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\s5
\q1
\v 14 I hate all your celebrations of the new moon and the other festivals that you celebrate.
\v 14 I hate all of your celebrations of the new moon and the other festivals that you celebrate.
\q2 They are like a heavy burden that I am tired of carrying.
\q1
\v 15 So when you lift up your hands to pray to me,
\q2 I will not look at you.
\q1 Even if you pray to me often,
\q1 I will not listen to you
\q1 I will not listen to you,
\q2 because it is as though your hands are covered with the blood of people whom you have killed.
\s5
@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
\q2 Even though your sins are like scarlet red,
\q1 they will be as white as snow;
\q2 though your sins are like crimson red,
\q1 they will be as white as sheeps' wool.
\q1 they will be as white as sheep's wool.
\s5
\q1
@ -215,12 +215,12 @@
\s5
\q1
\v 5 You descendants of Jacob,
\q2 let us behave in the way that we should, because Yahweh is with us!
\q2 let us behave in the way that we should because Yahweh is with us!
\q1
\v 6 Yahweh, you have abandoned us, your people
\q2 who are descendants of Jacob,
\q1 because everywhere your people practice the customs of people who live east of Israel.
\q2 They also perform rituals to find out what will happen in the future as the people in Philistia do.
\q2 They also perform rituals to find out what will happen in the future, as the people in Philistia do.
\q2 They make agreements with foreigners who do not know Yahweh.
\s5
@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
\s5
\q1
\v 20 On that day, people will get rid of all their gold and silver idols
\v 20 On that day, people will get rid of all of their gold and silver idols
\q2 that they made to worship,
\q1 and they will throw them to the bats and rats.
\q1
@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
\q2 They will fear what he will do because he is glorious and awesome,
\q2 when he comes to terrify the people on the earth.
\q1
\v 22 So do not trust that people will save you
\v 22 So do not trust that people will save you,
\q2 because they are as powerless as a person's breath.
\q1 People certainly cannot help you!
@ -330,13 +330,13 @@
\q2 You rule this city, which is now a pile of ruins.'
\q1
\v 7 But his brother will reply,
\q2 'No, I cannot help you
\q2 'No, I cannot help you,
\q1 because I do not have any extra food or clothes in this house.
\q2 So do not make me your leader!'"
\s5
\q1
\v 8 The people in Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah have disobeyed God
\v 8 The people in Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah have disobeyed God,
\q2 because everything that the people do and say there opposes Yahweh,
\q2 the powerful and glorious one,
\q1 and they refuse to obey him.
@ -403,8 +403,8 @@
\v 24 Instead of smelling nice from perfume, they will stink;
\q2 instead of beautiful sashes, they will have ropes around their waists.
\q1 Instead of having fancy hairdos, they will be bald.
\q2 Instead of having fancy robes, they will wear rough sackcloth.
\q2 Instead of beauty, they will have scars of branding.
\q2 Instead of having fancy robes, they will wear rough sackcloth;
\q2 instead of beauty, they will have scars of branding.
\q1
\v 25 Your men will die by their enemies' swords,
\q2 and your soldiers will also die in battle.
@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\v 19 They make fun of God and say to him,
\q2 "Quickly do something to punish us!
\q2 We want to see what you will do.
\q1 You, the Holy One of Israel, should do what you are planning to do,
\q1 You, the Holy One of Israel, should do what you are planning to do
\q2 because we want to know what it is."
\s5
@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\m
\v 4 When they spoke, the sound of their cries caused the foundation beneath the doorposts of the temple to shake, and the temple was filled with smoke.
\p
\v 5 Then I said, "Terrible things will happen to me, because everything that I say is sinful, and I live among people who constantly say sinful things. I will be destroyed because I have seen Yahweh, commander of the angel armies!"
\v 5 Then I said, "Terrible things will happen to me because everything that I say is sinful, and I live among people who constantly say sinful things. I will be destroyed because I have seen Yahweh, commander of the angel armies!"
\s5
\p
@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\c 7
\p
\v 1 Ahaz was the son of Jotham and grandson of Uzziah. During the time that Ahaz was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel marched with their armies to attack Jerusalem. But they could not conquer it.
\v 1 Ahaz was the son of Jotham and grandson of Uzziah. During the time that Ahaz was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel marched with their armies to attack Jerusalem, but they could not conquer it.
\p
\v 2 Before they attacked, everyone in the palace in Jerusalem heard news that Aram and Israel were now allies. So King Ahaz and the people over whom he ruled were extremely afraid; they were shaking like trees shake in a windstorm.
@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\v 6 'We will attack Judah and conquer it. Then we will appoint Tabeel's son to be the king of Judah.'
\s5
\v 7 But this is what Yahweh, the Lord, says:
\v 7 But this is what Yahweh the Lord says:
\q1 'It will not happen;
\q2 They will not conquer Jerusalem!
\q1
@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 9 Israel's capital is Samaria, and Samaria is ruled only by its insignificant King Pekah.
\q2 So you do not need to be afraid of those two countries!
\q1 But you must trust me, because if you do not trust me firmly,
\q1 But you must trust me because if you do not trust me firmly,
\q2 you will be defeated.'"
\s5
@ -742,17 +742,17 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\v 23 Now there are many areas where there are vineyards that are worth one thousand pieces of silver, but at that time there will be only briers and thorns in those fields.
\v 24 There will be only briers and thorns in the entire land, and wild animals, with the result that men will take their bows and arrows and go there to hunt and kill animals.
\v 25 No one will go to where there previously were gardens on fertile hillsides, because briers and thorns will cover those hillsides. They will be areas where only a few cattle and sheep and goats wander around searching for something to eat.
\v 25 No one will go to where there previously were gardens on fertile hillsides because briers and thorns will cover those hillsides. They will be areas where only a few cattle and sheep and goats wander around searching for something to eat.
\s5
\c 8
\p
\v 1 Then Yahweh said to me, "Make a large signboard. And write clearly on it, 'Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz' which means 'quickly plunder and steal everything'."
\v 1 Then Yahweh said to me, "Make a large signboard, and write clearly on it, 'Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz,' which means 'quickly plunder and steal everything.'"
\v 2 So I requested Uriah the high priest and Jeberekiah's son Zechariah, men who were both honest witnesses, to watch me as I was doing that.
\s5
\p
\v 3 Then I slept with my wife, who was a prophetess, and she became pregnant and then gave birth to a son. Then Yahweh said to me, "Give him the name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz,
\v 3 Then I slept with my wife, who was a prophetess, and she became pregnant and then gave birth to a son. Then Yahweh said to me, "Give him the name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz
\v 4 because before he is old enough to say 'papa' or 'mama', the king of Assyria will come with his army and take away all the valuable things in Damascus and in Samaria."
\s5
@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 9 Listen, all you people in distant countries!
\q2 You can prepare to attack Judah.
\q1 You can prepare for battle, and shout your war cries,
\q1 You can prepare for battle and shout your war cries,
\q2 but your armies will be crushed!
\q1
\v 10 You can prepare for what you will do to attack Judah,
@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 16 So I say to you who are my disciples, seal up this scroll
\v 16 So I say to you who are my disciples: Seal up this scroll
\q2 on which I have written the messages that God has given to me,
\q1 and give his instructions to others who have accompanied me.
\q1
@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 6 Another reason that we will rejoice is that a special child will be born for us,
\v 6 Another reason that we will rejoice is that a special child will be born for us;
\q2 a woman will give birth to a son,
\q2 and he will be our ruler.
\q1 And his names will be 'Wonderful Counselor,' 'Mighty God,' 'Our Everlasting Father,' and 'Ruler who causes us to have Peace.'
@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 and he does not even act mercifully toward the widows and orphans,
\q1 because they are all ungodly and wicked,
\q2 and they all say things that are foolish.
\q1 But Yahweh still is angry with them;
\q1 But Yahweh is still angry with them;
\q2 he is ready to strike them with his fist again.
\s5
@ -941,12 +941,12 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 20 The Israelite people will attack their neighbors who live in houses at the right to get food from them,
\v 20 The Israelite people will attack their neighbors who live in houses on the right to get food from them,
\q2 but they will still be hungry.
\q1 They will kill and eat the flesh of those who live in houses at the left,
\q1 They will kill and eat the flesh of those who live in houses on the left,
\q2 but their stomachs will still not be full.
\q2
\v 21 Israelites of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim will attack each other,
\v 21 Israelites of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim will attack each other
\q2 and then they will both attack the people of Judah.
\q1 But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with them;
\q2 He will be ready to strike them with his fist again.
@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 6 Sometimes I send the Assyrians to attack a godless nation,
\q2 to fight against other people who have caused me to be angry.
\q1 I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions,
\q1 I send them to capture people, to seize and take away their possessions,
\q2 and to trample them like people walk on mud in the streets.
\s5
@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2
\v 9 We destroyed the city of Kalno as we destroyed the city of Carchemish.
\q1 We destroyed the city of Hamath as we destroyed the city of Arpad;
\q2 we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
\q2 we destroyed Samaria just as we destroyed Damascus.
\s5
\q1
@ -1014,14 +1014,14 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\v 13 He says, 'By my own great power I have done these things.
\q2 I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent.
\q1 My army removed the barriers at the borders of nations
\q2 and carried away all their valuable things.
\q1 My mighty army has humiliated all their people.
\q2 and carried away all of their valuable things.
\q1 My mighty army has humiliated all of their people.
\s5
\q1
\v 14 Like someone who reaches into a bird's nest to take away the eggs,
\q2 we have taken away the treasures of other countries.
\q1 The people were not like birds that would have flapped their wings or chirp loudly to protest about their eggs being stolen;
\q1 The people were not like birds that would have flapped their wings or chirped loudly to protest about their eggs being stolen;
\q2 the people did not object at all to their treasures being stolen.'
\s5
@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1 So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength.
\q1
\v 16 I am the Lord Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, who will send a plague among the best soldiers of Assyria;
\q2 it will be like a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory.
\q2 it will be like a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory."
\s5
\q1
@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 they will be like a very sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
\q1
\v 19 There will be very few trees left in those forests;
\q2 even a child will be able to count them."
\q2 even a child will be able to count them.
\s5
\q1
@ -1088,20 +1088,20 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 28 One day in the future this will be the situation: The army of Assyria has entered northern Judah near Aiath;
\v 28 One day in the future, this will be the situation: The army of Assyria has entered northern Judah near Aiath;
\q2 they have gone through Migron
\q2 and stored their supplies at Micmash, north of Jerusalem.
\q2 and stored their supplies at Mikmash, north of Jerusalem.
\q1
\v 29 They have crossed through a mountain pass
\q2 and set up their tents at Geba.
\q1 People in Ramah will tremble because of they are afraid.
\q1 People in Ramah will tremble because they are afraid.
\q2 The people of Gibeah, where King Saul was born, have all run away.
\s5
\q1
\v 30 You people of Gallim will cry out for help!
\q2 They will shout to the people of the city of Laish near Jerusalem to warn them!
\q2 The people of Anathoth will suffer a lot.
\q2 They will shout to the people of the city of Laishah near Jerusalem to warn them!
\q2 The people of Anathoth will suffer much.
\q1
\v 31 The people of Madmenah north of Jerusalem are all running away,
\q2 and the people of Gebim close to Jerusalem are trying to hide.
@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 33 But listen to this! Yahweh, commander of the angel armies,
\q2 with his great power will destroy the mighty army of Assyria.
\q2 will destroy the mighty army of Assyria with his great power.
\q1 It is as though they are a huge tree that he will cut down.
\q1
\v 34 He will destroy the soldiers of Assyria
@ -1133,10 +1133,10 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 3 He will be glad to obey Yahweh.
\q1 He will not decide whether someone is righteous or not only by seeing what that person looks like,
\q1 He will not decide whether or not someone is righteous only by seeing what that person looks like
\q2 or by listening to what others say about that person.
\q1
\v 4 He will judge the cases of needy people fairly;
\v 4 He will judge the cases of needy people fairly,
\q2 and he will act justly toward poor people.
\q1 He will punish evil people as a result of what he decides;
\q2 he will get rid of wicked people because of the evil things they have done.
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\q1 small children will even put their hands into nests of poisonous snakes,
\q2 and the snakes will not harm them.
\q1
\v 9 No creatures will harm or kill other creatures on Mount Zion, my holy hill;
\q1 and the earth will be filled with people who know me,
\v 9 No creatures will harm or kill other creatures on Mount Zion, my holy hill,
\q1 and the earth will be filled with people who know me
\q2 as the seas are full of water.
\s5
\p
\v 10 At that time, a descendant of King David will hold up a flag
\q2 to signal to the people of all peoples that they should gather around him;
\q2 to signal to the people of all nations that they should gather around him;
\q1 they will come to him to get his advice,
\q2 and the place where he lives will be glorious.
\q
\v 11 At that time, Yahweh will reach out his hand as he did long ago;
\q1 he will enable those who had been exiled from Israel to return home,
\q1 he will enable those who had been exiled from Israel to return home
\q2 from Assyria, from northern Egypt, from southern Egypt,
\q2 from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath, and from all the distant countries near the sea.
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\q1
\v 14 Their armies will join together to attack the people of Philistia to the west.
\q2 And together they will attack nations to the east;
\q1 they will defeat those nations and take away all their valuable possessions.
\q1 they will defeat those nations and take away all of their valuable possessions.
\q1 They will capture the areas of Edom and Moab,
\q2 and they will rule the people of the Ammon people.
\q2 and they will rule the Ammonite people.
\q1
\v 15 Yahweh will make a dry road through the sea near Egypt.
\q1 It will be as though he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River
@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 16 Because he will make a highway for his people who are living in Assyria,
\q2 they will be able to return to their own land,
\q1 just like long ago he made a path for the people of Israel
\q1 just as long ago he made a path for the people of Israel
\q2 so that they could go through the water
\q2 when they left Egypt.
@ -1230,19 +1230,19 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 3 You, his people, will greatly rejoice because he has rescued you,
\q2 like you enjoy drinking water from a fountain.
\q2 as you enjoy drinking water from a fountain.
\p
\v 4 At that time you will say,
\q1 "We should thank Yahweh! We should praise him!
\q2 We should tell the people of all the peoples what he has done;
\q2 We should tell the people of all the nations what he has done;
\q2 we should enable them to know that he is very great!
\s5
\q1
\v 5 We should sing to Yahweh, because he has done wonderful things.
\v 5 We should sing to Yahweh because he has done wonderful things.
\q2 We should enable everyone in the world to know it!
\q1
\v 6 You people of Jerusalem, shout joyfully to praise Yahweh,
\v 6 You people of Jerusalem, shout joyfully to praise Yahweh
\q2 because he is the great Holy One whom we Israelite people worship,
\q2 and he lives among us!"
@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\p
\v 1 I, Isaiah son of Amoz, received from Yahweh this message about the city of Babylon:
\q1
\v 2 Lift up a flag on the bare top of a hill,
\v 2 Lift up a flag on the bare top of a hill
\q2 to signal that an army should come to attack Babylon.
\q1 Shout to them and wave your hand to signal to them
\q2 that they should march through the city gates into the palaces of the proud rulers of Babylon!
@ -1264,12 +1264,12 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 4 Listen to the noise on the mountains,
\q2 which is the noise of a huge army marching!
\q1 It is the noise made by people of many peoples shouting.
\q1 It is the noise made by people of many nations shouting.
\q2 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, has summoned this army to gather together.
\q1
\v 5 They come from countries that are far away,
\q2 from the most remote places on the earth.
\q1 They are like weapons that Yahweh will use to punish the people with whom he is very angry,
\q1 They are like weapons that Yahweh will use to punish the people with whom he is very angry
\q2 and to destroy the entire country of Babylonia.
\s5
@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 9 Listen to this, you people of Babylon: The day that Yahweh has chosen to act in is near,
\v 9 Listen to this, you people of Babylon: The day in which Yahweh has chosen to act is near,
\q2 the day on which he will furiously and fiercely punish you because he is very angry with you.
\q1 He will cause your land of Babylonia to be desolate,
\q2 and he will destroy all the sinners in it.
@ -1342,8 +1342,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 19 Babylon has been a very beautiful city;
\q2 all the people of Babylonia have been very proud of Babylon, their capital city;
\q1 but God will destroy Babylon,
\q2 like he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
\q1 but God will destroy Babylon
\q2 as he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
\q1
\v 20 No one will ever live in Babylon again.
\q2 It will be deserted forever.
@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\p
\v 3 Yahweh will free you Israelite people from suffering and trouble and from being afraid, and from being cruelly treated as slaves.
\v 3 Yahweh will free you Israelite people from suffering and trouble and from being afraid and from being cruelly treated as slaves.
\v 4 When that happens, you will make fun of the king of Babylon by singing a song like this:
\q1 "You treated us cruelly, but that has ended!
\q2 You insulted others and made them suffer, but you can do this no longer!
@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\v 29 Do not rejoice, all you people of Philistia, that the enemy army that attacked you has been defeated
\q2 and that their king is dead.
\q1 He was as dangerous as a snake,
\q2 but there will be another king,
\q2 but there will be another king
\q1 who will be more dangerous than a cobra;
\q2 he will be like a quick-moving poisonous snake.
\q1
@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 31 So, you people of Philistia, wail at the gates of your cities!
\q2 You should be extremely afraid,
\q2 You should be extremely afraid
\q1 because a very powerful army will come from the north to attack you;
\q2 their chariots will stir up the dust like a cloud of smoke.
\q1 Each of their soldiers is ready to fight.
@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 and there will be nothing left that is green.
\q1
\v 7 The people will pick up their possessions
\q2 and carry them across the brook of the Willows.
\q2 and carry them across the Brook of the Willows.
\s5
\q1
@ -1605,9 +1605,9 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 but what they say about themselves is not true.
\q1
\v 7 Then all the people in Moab will weep.
\q2 They will all mourn,
\q2 They will all mourn
\q1 because there will be no more raisin cakes in the city of Kir Hareseth.
\q2 But more than the cakes, they mourn for the people who lived there, who were all killed.
\q2 But more than the cakes, they mourn for the people who lived there who were all killed.
\s5
\q1
@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 and the vineyards of Sibmah will wither also.
\q1 The armies of other nations will destroy Moab,
\q2 which is like a beautiful grapevine
\q1 whose branches spread north to Jazer,
\q1 whose branches spread north to Jazer
\q2 and east to the desert.
\q1 Its branches spread very far west,
\q2 to the west side of the Dead Sea.
@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\p
\v 13 Yahweh has already spoken those things about Moab.
\v 14 But now he says that exactly three years from now, he will destroy all the things that the people of Moab have been proud of. Even though they have a huge number of people in Moab now, only a few people will remain alive, and they will be weak.
\v 14 But now he says that exactly three years from now he will destroy all the things that the people of Moab have been proud of. Even though they have a huge number of people in Moab now, only a few people will remain alive, and they will be weak.
\s5
\c 17
@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 3 The cities in Israel will not have walls around them to protect them.
\q2 The power of the kingdom of Damascus will be ended,
\q2 and the few people who will remain in Aram will be disgraced like the people in Israel were disgraced."
\q2 and the few people who will remain in Aram will be disgraced as the people in Israel were disgraced."
\q1 That is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says.
\s5
@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 or four or five olives on the other branches."
\q1 That is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says.
\q1
\v 7 Then at that time, you people of Israel will trust in God, your creator,
\v 7 Then at that time, you people of Israel will trust in God your creator,
\q2 the Holy One of Israel.
\s5
@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1 You will never again bow down in front of the poles where you worshiped the goddess Asherah.
\q2 You will never again worship at the high places that you have built to burn incense to idols.
\p
\v 9 The largest cities in Israel will be abandoned, like the land that the Hiv and Amor peoples abandoned when the Israelites attacked them long ago. No people will live there.
\v 9 The largest cities in Israel will be abandoned, like the land that the Hivites and Amorites abandoned when the Israelites attacked them long ago. No people will live there.
\s5
\q1
@ -1703,18 +1703,18 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 11 But even if they sprout leaves on the day you plant them,
\q2 and even if they produce blossoms on that same morning,
\q1 at harvest time, there will not be any grapes for you to pick.
\q2 All that you will get is much of agony and suffering.
\q1 at harvest time there will not be any grapes for you to pick.
\q2 All that you will get is much agony and suffering.
\s5
\q1
\v 12 Listen! The armies of many nations will roar like the sea roars.
\q2 It will sound like noise of crashing waves.
\q2 It will sound like the noise of crashing waves.
\q1
\v 13 But even though their loud roaring will be like the sound of crashing waves,
\q2 when Yahweh rebukes them, they will run far away.
\q1 They will flee like chaff on the hills scatters when the wind blows,
\q2 like tumbleweeds scatter when a windstorm blows.
\q1 They will flee as chaff on the hills scatters when the wind blows,
\q2 as tumbleweeds scatter when a windstorm blows.
\q1
\v 14 And even though you people of Israel will be terrified,
\q2 in the morning your enemies will all be gone.
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\q1
\v 2 Your rulers send ambassadors that sail quickly down the river in papyrus boats.
\q1 Tell your messengers to go quickly!
\q1 Go to people who are tall and who have smooth skins.
\q2 People everywhere are afraid of those people,
\q1 Go to people who are tall and who have smooth skin.
\q2 People everywhere are afraid of those people
\q1 because they conquer and destroy other nations;
\q2 they are people who live in a land that rivers divide.
@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1 Then wild animals will chew on their bones all during the winter."
\p
\v 7 At that time, the people of the nation that rivers divide will take gifts to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
\q1 Those people are tall and have smooth skins; people everywhere are afraid of those people,
\q1 Those people who are tall and have smooth skins, who people everywhere are afraid of
\q2 because they conquer and destroy other nations,
\q1 will take gifts to Jerusalem, the city where Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, lives.
@ -1771,9 +1771,9 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 and the people of Egypt will be extremely afraid.
\q1
\v 2 I will cause the people of Egypt to fight against each other:
\q2 men will fight against their brothers,
\q2 neighbors will fight against each other,
\q2 people of one city will fight against the people of another city,
\q2 men will fight against their brothers;
\q2 neighbors will fight against each other;
\q2 people of one city will fight against the people of another city;
\q2 people of one province will fight against the people of another province.
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\p
\v 16 At that time, the people of Egypt will be as helpless as women. They will tremble, being terrified because they know that Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, has raised his fist, intending to strike them.
\v 17 The people of Egypt will be afraid of the people of Judah, and anyone who mentions Judah to them will cause them to be terrified, because that will remind them of what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, is planning to do to them.
\v 17 The people of Egypt will be afraid of the people of Judah, and anyone who mentions Judah to them will cause them to be terrified because that will remind them of what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, is planning to do to them.
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\p
@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
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\c 20
\p
\v 1 One year King Sargon of Assyria sent the chief commander of his army to take his soldiers to capture the city of Ashdod in Philistia. At that time,
\v 1 One year, King Sargon of Assyria sent the chief commander of his army to take his soldiers to capture the city of Ashdod in Philistia. At that time,
\v 2 Yahweh told Isaiah, "Take off the rough sackcloth that you have been wearing and take off your sandals." So Isaiah did that, and then he walked around naked and barefoot for three years.
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@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1 "Put a watchman on the wall of Jerusalem,
\q2 and tell him to shout what he sees.
\q1
\v 7 Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses,
\v 7 Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses
\q2 and men riding camels and donkeys, coming from Babylon.
\q1 Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!"
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\p
\v 11 Yahweh gave this message about Edom:
\q1 Someone from Edom has been calling to me saying,
\q1 Someone from Edom has been calling to me, saying,
\q2 "Watchman, how long will it be before the night is over?"
\q1
\v 12 The watchman, replied,
@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1 Give this message to people traveling in caravans from the town of Dedan in northwest Arabia, travelers who camp in the scrub there.
\q1 Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.
\q2
\v 14 And you people who live in the city of Tema in northwest Arabia,
\v 14 And you people who live in the city of Tema in northwest Arabia
\q2 must bring food for the refugees who are fleeing from their enemies.
\q1
\v 15 They are fleeing in order not to be killed by their enemies' swords
@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1 Why is everyone foolishly running up to their flat rooftops?
\q1
\v 2 Everyone in the city seems to be shouting.
\q2 There are a lot of corpses in the city,
\q2 There are many corpses in the city,
\q1 but they were not killed by their enemies' swords.
\q2 They did not die in battles;
\q2 instead, they died from diseases and hunger.
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\q2 and thrown you away in a large distant land.
\q1 You will die and be buried there,
\q2 and your beautiful chariots will stay there in the hands of your enemies.
\q2 And because of what happens to you, your master, the king, will be very ashamed.
\q2 And because of what happens to you, your master the king will be very ashamed.
\q1
\v 19 Yahweh says, "I will force you to quit working in the palace;
\q2 you will be forced out from your important position.
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\v 22 I will give to him authority over what happens in the palace where King David lived; when he decides something, no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
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\v 23 I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position as supervisor of the workers in the palace, like a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
\v 23 I will cause his family to be greatly respected because I will put him firmly in his position as supervisor of the workers in the palace, like a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
\v 24 Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.
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