From 4b16e05aa63db99e018a94566ed9fd0355cb49d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Warren Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 15:22:02 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Reader report --- 23-ISA/28.usfm | 40 +++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/23-ISA/28.usfm b/23-ISA/28.usfm index 195ed3fb..c91b0c6f 100644 --- a/23-ISA/28.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/28.usfm @@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 9 They ridicule Yahweh and say, "Who does he think that he is teaching? -\q2 Why is he talking to us like this? -\q1 Does he think that we are little children -\q2 who have recently been weaned? +\v 9 Who will he teach so that they can learn about knowledge? +\q2 Who will listen to him so that he can teach lessons to them so they can learn? +\q1 Does he think that we are like little children who no longer drink milk, +\q2 and that we are like babies who, not long ago, were weaned? \q1 \v 10 He continually tells us, 'Do this, do that;' \q2 first he tells us one rule, then another rule, @@ -90,12 +90,8 @@ \q2 you who mock and make fun of me! \q1 \v 15 You boast and say, -\q1 "We made a bargain with death to ensure that the power of death may not touch us, -\q2 and to be sure of our bargain, we also made an agreement with the powers that control the place where the spirits of the dead dwell. -\q1 When the powerful armies comes to punish us for our sins, -\q2 they will not touch us, and they will not punish us, -\q2 because we trust in the lies we have told, and those lies make us safe; -\q2 and our deceitful words will protect us because we put our trust in them. +\q1 "We made a promise with death to ensure that the power of death, when it passes over us, it cannot get to us. +\q2 We tried to turn our lying words into a shelter in which we could hide. \s5 \p @@ -107,25 +103,23 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 17 I will test you people of Jerusalem to find out if you will act justly and righteously -\q2 like someone uses a plumb line to determine if a wall is straight and level. -\q1 But because your agreement with Egypt to protect you was made by leaders lying to each other and deceiving each other, -\q2 you will be defeated and taken away from your country -\q2 by an army that will come against you like a flood. +\v 17 I will test you people of Jerusalem to find out if you will act justly and righteously, +\q2 I will measure your character like a carpenter uses a plumb line to determine if a wall is straight and level. +\q1 And then the hail will fall! And it will destroy everything you have. +\q2 Your shelter will be destroyed because it is built on a foundation of lies, +\q2 and the water from the storm will wash your shelter away. \s5 \q1 \v 18 I will cancel the covenant that you made with death, \q2 and I will bring to an end the covenant you made with the place where the dead dwell. -\q1 But when the vast army of Assyria comes like a flood, it will pour over you; -\q2 they will defeat you and crush your army, -\q2 with their great numbers and mighty power they will trample over you and beat you into the dirt. +\q1 But when the vast flood comes, it will pour over you; +\q2 and day after day it will pass over you. + \q1 -\v 19 Their soldiers will come during the morning, at noontime, and at night, -\q2 and they will carry you all away." -\b -\q1 And when you understand this message, -\q2 you will be terrified. +\v 19 When the flood comes, it will pass through and over you like the river when it overflows its banks and causes flooding everywhere. +\q1 When you finally understand the message of Yahweh, it will cause you to be terrified, not comforted. +\b \s5 \q1