb it so salvation may grow and deliverance may sprout up along with it i the lord create it


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The Lord Gives a Warning One who argues with his Creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter,“What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”

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the lord gives a warning one who argues with his creator is in grave danger one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground the clay should not say to the potter what in the world are you doing your work lacks skill


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Danger awaits one who says to his father,“What in the world are you fathering?” and to his mother,“What in the world are you bringing forth?”

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danger awaits one who says to his father what in the world are you fathering and to his mother what in the world are you bringing forth


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This is what the LORD says, the Holy One of Israel, the one who formed him, concerning things to come:“How dare you question me about my children! How dare you tell me what to do with the work of my own hands!

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this is what the lord says the holy one of israel the one who formed him concerning things to come how dare you question me about my children how dare you tell me what to do with the work of my own hands


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I made the earth; I created the people who live on it. It was me– my hands stretched out the sky. I give orders to all the heavenly lights.

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i made the earth i created the people who live on it it was me my hands stretched out the sky i give orders to all the heavenly lights


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It is me– I stir him up and commission him; I will make all his ways level. He will rebuild my city; he will send my exiled people home, but not for a price or a bribe,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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it is me i stir him up and commission him i will make all his ways level he will rebuild my city he will send my exiled people home but not for a price or a bribe says the lord of heaven s armies


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The Lord is the Nations’ Only Hope This is what the LORD says:“The profit of Egypt and the revenue of Ethiopia, along with the Sabeans, those tall men, will be brought to you and become yours. They will walk behind you, coming along in chains. They will bow down to you and pray to you:‘Truly God is with you; he has no peer; there is no other God!’”

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the lord is the nations only hope this is what the lord says the profit of egypt and the revenue of ethiopia along with the sabeans those tall men will be brought to you and become yours they will walk behind you coming along in chains they will bow down to you and pray to you truly god is with you he has no peer there is no other god


normalized_text: israel will be delivered once and for all by the lord you will never again be ashamed or humiliated
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Israel will be delivered once and for all by the LORD; you will never again be ashamed or humiliated.


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For this is what the LORD says, the one who created the sky– he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited–“I am the LORD, I have no peer.

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for this is what the lord says the one who created the sky he is the true god the one who formed the earth and made it he established it he did not create it without order he formed it to be inhabited i am the lord i have no peer


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I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,‘Seek me in vain!’ I am the LORD, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.

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i have not spoken in secret in some hidden place i did not tell jacob s descendants seek me in vain i am the lord the one who speaks honestly who makes reliable announcements


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Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.

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gather together and come approach together you refugees from the nations those who carry wooden idols know nothing those who pray to a god that cannot deliver


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Tell me! Present the evidence! Let them consult with one another! Who predicted this in the past? Who announced it beforehand? Was it not I, the LORD? I have no peer, there is no God but me, a God who vindicates and delivers; there is none but me.

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tell me present the evidence let them consult with one another who predicted this in the past who announced it beforehand was it not i the lord i have no peer there is no god but me a god who vindicates and delivers there is none but me


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Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.

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turn to me so you can be delivered all you who live in the earth s remote regions for i am god and i have no peer


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I solemnly make this oath– what I say is true and reliable:‘Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm;

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i solemnly make this oath what i say is true and reliable surely every knee will bow to me every tongue will solemnly affirm


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they will say about me,“Yes, the LORD is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him.

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they will say about me yes the lord is a powerful deliverer all who are angry at him will cower before him


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The Lord Carries His People Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.

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the lord carries his people bel kneels down nebo bends low their images weigh down animals and beasts your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals


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Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; they themselves head off into captivity.

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together they bend low and kneel down they are unable to rescue the images they themselves head off into captivity


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“Listen to me, O family of Jacob, all you who are left from the family of Israel, you who have been carried from birth, you who have been supported from the time you left the womb.

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listen to me o family of jacob all you who are left from the family of israel you who have been carried from birth you who have been supported from the time you left the womb


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Even when you are old, I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair, I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you.

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even when you are old i will take care of you even when you have gray hair i will carry you i made you and i will support you i will carry you and rescue you


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Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.

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those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith who makes it into a god they then bow down and worship it


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They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.

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they put it on their shoulder and carry it they put it in its place and it just stands there it does not move from its place even when someone cries out to it it does not reply it does not deliver him from his distress


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Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! Truly I am God, I have no peer; I am God, and there is none like me,

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remember what i accomplished in antiquity truly i am god i have no peer i am god and there is none like me


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who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’

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who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred who says my plan will be realized i will accomplish what i desire


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who summons an eagle from the east, from a distant land, one who carries out my plan. Yes, I have decreed, yes, I will bring it to pass; I have formulated a plan, yes, I will carry it out.

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who summons an eagle from the east from a distant land one who carries out my plan yes i have decreed yes i will bring it to pass i have formulated a plan yes i will carry it out


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I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait. I will save Zion; I will adorn Israel with my splendor.”

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i am bringing my deliverance near it is not far away i am bringing my salvation near it does not wait i will save zion i will adorn israel with my splendor


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Babylon Will Fall“Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.

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babylon will fall fall down sit in the dirt o virgin daughter babylon sit on the ground not on a throne o daughter of the babylonians indeed you will no longer be called delicate and pampered


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Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!

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pick up millstones and grind flour remove your veil strip off your skirt expose your legs cross the streams


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Let your naked body be exposed! Your shame will be on display! I will get revenge; I will not have pity on anyone,”

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let your naked body be exposed your shame will be on display i will get revenge i will not have pity on anyone


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“Sit silently! Go to a hiding place, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called‘Queen of kingdoms.’

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sit silently go to a hiding place o daughter of the babylonians indeed you will no longer be called queen of kingdoms


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I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.

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i was angry at my people i defiled my special possession and handed them over to you you showed them no mercy you even placed a very heavy burden on old people


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You said,‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.

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you said i will rule forever as permanent queen you did not think about these things you did not consider how it would turn out


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So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself,‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.’

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so now listen to this o one who lives so lavishly who lives securely who says to herself i am unique no one can compare to me i will never have to live as a widow i will never lose my children


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Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.

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both of these will come upon you suddenly in one day you will lose your children and be widowed you will be overwhelmed by these tragedies despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets


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You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought,‘No one sees me.’ Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say,‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’

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you were complacent in your evil deeds you thought no one sees me your self professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray when you say i am unique no one can compare to me


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Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.

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disaster will overtake you you will not know how to charm it away destruction will fall on you you will not be able to appease it calamity will strike you suddenly before you recognize it


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Persist in trusting your amulets and your many incantations, which you have faithfully recited since your youth! Maybe you will be successful– maybe you will scare away disaster.

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persist in trusting your amulets and your many incantations which you have faithfully recited since your youth maybe you will be successful maybe you will scare away disaster


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You are tired out from listening to so much advice. Let them take their stand– the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make monthly predictions– let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you!

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you are tired out from listening to so much advice let them take their stand the ones who see omens in the sky who gaze at the stars who make monthly predictions let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you


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Look, they are like straw, which the fire burns up; they cannot rescue themselves from the heat of the flames. There are no coals to warm them, no firelight to enjoy.

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look they are like straw which the fire burns up they cannot rescue themselves from the heat of the flames there are no coals to warm them no firelight to enjoy


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They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. Each strays off in his own direction, leaving no one to rescue you.”

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they will disappoint you those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth each strays off in his own direction leaving no one to rescue you


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The Lord Appeals to the Exiles Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name‘Israel,’ and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the LORD, and invoke the God of Israel– but not in an honest and just manner.

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the lord appeals to the exiles listen to this o family of jacob you who are called by the name israel and are descended from judah who take oaths in the name of the lord and invoke the god of israel but not in an honest and just manner


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Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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indeed they live in the holy city they trust in the god of israel whose name is the lord of heaven s armies


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“I announced events beforehand, I issued the decrees and made the predictions; suddenly I acted and they came to pass.

normalized_text:
i announced events beforehand i issued the decrees and made the predictions suddenly i acted and they came to pass


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I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.

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i did this because i know how stubborn you are your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze


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I announced them to you beforehand; before they happened, I predicted them for you, so you could never say,‘My image did these things, my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’

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i announced them to you beforehand before they happened i predicted them for you so you could never say my image did these things my idol my cast image decreed them


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You have heard; now look at all the evidence! Will you not admit that what I say is true? From this point on I am announcing to you new events that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about.

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you have heard now look at all the evidence will you not admit that what i say is true from this point on i am announcing to you new events that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about


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Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say,‘Yes, I know about them.’

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now they come into being not in the past before today you did not hear about them so you could not say yes i know about them


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You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth.

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you did not hear you do not know you were not told beforehand for i know that you are very deceitful you were labeled a rebel from birth


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For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you.

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for the sake of my reputation i hold back my anger for the sake of my prestige i restrain myself from destroying you


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For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!

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for my sake alone i will act for how can i allow my name to be defiled i will not share my glory with anyone else


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Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.

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listen to me o jacob israel whom i summoned i am the one i am present at the very beginning and at the very end


normalized_text: yes my hand founded the earth my right hand spread out the sky i summon them they stand together
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Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together.


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All of you, gather together and listen! Who among them announced these things? The LORD’s ally will carry out his desire against Babylon; he will exert his power against the Babylonians.

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all of you gather together and listen who among them announced these things the lord s ally will carry out his desire against babylon he will exert his power against the babylonians


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Approach me! Listen to this! From the very first I have not spoken in secret; when it happens, I am there.” So now, the Sovereign LORD has sent me, accompanied by his Spirit.

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approach me listen to this from the very first i have not spoken in secret when it happens i am there so now the sovereign lord has sent me accompanied by his spirit


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This is what the LORD, your protector, says, the Holy One of Israel:“I am the LORD your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go.

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this is what the lord your protector says the holy one of israel i am the lord your god who teaches you how to succeed who leads you in the way you should go


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If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

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if only you had obeyed my commandments prosperity would have flowed to you like a river deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea


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Your descendants would have been as numerous as sand, and your children like its granules. Their name would not have been cut off and eliminated from my presence.

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your descendants would have been as numerous as sand and your children like its granules their name would not have been cut off and eliminated from my presence


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Leave Babylon! Flee from the Babylonians! Announce it with a shout of joy! Make this known! Proclaim it throughout the earth! Say,‘The LORD protects his servant Jacob.

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leave babylon flee from the babylonians announce it with a shout of joy make this known proclaim it throughout the earth say the lord protects his servant jacob


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They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions; he makes water flow out of a rock for them; he splits open a rock and water flows out.’

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they do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions he makes water flow out of a rock for them he splits open a rock and water flows out


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Ideal Israel Delivers the Exiles Listen to me, you coastlands! Pay attention, you people who live far away! The LORD summoned me from birth; he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world.

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ideal israel delivers the exiles listen to me you coastlands pay attention you people who live far away the lord summoned me from birth he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world


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He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.

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he made my mouth like a sharp sword he hid me in the hollow of his hand he made me like a sharpened arrow he hid me in his quiver


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But I thought,“I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” But the LORD will vindicate me; my God will reward me.

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but i thought i have worked in vain i have expended my energy for absolutely nothing but the lord will vindicate me my god will reward me


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So now the LORD says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant– he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the LORD’s sight, for my God is my source of strength–

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so now the lord says the one who formed me from birth to be his servant he did this to restore jacob to himself so that israel might be gathered to him and i will be honored in the lord s sight for my god is my source of strength


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he says,“Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

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he says is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant to reestablish the tribes of jacob and restore the remnant of israel i will make you a light to the nations so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth


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This is what the LORD, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers:“Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful LORD, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”

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this is what the lord the protector of israel their holy one says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations a servant of rulers kings will see and rise in respect princes will bow down because of the faithful lord the holy one of israel who has chosen you


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This is what the LORD says:“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property.

normalized_text:
this is what the lord says at the time i decide to show my favor i will respond to you in the day of deliverance i will help you i will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property


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You will say to the prisoners,‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons,‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

normalized_text:
you will say to the prisoners come out and to those who are in dark dungeons emerge they will graze beside the roads on all the slopes they will find pasture


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They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.

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they will not be hungry or thirsty the sun s oppressive heat will not beat down on them for one who has compassion on them will guide them he will lead them to springs of water


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Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!

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look they come from far away look some come from the north and west and others from the land of sinim


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Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the LORD consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.

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shout for joy o sky rejoice o earth let the mountains give a joyful shout for the lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed


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Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

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can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne even if mothers were to forget i could never forget you


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Look all around you! All of them gather to you. As surely as I live,” says the LORD,“you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry; you will put them on as if you were a bride.

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look all around you all of them gather to you as surely as i live says the lord you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry you will put them on as if you were a bride


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Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.

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yes your land lies in ruins it is desolate and devastated but now you will be too small to hold your residents and those who devoured you will be far away


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Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing,‘This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.’

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yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing this place is too cramped for us make room for us so we can live here


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Then you will think to yourself,‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’”

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then you will think to yourself who bore these children for me i was bereaved and barren dismissed and divorced who raised these children look i was left all alone where did these children come from


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This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

normalized_text:
this is what the sovereign lord says look i will raise my hand to the nations i will raise my signal flag to the peoples they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders


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Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the LORD; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

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kings will be your children s guardians their princesses will nurse your children with their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet then you will recognize that i am the lord those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame


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Indeed,” says the LORD,“captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children.

normalized_text:
indeed says the lord captives will be taken from a warrior spoils will be rescued from a conqueror i will oppose your adversary and i will rescue your children


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I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. Then all humankind will recognize that I am the LORD, your deliverer, your protector, the Powerful One of Jacob.”

normalized_text:
i will make your oppressors eat their own flesh they will get drunk on their own blood as if it were wine then all humankind will recognize that i am the lord your deliverer your protector the powerful one of jacob


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This is what the LORD says:“Where is your mother’s divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.

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this is what the lord says where is your mother s divorce certificate by which i divorced her or to which of my creditors did i sell you look you were sold because of your sins because of your rebellious acts i divorced your mother


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Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

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why does no one challenge me when i come why does no one respond when i call is my hand too weak to deliver you do i lack the power to rescue you look with a mere shout i can dry up the sea i can turn streams into a desert so the fish rot away and die from lack of water


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The Servant Perseveres The Sovereign LORD has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.

normalized_text:
the servant perseveres the sovereign lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman so that i know how to help the weary he wakes me up every morning he makes me alert so i can listen attentively as disciples do


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I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.

normalized_text:
i offered my back to those who attacked my jaws to those who tore out my beard i did not hide my face from insults and spitting


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But the Sovereign LORD helps me, so I am not humiliated. For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; I know I will not be put to shame.

normalized_text:
but the sovereign lord helps me so i am not humiliated for that reason i am steadfastly resolved i know i will not be put to shame


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The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me!

normalized_text:
the one who vindicates me is close by who dares to argue with me let us confront each other who is my accuser let him challenge me


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Look, the Sovereign LORD helps me. Who dares to condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like clothes; a moth will eat away at them.

normalized_text:
look the sovereign lord helps me who dares to condemn me look all of them will wear out like clothes a moth will eat away at them


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Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.

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who among you fears the lord who obeys his servant whoever walks in deep darkness without light should trust in the name of the lord and rely on his god


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Look, all of you who start a fire and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows, walk in the light of the fire you started and among the flaming arrows you ignited! This is what you will receive from me: you will lie down in a place of pain.

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look all of you who start a fire and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows walk in the light of the fire you started and among the flaming arrows you ignited this is what you will receive from me you will lie down in a place of pain


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There is Hope for the Future“Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the LORD! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!

normalized_text:
there is hope for the future listen to me you who pursue godliness who seek the lord look at the rock from which you were chiseled at the quarry from which you were dug


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Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.

normalized_text:
look at abraham your father and sarah who gave you birth when i summoned him he was a lone individual but i blessed him and gave him numerous descendants


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Certainly the LORD will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her arid rift valley like the Garden of the LORD. Happiness and joy will be restored to her, thanksgiving and the sound of music.

normalized_text:
certainly the lord will console zion he will console all her ruins he will make her wilderness like eden her arid rift valley like the garden of the lord happiness and joy will be restored to her thanksgiving and the sound of music


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Pay attention to me, my people! Listen to me, my people! For I will issue a decree, I will make my justice a light to the nations.

normalized_text:
pay attention to me my people listen to me my people for i will issue a decree i will make my justice a light to the nations


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I am ready to vindicate, I am ready to deliver, I will establish justice among the nations. The coastlands wait patiently for me; they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.

normalized_text:
i am ready to vindicate i am ready to deliver i will establish justice among the nations the coastlands wait patiently for me they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power


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Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.

normalized_text:
look up at the sky look at the earth below for the sky will dissipate like smoke and the earth will wear out like clothes its residents will die like gnats but the deliverance i give is permanent the vindication i provide will not disappear


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Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!

normalized_text:
listen to me you who know what is right you people who are aware of my law don t be afraid of the insults of men don t be discouraged because of their abuse


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For a moth will eat away at them like clothes; a clothes moth will devour them like wool. But the vindication I provide will be permanent; the deliverance I give will last.”

normalized_text:
for a moth will eat away at them like clothes a clothes moth will devour them like wool but the vindication i provide will be permanent the deliverance i give will last


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Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the LORD! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster?

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wake up wake up clothe yourself with strength o arm of the lord wake up as in former times as in antiquity did you not smash the proud one did you not wound the sea monster


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Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?

normalized_text:
did you not dry up the sea the waters of the great deep did you not make a path through the depths of the sea so those delivered from bondage could cross over


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Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

normalized_text:
those whom the lord has ransomed will return they will enter zion with a happy shout unending joy will crown them happiness and joy will overwhelm them grief and suffering will disappear


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“I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?

normalized_text:
i i am the one who consoles you why are you afraid of mortal men of mere human beings who are as short lived as grass


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Why do you forget the LORD, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?

normalized_text:
why do you forget the lord who made you who stretched out the sky and founded the earth why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor when he makes plans to destroy where is the anger of the oppressor


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I am the LORD your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

normalized_text:
i am the lord your god who churns up the sea so that its waves surge the lord of heaven s armies is his name


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Zion’s Time to Celebrate I commission you as my spokesman; I cover you with the palm of my hand, to establish the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion,‘You are my people.’”

normalized_text:
zion s time to celebrate i commission you as my spokesman i cover you with the palm of my hand to establish the sky and to found the earth to say to zion you are my people


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Wake up! Wake up! Get up, O Jerusalem! You drank from the cup the LORD passed to you, which was full of his anger! You drained dry the goblet full of intoxicating wine.

normalized_text:
wake up wake up get up o jerusalem you drank from the cup the lord passed to you which was full of his anger you drained dry the goblet full of intoxicating wine


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There was no one to lead her among all the children she bore; there was no one to take her by the hand among all the children she raised.

normalized_text:
there was no one to lead her among all the children she bore there was no one to take her by the hand among all the children she raised


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These double disasters confronted you. But who feels sorry for you? Destruction and devastation, famine and sword. But who consoles you?

normalized_text:
these double disasters confronted you but who feels sorry for you destruction and devastation famine and sword but who consoles you


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Your children faint; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a snare. They are left in a stupor by the LORD’s anger, by the battle cry of your God.

normalized_text:
your children faint they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a snare they are left in a stupor by the lord s anger by the battle cry of your god


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This is what your Sovereign LORD, even your God who judges his people says:“Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, the goblet full of my anger. You will no longer have to drink it.

normalized_text:
this is what your sovereign lord even your god who judges his people says look i have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine the goblet full of my anger you will no longer have to drink it


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I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you,‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”

normalized_text:
i will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you lie down so we can walk over you you made your back like the ground and like the street for those who walked over you


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Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.

normalized_text:
wake up wake up clothe yourself with strength o zion put on your beautiful clothes o jerusalem holy city for uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you


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Shake off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion!

normalized_text:
shake off the dirt get up captive jerusalem take off the iron chains around your neck o captive daughter zion


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For this is what the Sovereign LORD says:“In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.

normalized_text:
for this is what the sovereign lord says in the beginning my people went to live temporarily in egypt assyria oppressed them for no good reason


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And now, what do we have here?” says the LORD.“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the LORD,“and my name is constantly slandered all day long.

normalized_text:
and now what do we have here says the lord indeed my people have been carried away for nothing those who rule over them taunt says the lord and my name is constantly slandered all day long


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For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says,‘Here I am.’”

normalized_text:
for this reason my people will know my name for this reason they will know at that time that i am the one who says here i am


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How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion,“Your God reigns!”

normalized_text:
how delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace a messenger who brings good news who announces deliverance who says to zion your god reigns


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Listen, your watchmen shout; in unison they shout for joy, for they see with their very own eyes the LORD’s return to Zion.

normalized_text:
listen your watchmen shout in unison they shout for joy for they see with their very own eyes the lord s return to zion


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In unison give a joyful shout, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the LORD consoles his people; he protects Jerusalem.

normalized_text:
in unison give a joyful shout o ruins of jerusalem for the lord consoles his people he protects jerusalem


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The LORD reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.

normalized_text:
the lord reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations the entire earth sees our god deliver


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Leave! Leave! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything unclean! Get out of it! Stay pure, you who carry the LORD’s holy items!

normalized_text:
leave leave get out of there don t touch anything unclean get out of it stay pure you who carry the lord s holy items


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Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the LORD goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

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yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic for the lord goes before you the god of israel is your rear guard


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The Lord Will Vindicate His Servant“Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted–

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the lord will vindicate his servant look my servant will succeed he will be elevated lifted high and greatly exalted


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(just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man; his form was so marred he no longer looked human–

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just as many were horrified by the sight of you he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man his form was so marred he no longer looked human


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so now he will startle many nations. Kings will be shocked by his exaltation, for they will witness something unannounced to them, and they will understand something they had not heard about.

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so now he will startle many nations kings will be shocked by his exaltation for they will witness something unannounced to them and they will understand something they had not heard about


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He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.

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he sprouted up like a twig before god like a root out of parched soil he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention no special appearance that we should want to follow him


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He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.

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he was despised and rejected by people one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness people hid their faces from him he was despised and we considered him insignificant


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But he lifted up our illnesses, he carried our pain; even though we thought he was being punished, attacked by God, and afflicted for something he had done.

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but he lifted up our illnesses he carried our pain even though we thought he was being punished attacked by god and afflicted for something he had done


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He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.

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he was wounded because of our rebellious deeds crushed because of our sins he endured punishment that made us well because of his wounds we have been healed


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All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the LORD caused the sin of all of us to attack him.

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all of us had wandered off like sheep each of us had strayed off on his own path but the lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him


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He was treated harshly and afflicted, but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth.

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he was treated harshly and afflicted but he did not even open his mouth like a lamb led to the slaughtering block like a sheep silent before her shearers he did not even open his mouth


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He was led away after an unjust trial– but who even cared? Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded.

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he was led away after an unjust trial but who even cared indeed he was cut off from the land of the living because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded


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They intended to bury him with criminals, but he ended up in a rich man’s tomb, because he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.

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they intended to bury him with criminals but he ended up in a rich man s tomb because he had committed no violent deeds nor had he spoken deceitfully


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Though the LORD desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the LORD’s purpose will be accomplished through him.

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though the lord desired to crush him and make him ill once restitution is made he will see descendants and enjoy long life and the lord s purpose will be accomplished through him


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Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.“My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.

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having suffered he will reflect on his work he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done my servant will acquit many for he carried their sins


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So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels.”

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so i will assign him a portion with the multitudes he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels


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Zion Will Be Secure“Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,” says the LORD.

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zion will be secure shout for joy o barren one who has not given birth give a joyful shout and cry out you who have not been in labor for the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman says the lord


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Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep.

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make your tent larger stretch your tent curtains farther out spare no effort lengthen your ropes and pound your stakes deep


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For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your children will conquer nations and will resettle desolate cities.

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for you will spread out to the right and to the left your children will conquer nations and will resettle desolate cities


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Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don’t be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.

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don t be afraid for you will not be put to shame don t be intimidated for you will not be humiliated you will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment


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For your husband is the one who made you– the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called“God of the entire earth.”

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for your husband is the one who made you the lord of heaven s armies is his name he is your protector the holy one of israel he is called god of the entire earth


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“Indeed, the LORD will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God.

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indeed the lord will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression like a young wife when she has been rejected says your god


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In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, the LORD.

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in a burst of anger i rejected you momentarily but with lasting devotion i will have compassion on you says your protector the lord


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“As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.

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as far as i am concerned this is like in noah s time when i vowed that the waters of noah s flood would never again cover the earth in the same way i have vowed that i will not be angry at you or shout at you


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Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced,” says the LORD, the one who has compassion on you.

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even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced my devotion will not be removed from you nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced says the lord the one who has compassion on you


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“O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis lazuli.

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o afflicted one driven away and unconsoled look i am about to set your stones in antimony and i lay your foundation with lapis lazuli


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I will make your pinnacles out of gems, your gates out of beryl, and your outer wall out of beautiful stones.

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i will make your pinnacles out of gems your gates out of beryl and your outer wall out of beautiful stones


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You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.

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you will be reestablished when i vindicate you you will not experience oppression indeed you will not be afraid you will not be terrified for nothing frightening will come near you


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If anyone dares to challenge you, it will not be my doing! Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated.

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if anyone dares to challenge you it will not be my doing whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated


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Look, I create the craftsman, who fans the coals into a fire and forges a weapon. I create the destroyer so he might devastate.

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look i create the craftsman who fans the coals into a fire and forges a weapon i create the destroyer so he might devastate


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No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the LORD will do for his servants– I will vindicate them,” says the LORD.

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no weapon forged to be used against you will succeed you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you this is what the lord will do for his servants i will vindicate them says the lord


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The Lord Gives an Invitation“Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

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the lord gives an invitation hey all who are thirsty come to the water you who have no money come buy and eat come buy wine and milk without money and without cost


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Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!

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why pay money for something that will not nourish you why spend your hard earned money on something that will not satisfy listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing enjoy fine food


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Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.

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pay attention and come to me listen so you can live then i will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you just like the reliable covenantal promises i made to david


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Look, you will summon nations you did not previously know; nations that did not previously know you will run to you, because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he bestows honor on you.

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look you will summon nations you did not previously know nations that did not previously know you will run to you because of the lord your god the holy one of israel for he bestows honor on you


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The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.

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the wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans they should return to the lord and he will show mercy to them and to their god for he will freely forgive them


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“for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.

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for just as the sky is higher than the earth so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans


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The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.

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the rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat


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In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend.”

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in the same way the promise that i make does not return to me having accomplished nothing no it is realized as i desire and is fulfilled as i intend


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Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

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indeed you will go out with joy you will be led along in peace the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you and all the trees in the field will clap their hands


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Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes, firs will grow in place of nettles; they will be a monument to the LORD, a permanent reminder that will remain.

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evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes firs will grow in place of nettles they will be a monument to the lord a permanent reminder that will remain


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The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter This is what the LORD says,“Promote justice! Do what is right! For I am ready to deliver you; I am ready to vindicate you openly.

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the lord invites outsiders to enter this is what the lord says promote justice do what is right for i am ready to deliver you i am ready to vindicate you openly


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The people who do this will be blessed, the people who commit themselves to obedience, who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, who refrain from doing anything that is wrong.

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the people who do this will be blessed the people who commit themselves to obedience who observe the sabbath and do not defile it who refrain from doing anything that is wrong


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No foreigner who becomes a follower of the LORD should say,‘The LORD will certainly exclude me from his people.’ The eunuch should not say,‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”

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no foreigner who becomes a follower of the lord should say the lord will certainly exclude me from his people the eunuch should not say look i am like a dried up tree


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For this is what the LORD says:“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant,

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for this is what the lord says for the eunuchs who observe my sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant


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I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters. I will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain.

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i will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters i will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain


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As for foreigners who become followers of the LORD and serve him, who love the name of the LORD and want to be his servants– all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, and who are faithful to my covenant–

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as for foreigners who become followers of the lord and serve him who love the name of the lord and want to be his servants all who observe the sabbath and do not defile it and who are faithful to my covenant


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I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.”

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i will bring them to my holy mountain i will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray


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The Sovereign LORD says this, the one who gathers the dispersed of Israel:“I will still gather them up.”

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the sovereign lord says this the one who gathers the dispersed of israel i will still gather them up


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The Lord Denounces Israel’s Paganism All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!

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the lord denounces israel s paganism all you wild animals in the fields come and devour all you wild animals in the forest


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All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.

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all their watchmen are blind they are unaware all of them are like mute dogs unable to bark they pant lie down and love to snooze


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The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.

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the dogs have big appetites they are never full they are shepherds who have no understanding they all go their own way each one looking for monetary gain


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Each one says,‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’

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each one says come on i ll get some wine let s guzzle some beer tomorrow will be just like today we ll have everything we want


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The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

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the godly perish but no one cares honest people disappear when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil


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At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars,

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at whom are you laughing at whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue you are the children of rebels the offspring of liars


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you who inflame your lusts among the oaks and under every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.

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you who inflame your lusts among the oaks and under every green tree who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs


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Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love; they, they are the object of your devotion. You pour out liquid offerings to them, you make an offering. Because of these things how can I relent from judgment?

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among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love they they are the object of your devotion you pour out liquid offerings to them you make an offering because of these things how can i relent from judgment


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Behind the door and doorpost you put your symbols. Indeed, you depart from me and go up and invite them into bed with you. You purchase favors from them, you love their bed, and gaze longingly on their naked bodies.

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behind the door and doorpost you put your symbols indeed you depart from me and go up and invite them into bed with you you purchase favors from them you love their bed and gaze longingly on their naked bodies


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You take olive oil as tribute to your king, along with many perfumes. You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol.

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you take olive oil as tribute to your king along with many perfumes you send your messengers to a distant place you go all the way to sheol


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Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say,‘I give up.’ You get renewed energy, so you don’t collapse.

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because of the long distance you must travel you get tired but you do not say i give up you get renewed energy so you don t collapse


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Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me.

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whom are you worried about whom do you fear that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me because i have been silent for so long you are not afraid of me


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When you cry out for help, let your idols help you! The wind blows them all away, a breeze carries them away. But the one who looks to me for help will inherit the land and will have access to my holy mountain.”

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when you cry out for help let your idols help you the wind blows them all away a breeze carries them away but the one who looks to me for help will inherit the land and will have access to my holy mountain


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For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

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for this is what the high and exalted one says the one who rules forever whose name is holy i dwell in an exalted and holy place but also with the discouraged and humiliated in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged


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For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.

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for i will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry for then man s spirit would grow faint before me the life giving breath i created


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I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.

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i was angry because of their sinful greed i attacked them and angrily rejected them yet they remained disobedient and stubborn


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I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them. I will lead them, and I will provide comfort to them and those who mourn with them.

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i have seen their behavior but i will heal them i will lead them and i will provide comfort to them and those who mourn with them


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I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the LORD,“and I will heal them.

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i am the one who gives them reason to celebrate complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby says the lord and i will heal them


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The Lord Desires Genuine Devotion“Shout loudly! Don’t be quiet! Yell as loud as a trumpet! Confront my people with their rebellious deeds; confront Jacob’s family with their sin!

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the lord desires genuine devotion shout loudly don t be quiet yell as loud as a trumpet confront my people with their rebellious deeds confront jacob s family with their sin


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They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.

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they seek me day after day they want to know my requirements like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their god they ask me for just decrees they want to be near god


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They lament,‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.

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they lament why don t you notice when we fast why don t you pay attention when we humble ourselves look at the same time you fast you satisfy your selfish desires you oppress your workers


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Look, your fasting is accompanied by arguments, brawls, and fistfights. Do not fast as you do today, trying to make your voice heard in heaven.

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look your fasting is accompanied by arguments brawls and fistfights do not fast as you do today trying to make your voice heard in heaven


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Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD?

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is this really the kind of fasting i want do i want a day when people merely humble themselves bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes is this really what you call a fast a day that is pleasing to the lord


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No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.

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no this is the kind of fast i want i want you to remove the sinful chains to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke to set free the oppressed and to break every burdensome yoke


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I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

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i want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless oppressed people when you see someone naked clothe him don t turn your back on your own flesh and blood


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Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the LORD’s splendor will be your rear guard.

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then your light will shine like the sunrise your restoration will quickly arrive your godly behavior will go before you and the lord s splendor will be your rear guard


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Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

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then you will call out and the lord will respond you will cry out and he will reply here i am you must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully


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You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

normalized_text:
you must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed then your light will dispel the darkness and your darkness will be transformed into noonday


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The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.

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the lord will continually lead you he will feed you even in parched regions he will give you renewed strength and you will be like a well watered garden like a spring that continually produces water


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Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called,‘The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’

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your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt you will reestablish the ancient foundations you will be called the one who repairs broken walls the one who makes the streets inhabitable again


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You must observe the Sabbath rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. You must look forward to the Sabbath and treat the LORD’s holy day with respect. You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities, and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals.

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you must observe the sabbath rather than doing anything you please on my holy day you must look forward to the sabbath and treat the lord s holy day with respect you must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals


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Then you will find joy in your relationship to the LORD, and I will give you great prosperity, and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” Know for certain that the LORD has spoken.

normalized_text:
then you will find joy in your relationship to the lord and i will give you great prosperity and cause crops to grow on the land i gave to your ancestor jacob know for certain that the lord has spoken


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Injustice Brings Alienation from God Look, the LORD’s hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.

normalized_text:
injustice brings alienation from god look the lord s hand is not too weak to deliver you his ear is not too deaf to hear you


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But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.

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but your sinful acts have alienated you from your god your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers


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For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

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for your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin your lips speak lies your tongue utters malicious words


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No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

normalized_text:
no one is concerned about justice no one sets forth his case truthfully they depend on false words and tell lies they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin


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They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, a poisonous snake is hatched.

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they hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake and spin a spider s web whoever eats their eggs will die a poisonous snake is hatched


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Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.

normalized_text:
their webs cannot be used for clothing they cannot cover themselves with what they make their deeds are sinful they commit violent crimes


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They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

normalized_text:
they are eager to do evil quick to shed innocent blood their thoughts are sinful they crush and destroy


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They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

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they are unfamiliar with peace their deeds are unjust they use deceitful methods and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace


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Israel Confesses its Sin For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

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israel confesses its sin for this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us we wait for light but see only darkness we wait for a bright light but live in deep darkness


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We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.

normalized_text:
we grope along the wall like the blind we grope like those who cannot see we stumble at noontime as if it were evening though others are strong we are like dead men


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We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

normalized_text:
we all growl like bears we coo mournfully like doves we wait for deliverance but there is none for salvation but it is far from us


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For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, and our sins testify against us; indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds; we know our sins all too well.

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for you are aware of our many rebellious deeds and our sins testify against us indeed we are aware of our rebellious deeds we know our sins all too well


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We have rebelled and tried to deceive the LORD; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.

normalized_text:
we have rebelled and tried to deceive the lord we turned back from following our god we stir up oppression and rebellion we tell lies we concocted in our minds


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Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

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justice is driven back godliness stands far off indeed honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter


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Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The LORD watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.

normalized_text:
honesty has disappeared the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed the lord watches and is displeased for there is no justice


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The Lord Intervenes He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.

normalized_text:
the lord intervenes he sees there is no advocate he is shocked that no one intervenes so he takes matters into his own hands his desire for justice drives him on


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He wears his desire for justice like body armor, and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. He puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe.

normalized_text:
he wears his desire for justice like body armor and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head he puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe


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He repays them for what they have done, dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies. He repays the coastlands.

normalized_text:
he repays them for what they have done dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies he repays the coastlands


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In the west, people respect the LORD’s reputation; in the east they recognize his splendor. For he comes like a rushing stream driven on by wind sent from the LORD.

normalized_text:
in the west people respect the lord s reputation in the east they recognize his splendor for he comes like a rushing stream driven on by wind sent from the lord


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“As for me, this is my promise to them,” says the LORD.“My Spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” says the LORD.

normalized_text:
as for me this is my promise to them says the lord my spirit who is upon you and my words which i have placed in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward says the lord


normalized_text: zion s future splendor arise shine for your light arrives the splendor of the lord shines on you
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Zion’s Future Splendor“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the LORD shines on you!


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For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

normalized_text:
for look darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations but the lord shines on you his splendor appears over you


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Look all around you! They all gather and come to you– your sons come from far away and your daughters are escorted by guardians.

normalized_text:
look all around you they all gather and come to you your sons come from far away and your daughters are escorted by guardians


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Then you will look and smile, you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. For the riches of distant lands will belong to you and the wealth of nations will come to you.

normalized_text:
then you will look and smile you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride for the riches of distant lands will belong to you and the wealth of nations will come to you


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Camel caravans will cover your roads, young camels from Midian and Ephah. All the merchants of Sheba will come, bringing gold and incense and singing praises to the LORD.

normalized_text:
camel caravans will cover your roads young camels from midian and ephah all the merchants of sheba will come bringing gold and incense and singing praises to the lord


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All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. They will go up on my altar acceptably, and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple.

normalized_text:
all the sheep of kedar will be gathered to you the rams of nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices they will go up on my altar acceptably and i will bestow honor on my majestic temple


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Indeed, the coastlands look eagerly for me, the large ships are in the lead, bringing your sons from far away, along with their silver and gold, to honor the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has bestowed honor on you.

normalized_text:
indeed the coastlands look eagerly for me the large ships are in the lead bringing your sons from far away along with their silver and gold to honor the lord your god the holy one of israel for he has bestowed honor on you


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Foreigners will rebuild your walls; their kings will serve you. Even though I struck you down in my anger, I will restore my favor and have compassion on you.

normalized_text:
foreigners will rebuild your walls their kings will serve you even though i struck you down in my anger i will restore my favor and have compassion on you


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Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way.

normalized_text:
your gates will remain open at all times they will not be shut during the day or at night so that the wealth of nations may be delivered with their kings leading the way


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Indeed, nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish; such nations will definitely be destroyed.

normalized_text:
indeed nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish such nations will definitely be destroyed


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The splendor of Lebanon will come to you, its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together, to beautify my palace; I will bestow honor on my throne room.

normalized_text:
the splendor of lebanon will come to you its evergreens firs and cypresses together to beautify my palace i will bestow honor on my throne room


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The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you; all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet. They will call you,‘The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’

normalized_text:
the children of your oppressors will come bowing to you all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet they will call you the city of the lord zion of the holy one of israel


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You were once abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, but I will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations.

normalized_text:
you were once abandoned and despised with no one passing through but i will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations


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You will drink the milk of nations; you will nurse at the breasts of kings. Then you will recognize that I, the LORD, am your deliverer, your protector, the Powerful One of Jacob.

normalized_text:
you will drink the milk of nations you will nurse at the breasts of kings then you will recognize that i the lord am your deliverer your protector the powerful one of jacob


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Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold, instead of iron, I will bring you silver, instead of wood, I will bring you bronze, instead of stones, I will bring you iron. I will make prosperity your overseer, and vindication your sovereign ruler.

normalized_text:
instead of bronze i will bring you gold instead of iron i will bring you silver instead of wood i will bring you bronze instead of stones i will bring you iron i will make prosperity your overseer and vindication your sovereign ruler


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Sounds of violence will no longer be heard in your land, or the sounds of destruction and devastation within your borders. You will name your walls,‘Deliverance,’ and your gates,‘Praise.’

normalized_text:
sounds of violence will no longer be heard in your land or the sounds of destruction and devastation within your borders you will name your walls deliverance and your gates praise


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The sun will no longer supply light for you by day, nor will the moon’s brightness shine on you; the LORD will be your permanent source of light– the splendor of your God will shine upon you.

normalized_text:
the sun will no longer supply light for you by day nor will the moon s brightness shine on you the lord will be your permanent source of light the splendor of your god will shine upon you


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Your sun will no longer set; your moon will not disappear; the LORD will be your permanent source of light; your time of sorrow will be over.

normalized_text:
your sun will no longer set your moon will not disappear the lord will be your permanent source of light your time of sorrow will be over


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All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.

normalized_text:
all of your people will be godly they will possess the land permanently i will plant them like a shoot they will be the product of my labor through whom i reveal my splendor


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The least of you will multiply into a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the LORD will quickly do this!”

normalized_text:
the least of you will multiply into a thousand the smallest of you will become a large nation when the right time comes i the lord will quickly do this


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The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

normalized_text:
the lord will rejuvenate his people the spirit of the sovereign lord is upon me because the lord has chosen me he has commissioned me to encourage the poor to help the brokenhearted to decree the release of captives and the freeing of prisoners


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to announce the year when the LORD will show his favor, the day when our God will seek vengeance, to console all who mourn,

normalized_text:
to announce the year when the lord will show his favor the day when our god will seek vengeance to console all who mourn


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to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the LORD to reveal his splendor.

normalized_text:
to strengthen those who mourn in zion by giving them a turban instead of ashes oil symbolizing joy instead of mourning a garment symbolizing praise instead of discouragement they will be called oaks of righteousness trees planted by the lord to reveal his splendor


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They will rebuild the perpetual ruins and restore the places that were desolate; they will reestablish the ruined cities, the places that have been desolate since ancient times.

normalized_text:
they will rebuild the perpetual ruins and restore the places that were desolate they will reestablish the ruined cities the places that have been desolate since ancient times


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You will be called,‘the LORD’s priests, servants of our God.’ You will enjoy the wealth of nations and boast about the riches you receive from them.

normalized_text:
you will be called the lord s priests servants of our god you will enjoy the wealth of nations and boast about the riches you receive from them


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Instead of shame, you will get a double portion; instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive. Yes, they will possess a double portion in their land and experience lasting joy.

normalized_text:
instead of shame you will get a double portion instead of humiliation they will rejoice over the land they receive yes they will possess a double portion in their land and experience lasting joy


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For I, the LORD, love justice and hate robbery and sin. I will repay them because of my faithfulness; I will make a permanent covenant with them.

normalized_text:
for i the lord love justice and hate robbery and sin i will repay them because of my faithfulness i will make a permanent covenant with them


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Their descendants will be known among the nations, their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will recognize that the LORD has blessed them.”

normalized_text:
their descendants will be known among the nations their offspring among the peoples all who see them will recognize that the lord has blessed them


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I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.

normalized_text:
i will greatly rejoice in the lord i will be overjoyed because of my god for he clothes me in garments of deliverance he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication i look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would i look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry


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For just as the ground produces its crops and a garden yields its produce, so the Sovereign LORD will cause deliverance to grow, and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations.

normalized_text:
for just as the ground produces its crops and a garden yields its produce so the sovereign lord will cause deliverance to grow and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations


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The Lord Takes Delight in Zion“For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

normalized_text:
the lord takes delight in zion for the sake of zion i will not be silent for the sake of jerusalem i will not be quiet until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch


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Nations will see your vindication, and all kings your splendor. You will be called by a new name that the LORD himself will give you.

normalized_text:
nations will see your vindication and all kings your splendor you will be called by a new name that the lord himself will give you


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You will no longer be called,“Abandoned,” and your land will no longer be called“Desolate.” Indeed, you will be called“My Delight is in Her,” and your land“Married.” For the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married to him.

normalized_text:
you will no longer be called abandoned and your land will no longer be called desolate indeed you will be called my delight is in her and your land married for the lord will take delight in you and your land will be married to him


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As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

normalized_text:
as a young man marries a young woman so your sons will marry you as a bridegroom rejoices over a bride so your god will rejoice over you


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I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don’t be silent!

normalized_text:
i post watchmen on your walls o jerusalem they should keep praying all day and all night you who pray to the lord don t be silent


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Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

normalized_text:
don t allow him to rest until he reestablishes jerusalem until he makes jerusalem the pride of the earth


text:
The LORD swears an oath by his right hand, by his strong arm:“I will never again give your grain to your enemies as food, and foreigners will not drink your wine, which you worked hard to produce.

normalized_text:
the lord swears an oath by his right hand by his strong arm i will never again give your grain to your enemies as food and foreigners will not drink your wine which you worked hard to produce


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But those who harvest the grain will eat it, and will praise the LORD. Those who pick the grapes will drink the wine in the courts of my holy sanctuary.”

normalized_text:
but those who harvest the grain will eat it and will praise the lord those who pick the grapes will drink the wine in the courts of my holy sanctuary


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Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations!

normalized_text:
come through come through the gates prepare the way for the people build it build the roadway remove the stones lift a signal flag for the nations


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Look, the LORD announces to the entire earth:“Say to Daughter Zion,‘Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him and his reward goes before him!’”

normalized_text:
look the lord announces to the entire earth say to daughter zion look your deliverer comes look his reward is with him and his reward goes before him


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They will be called,“The Holy People, the Ones Protected by the LORD.” You will be called,“Sought After, City Not Abandoned.”

normalized_text:
they will be called the holy people the ones protected by the lord you will be called sought after city not abandoned


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The Victorious Divine Warrior Who is this who comes from Edom, dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? Who is this one wearing royal attire, who marches confidently because of his great strength?“It is I, the one who announces vindication, and who is able to deliver!”

normalized_text:
the victorious divine warrior who is this who comes from edom dressed in bright red coming from bozrah who is this one wearing royal attire who marches confidently because of his great strength it is i the one who announces vindication and who is able to deliver


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“I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself; no one from the nations joined me. I stomped on them in my anger; I trampled them down in my rage. Their juice splashed on my garments, and stained all my clothes.

normalized_text:
i have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself no one from the nations joined me i stomped on them in my anger i trampled them down in my rage their juice splashed on my garments and stained all my clothes


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I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on.

normalized_text:
i looked but there was no one to help i was shocked because there was no one offering support so my right arm accomplished deliverance my raging anger drove me on


normalized_text: i trampled nations in my anger i made them drunk in my rage i splashed their blood on the ground
text:
I trampled nations in my anger, I made them drunk in my rage, I splashed their blood on the ground.”


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A Prayer for Divine Intervention I will tell of the faithful acts of the LORD, of the LORD’s praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the LORD did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.

normalized_text:
a prayer for divine intervention i will tell of the faithful acts of the lord of the lord s praiseworthy deeds i will tell about all the lord did for us the many good things he did for the family of israel because of his compassion and great faithfulness


normalized_text: he said certainly they will be my people children who are not disloyal he became their deliverer
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He said,“Certainly they will be my people, children who are not disloyal.” He became their deliverer.


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Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.

normalized_text:
through all that they suffered he suffered too the messenger sent from his very presence delivered them in his love and mercy he protected them he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times


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His people remembered the ancient times. Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherd of his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them,

normalized_text:
his people remembered the ancient times where is the one who brought them up out of the sea along with the shepherd of his flock where is the one who placed his holy spirit among them


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the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation,

normalized_text:
the one who made his majestic power available to moses who divided the water before them gaining for himself a lasting reputation


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who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running through the wilderness they did not stumble.

normalized_text:
who led them through the deep water like a horse running through the wilderness they did not stumble


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Like an animal that goes down into a valley to graze, so the Spirit of the LORD granted them rest. In this way you guided your people, gaining for yourself an honored reputation.

normalized_text:
like an animal that goes down into a valley to graze so the spirit of the lord granted them rest in this way you guided your people gaining for yourself an honored reputation


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Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!

normalized_text:
look down from heaven and take notice from your holy majestic palace where are your zeal and power do not hold back your tender compassion


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For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, LORD, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.

normalized_text:
for you are our father though abraham does not know us and israel does not recognize us you lord are our father you have been called our protector from ancient times


text:
Why, LORD, do you make us stray from your ways, and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance!

normalized_text:
why lord do you make us stray from your ways and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you return for the sake of your servants the tribes of your inheritance


text:
For a short time your special nation possessed a land, but then our adversaries knocked down your holy sanctuary.

normalized_text:
for a short time your special nation possessed a land but then our adversaries knocked down your holy sanctuary


normalized_text: 63 19b if only you would tear apart the sky and come down the mountains would tremble before you
text:
(63:19b) If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!


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(64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence!

normalized_text:
64 1 as when fire ignites dry wood or fire makes water boil let your adversaries know who you are and may the nations shake at your presence


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When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.

normalized_text:
when you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise you came down and the mountains trembled before you


text:
Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.

normalized_text:
since ancient times no one has heard or perceived no eye has seen any god besides you who intervenes for those who wait for him


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You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?

normalized_text:
you assist those who delight in doing what is right who observe your commandments look you were angry because we violated them continually how then can we be saved


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We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.

normalized_text:
we are all like one who is unclean all our so called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight we all wither like a leaf our sins carry us away like the wind


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No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.

normalized_text:
no one invokes your name or makes an effort to take hold of you for you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins


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Yet, LORD, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.

normalized_text:
yet lord you are our father we are the clay and you are our potter we are all the product of your labor


text:
LORD, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!

normalized_text:
lord do not be too angry do not hold our sins against us continually take a good look at your people at all of us


normalized_text: your chosen cities have become a wilderness zion has become a wilderness jerusalem a desolate ruin
text:
Your chosen cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem, a desolate ruin.


text:
Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed.

normalized_text:
our holy temple our pride and joy the place where our ancestors praised you has been burned with fire all our prized possessions have been destroyed


text:
In light of all this, how can you still hold back, LORD? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?

normalized_text:
in light of all this how can you still hold back lord how can you be silent and continue to humiliate us


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The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said,‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name.

normalized_text:
the lord will distinguish between sinners and the godly i made myself available to those who did not ask for me i appeared to those who did not look for me i said here i am here i am to a nation that did not invoke my name


text:
I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.

normalized_text:
i spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable and who did what they desired


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These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars.

normalized_text:
these people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars


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They sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long. They eat pork, and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.

normalized_text:
they sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long they eat pork and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans


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They say,‘Keep to yourself! Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’ These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long.

normalized_text:
they say keep to yourself don t get near me for i am holier than you these people are like smoke in my nostrils like a fire that keeps burning all day long


text:
Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,

normalized_text:
look i have decreed i will not keep silent but will pay them back i will pay them back exactly what they deserve


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for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the LORD.“Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.”

normalized_text:
for your sins and your ancestors sins says the lord because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills i will punish them in full measure


text:
This is what the LORD says:“When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says,‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ So I will do for the sake of my servants– I will not destroy everyone.

normalized_text:
this is what the lord says when juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes someone says don t destroy it for it contains juice so i will do for the sake of my servants i will not destroy everyone


text:
I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains. My chosen ones will take possession of the land; my servants will live there.

normalized_text:
i will bring forth descendants from jacob and from judah people to take possession of my mountains my chosen ones will take possession of the land my servants will live there


text:
Sharon will become a pasture for sheep, and the Valley of Achor a place where cattle graze; they will belong to my people, who seek me.

normalized_text:
sharon will become a pasture for sheep and the valley of achor a place where cattle graze they will belong to my people who seek me


text:
But as for you who abandon the LORD and forget about worshiping at my holy mountain, who prepare a feast for the god called‘Fortune,’ and fill up wine jugs for the god called‘Destiny’–

normalized_text:
but as for you who abandon the lord and forget about worshiping at my holy mountain who prepare a feast for the god called fortune and fill up wine jugs for the god called destiny


text:
I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me.”

normalized_text:
i predestine you to die by the sword all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block because i called to you and you did not respond i spoke and you did not listen you did evil before me you chose to do what displeases me


text:
So this is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

normalized_text:
so this is what the sovereign lord says look my servants will eat but you will be hungry look my servants will drink but you will be thirsty look my servants will rejoice but you will be humiliated


text:
Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.

normalized_text:
look my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts but you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts you will wail because your spirits will be crushed


text:
Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. The Sovereign LORD will kill you, but he will give his servants another name.

normalized_text:
your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones the sovereign lord will kill you but he will give his servants another name


text:
Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.

normalized_text:
whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful god whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful god for past problems will be forgotten i will no longer think about them


text:
For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore.

normalized_text:
for look i am ready to create new heavens and a new earth the former ones will not be remembered no one will think about them anymore


text:
But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy, and her people to be a source of happiness.

normalized_text:
but be happy and rejoice forevermore over what i am about to create for look i am ready to create jerusalem to be a source of joy and her people to be a source of happiness


text:
Jerusalem will bring me joy, and my people will bring me happiness. The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow will never be heard in her again.

normalized_text:
jerusalem will bring me joy and my people will bring me happiness the sound of weeping or cries of sorrow will never be heard in her again


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Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.

normalized_text:
never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time indeed no one will die before the age of a hundred anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed


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No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced.

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no longer will they build a house only to have another live in it or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit for my people will live as long as trees and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced


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They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the LORD will bless their children and their descendants.

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they will not work in vain or give birth to children that will experience disaster for the lord will bless their children and their descendants


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A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake’s food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain,” says the LORD.

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a wolf and a lamb will graze together a lion like an ox will eat straw and a snake s food will be dirt they will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain says the lord


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This is what the LORD says:“The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?

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this is what the lord says the heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool where then is the house you will build for me where is the place where i will rest


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My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the LORD. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

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my hand made them that is how they came to be says the lord i show special favor to the humble and contrite who respect what i have to say


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The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog’s neck; the one who presents an offering includes pig’s blood with it; the one who offers incense also praises an idol. They have decided to behave this way; they enjoy these disgusting practices.

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the one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog s neck the one who presents an offering includes pig s blood with it the one who offers incense also praises an idol they have decided to behave this way they enjoy these disgusting practices


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So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; they chose to do what displeases me.”

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so i will choose severe punishment for them i will bring on them what they dread because i called and no one responded i spoke and they did not listen they did evil before me they chose to do what displeases me


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Listen to the LORD’s message, you who respect his word! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say,“May the LORD be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” But they will be put to shame.

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listen to the lord s message you who respect his word your countrymen who hate you and exclude you supposedly for the sake of my name say may the lord be glorified then we will witness your joy but they will be put to shame


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The sound of battle comes from the city; the sound comes from the temple! It is the sound of the LORD paying back his enemies.

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the sound of battle comes from the city the sound comes from the temple it is the sound of the lord paying back his enemies


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Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen this? Can a country be brought forth in one day? Can a nation be born in a single moment? Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons!

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who has ever heard of such a thing who has ever seen this can a country be brought forth in one day can a nation be born in a single moment yet as soon as zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons


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“Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the LORD.“Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God.

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do i bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it asks the lord or do i bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back asks your god


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Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her!

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be happy for jerusalem and rejoice with her all you who love her share in her great joy all you who have mourned over her


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For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.

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for you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished you will feed with joy from her milk filled breasts


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For this is what the LORD says:“Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees.

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for this is what the lord says look i am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks you will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side you will play on her knees


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When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The LORD will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.

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when you see this you will be happy and you will be revived the lord will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies


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For look, the LORD comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows.

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for look the lord comes with fire his chariots come like a windstorm to reveal his raging anger his battle cry and his flaming arrows


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“As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice– they will all be destroyed together,” says the LORD.

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as for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures like mice they will all be destroyed together says the lord


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“I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; they will come and witness my splendor.

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i hate their deeds and thoughts so i am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups they will come and witness my splendor


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I will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the nations– to Tarshish, Pul, Lud(known for its archers), Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.

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i will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the nations to tarshish pul lud known for its archers tubal javan and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about me or seen my splendor they will tell the nations of my splendor


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They will bring back all your countrymen from all the nations as an offering to the LORD. They will bring them on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the LORD,“just as the Israelites bring offerings to the LORD’s temple in ritually pure containers.

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they will bring back all your countrymen from all the nations as an offering to the lord they will bring them on horses in chariots in wagons on mules and on camels to my holy hill jerusalem says the lord just as the israelites bring offerings to the lord s temple in ritually pure containers


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“For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me,” says the LORD,“so your descendants and your name will remain.

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for just as the new heavens and the new earth i am about to make will remain standing before me says the lord so your descendants and your name will remain


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From one month to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people will come to worship me,” says the LORD.

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from one month to the next and from one sabbath to the next all people will come to worship me says the lord


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“They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent.”

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they will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me for the maggots that eat them will not die and the fire that consumes them will not die out all people will find the sight abhorrent


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¶ The Superscription The following is a record of what Jeremiah son of Hilkiah prophesied. He was one of the priests who lived at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.

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the superscription the following is a record of what jeremiah son of hilkiah prophesied he was one of the priests who lived at anathoth in the territory of the tribe of benjamin


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It also came in the days of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, and continued until the eleventh year of Zedekiah, son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the people of Jerusalem were taken into exile in the fifth month of that year.

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it also came in the days of jehoiakim son of josiah king of judah and continued until the eleventh year of zedekiah son of josiah king of judah until the people of jerusalem were taken into exile in the fifth month of that year


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“Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

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before i formed you in your mother s womb i chose you before you were born i set you apart i appointed you to be a prophet to the nations


