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\v 14 I hate all of your celebrations of the new moon and the other festivals that you celebrate.
\v 14 I hate all 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,
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\q1
\v 20 On that day, people will get rid of all of their gold and silver idols
\v 20 On that day, people will get rid of all their gold and silver idols
\q2 that they made to worship,
\q1 and they will throw them to the bats and rats.
\q1
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\s5
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\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.
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\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
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\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.'"
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\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.
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\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,
\q2 but what you plan to do will be useless!
\q1 You will not succeed
\q1 You will not succeed,
\q2 because God is with us!
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\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
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\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.'
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\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 is still angry with them;
\q1 But Yahweh still is angry with them;
\q2 he is ready to strike them with his fist again.
\s5
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\s5
\q1
\v 20 The Israelite people will attack their neighbors who live in houses on the right to get food from them,
\v 20 The Israelite people will attack their neighbors who live in houses at 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 on the left,
\q1 They will kill and eat the flesh of those who live in houses at 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.
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\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, to seize and take away their possessions,
\q1 I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions,
\q2 and to trample them like people walk on mud in the streets.
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\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 as we destroyed Damascus.
\q2 we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
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\q1
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\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 of their valuable things.
\q1 My mighty army has humiliated all of their people.
\q2 and carried away all their valuable things.
\q1 My mighty army has humiliated all 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 chirped loudly to protest about their eggs being stolen;
\q1 The people were not like birds that would have flapped their wings or chirp loudly to protest about their eggs being stolen;
\q2 the people did not object at all to their treasures being stolen.'
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\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
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\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
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\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 Mikmash, north of Jerusalem.
\q2 and stored their supplies at Micmash, 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 they are afraid.
\q1 People in Ramah will tremble because of they are afraid.
\q2 The people of Gibeah, where King Saul was born, have all run away.
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\q1
\v 30 You people of Gallim will cry out for help!
\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.
\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.
\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.
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\v 33 But listen to this! Yahweh, commander of the angel armies,
\q2 will destroy the mighty army of Assyria with his great power.
\q2 with his great power will destroy the mighty army of Assyria.
\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
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\v 3 He will be glad to obey Yahweh.
\q1 He will not decide whether or not someone is righteous only by seeing what that person looks like
\q1 He will not decide whether someone is righteous or not 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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\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
\q1 and the earth will be filled with people who know me,
\q2 as the seas are full of water.
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\p
\v 10 At that time, a descendant of King David will hold up a flag
\q2 to signal to the people of all nations that they should gather around him;
\q2 to signal to the people of all peoples 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 of their valuable possessions.
\q1 they will defeat those nations and take away all their valuable possessions.
\q1 They will capture the areas of Edom and Moab,
\q2 and they will rule the Ammonite people.
\q2 and they will rule the people of the Ammon 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
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\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 as long ago he made a path for the people of Israel
\q1 just like 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.
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\q1
\v 3 You, his people, will greatly rejoice because he has rescued you,
\q2 as you enjoy drinking water from a fountain.
\q2 like 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 nations what he has done;
\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 enable them to know that he is very great!
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\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!
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\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 nations shouting.
\q1 It is the noise made by people of many peoples 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.
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\q1
\v 9 Listen to this, you people of Babylon: The day in which Yahweh has chosen to act is near,
\v 9 Listen to this, you people of Babylon: The day that Yahweh has chosen to act in 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.
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\q2 When the sun rises, it will be dark,
\q1 and there will be no light from the moon at night.
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\v 11 Yahweh says, "I will punish everyone in the world for the evil things that they do;
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\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 as he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
\q1 but God will destroy Babylon,
\q2 like he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
\q1
\v 20 No one will ever live in Babylon again.
\q2 It will be deserted forever.
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\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!
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\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
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\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.
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\q1
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\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.
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\q1
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\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.
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\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.
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\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, as the people in Israel were disgraced."
\q2 and the few people who will remain in Aram will be disgraced like the people in Israel were disgraced."
\q1 That is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says.
\s5
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\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.
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\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 Hivites and Amorites 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 Hiv and Amor peoples abandoned when the Israelites attacked them long ago. No people will live there.
\s5
\q1
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\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 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 of agony and suffering.
\s5
\q1
\v 12 Listen! The armies of many nations will roar like the sea roars.
\q2 It will sound like the noise of crashing waves.
\q2 It will sound like 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 as chaff on the hills scatters when the wind blows,
\q2 as tumbleweeds scatter when a windstorm blows.
\q1 They will flee like chaff on the hills scatters when the wind blows,
\q2 like 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 skin.
\q2 People everywhere are afraid of those people
\q1 Go to people who are tall and who have smooth skins.
\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.
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\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 who are tall and have smooth skin, who people everywhere are afraid of
\q1 Those people are tall and have smooth skins; people everywhere are afraid of those people,
\q2 because they conquer and destroy other nations,
\q1 will take gifts to Jerusalem, the city where Yahweh commander of the angel armies lives.
\q1 will take gifts to Jerusalem, the city where Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, lives.
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\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.
\s5
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\v 11 The officials in the city of Zoan in northern Egypt are foolish.
\q2 The advice that they gave to the king was worthless.
\q1 Why do they continue to tell the king that they are wise,
\q2 that they are descendants of wise kings who lived long ago?
\q2 that they are descendants of wise kings who lived long ago ?
\q1
\v 12 King, where are your wise advisors now?
\q2 If you had any wise advisors, they could tell you what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, has planned to do to Egypt!
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\s5
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\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.
\s5
\p
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\s5
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\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.
\s5
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\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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\s5
\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,
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\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
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\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 many corpses in the city,
\q2 There are a lot of 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.
@ -2049,7 +2050,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\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.
@ -2061,7 +2062,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\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.
\s5
\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.
\s5
@ -2085,10 +2086,10 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 4 But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed
\v 4 But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed,
\q2 because you trusted in Tyre, which has been a strong fortress on an island in the sea.
\q1 Tyre is like a woman who is saying,
\q2 "Now it is as though I have not given birth to any children
\q2 "Now it is as though I have not given birth to any children,
\q2 or raised any sons or daughters."
\q1
\v 5 When the people of Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre,
@ -2116,7 +2117,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 10 You people of Tarshish, you must grow crops in your land instead of trading;
\q2 spread out over your land like the Nile River spreads over the land of Egypt when it floods
\q2 spread out over your land like the Nile River spreads over the land of Egypt when it floods,
\q2 because there is no harbor in Tyre for your ships now.
\q1
\v 11 It is as though Yahweh stretched out his hand over the sea
@ -2148,16 +2149,16 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\v 16 You harlot, whom people had forgotten,
\q2 play your harp well,
\q1 and sing many songs,
\q2 so that people will remember you again.
\q2 in order that people will remember you again.
\s5
\p
\v 17 It is true that after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn much money by buying things from and selling things to many other nations.
\v 17 It is true that after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many other nations.
\q1
\v 18 But their profits will be given to Yahweh.
\q2 The merchants will not hoard their money;
\q1 instead, they will give it to Yahweh's people, for they will live in his presence
\q2 so that they can buy food and nice clothes.
\q1 instead, they will give it to Yahweh's people, for they will live in his presence,
\q2 in order that they can buy food and nice clothes.
\s5
\c 24
@ -2204,7 +2205,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 and people will no longer shout noisily during their celebrations.
\q1
\v 9 People will no longer sing while they drink wine,
\q2 and all of their alcoholic drinks will taste bitter.
\q2 and all their alcoholic drinks will taste bitter.
\s5
\q1
@ -2217,11 +2218,11 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 12 Cities will be ruined,
\q2 and all of their gates will be battered into pieces.
\q2 and all their gates will be battered into pieces.
\q1
\v 13 It will be like that all over the earth:
\q2 there will only be a few people still alive,
\q1 as what happens when workers beat all the olives off a tree and there are only a few left,
\q1 like what happens when workers beat all the olives off a tree and there are only a few left,
\q2 or when they harvest the grapes and there are only a few left on the vines.
\s5
@ -2260,12 +2261,12 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 20 It will be as though the earth will stagger like a drunk;
\q2 it will shake like a hammock in a windstorm.
\q1 It will collapse and not be able to rise again
\q1 It will collapse and not be able to rise again,
\q2 because the guilt of the people who rebel against Yahweh is very great.
\s5
\q1
\v 21 At that time, Yahweh will punish the wicked, powerful beings in the skies
\v 21 At that time, Yahweh will punish the wicked powerful beings in the skies
\q2 and the wicked kings on the earth.
\q1
\v 22 They will all be gathered together and thrown into a dungeon.
@ -2273,8 +2274,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1 and later they will be punished.
\q1
\v 23 At that time the light of the moon and the sun will be lessened;
\q2 it will be as though they are ashamed in the presence of Yahweh
\q1 because he, Yahweh commander of the angel armies, will rule gloriously on Mount Zion
\q2 it will be as though they are ashamed in the presence of Yahweh,
\q1 because he, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, will rule gloriously on Mount Zion,
\q2 in the presence of all the leaders of his people.
\s5
@ -2284,7 +2285,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 I will honor you and praise you.
\q1 You do wonderful things;
\q2 you said long ago that you would do those things,
\q2 and now you have done them as you said you would.
\q2 and now you have done them as you said that you would.
\q1
\v 2 Sometimes you have caused cities to become heaps of rubble,
\q2 cities that had strong walls around them.
@ -2300,8 +2301,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 a place where needy people can go when they are distressed.
\q1 You are like a place where people can find refuge in a storm
\q2 and where they can stay in the shade, out of the hot sun.
\q1 People oppress us and show us no mercy;
\q2 they are like a storm beating against a wall
\q1 People oppress us and show us no mercy,
\q2 they are like a storm beating against a wall,
\q2
\v 5 and like the very strong heat in the dry land.
\q1 But you cause the noisy cries of people from foreign nations to be quiet.
@ -2310,8 +2311,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 6 Here in Jerusalem, Yahweh—commander of the angel armies—will prepare a wonderful feast for all the people of the world.
\q2 It will be a banquet with plenty of good meat and fine, well-aged wine.
\v 6 Here in Jerusalem Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, will prepare a wonderful feast for all the people of the world.
\q2 It will be a banquet with plenty of good meat and fine well-aged wine.
\q1
\v 7 People here are sad;
\q2 they are so sad that it is like a dark cloud that hangs over them,
@ -2340,7 +2341,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\v 11 Yahweh will push down the people of Moab;
\q2 they will be like a swimmer who pushes down the water with his hands; they will push their hands through the dung but never get out of it.
\q1 He will cause them to cease being proud,
\q2 and he will show that all the things they have done are worthless.
\q2 and he will show that all the things that they have done are worthless.
\q1
\v 12 He will cause armies to tear down the high walls around the cities of Moab;
\q2 they will fall into pieces and lie in the dust.
@ -2359,10 +2360,10 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 3 Yahweh, those who trust in you,
\q2 those who are determined to never doubt you—
\q2 those who are determined to never doubt you,
\q2 you will enable them to be perfectly peaceful in their inner beings.
\q1
\v 4 So always trust in Yahweh
\v 4 So always trust in Yahweh,
\q2 because he is forever like a huge rock on top of which we will be safe.
\s5
@ -2407,7 +2408,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 13 Yahweh our God, other masters have ruled over us,
\v 13 Yahweh, our God, other masters have ruled over us,
\q2 but you are the only one whom we honor.
\q1
\v 14 Those who ruled us are now gone; they are dead;
@ -2428,7 +2429,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 17 Like pregnant women who writhe and cry out
\q2 when they are giving birth,
\q2 we also suffered very much.
\q2 we suffered very much, too.
\s5
\q1
@ -2439,7 +2440,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 19 But Yahweh's people who have died will become alive again;
\v 19 But Yahweh's people who have died will become alive again,
\q2 their corpses will become alive!
\q1 You whose bodies lie in graves, rise and shout joyfully!
\q1 His light will be like dew that falls on you, his people who have died,
@ -2470,8 +2471,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1 "You Israelite people, who are like a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
\q2
\v 3 I will protect you
\q2 like a farmer waters his crops carefully so that they will grow well.
\q1 I will guard you day and night so that no one harms you.
\q2 like a farmer waters his crops carefully in order that they will grow well.
\q1 I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you.
\s5
\q1
@ -2486,7 +2487,7 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
\v 6 There will be a time when the descendants of Jacob will prosper like a plant that has good roots;
\q2 they will be like trees that bud and blossom and bear much fruit;
\q2 they will be like trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit;
\q2 what they do will bless all the people in the world.
\s5
@ -2526,8 +2527,8 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\p
\v 12 However, there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them as people separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them back to Israel, one by one, from the land between the Euphrates River in the northeast and the brook at the border of Egypt in the southwest.
\v 13 At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem to worship Yahweh on Zion, his holy hill.
\v 12 However, there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them back to Israel, one by one, from the land between the Euphrates River in the northeast and the brook at the border of Egypt in the southwest.
\v 13 At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on Zion, his holy hill.
\s5
\c 28
@ -2568,23 +2569,23 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q1
\v 7 But now, our leaders stagger,
\q1 and the priests and prophets also stagger
\q2 because of drinking much wine and other alcoholic drinks.
\q2 because of drinking a lot of wine and other alcoholic drinks.
\q1 They are not able to think right;
\q2 they see visions, but they cannot understand what they mean;
\q2 they are unable to decide things correctly.
\q1
\v 8 All of their tables are covered with their vomit;
\v 8 All their tables are covered with their vomit;
\q2 filth is everywhere.
\s5
\q1
\v 9 Who will he teach so they can learn about knowledge?
\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;
\v 10 He continually tells us, 'Do this, do that;'
\q2 first he tells us one rule, then another rule,
\q2 he tells us only one line at a time."
\s5
@ -2613,15 +2614,15 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\q2 you who mock and make fun of me!
\q1
\v 15 You boast and say,
\q1 "We made a promise with death to ensure that the power of death, when it passes over us, cannot get to us.
\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
\v 16 Therefore, Yahweh our Lord says this:
\q1 "Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem someone who is like a foundation stone;
\q1 "Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem someone who is like a foundation stone,
\q2 he is like a stone that has been tested to determine if it is solid.
\q1 He will be like a valuable stone on which which it will be safe to build a house,
\q1 He will be like a valuable stone on which which it will be safe to build a house;
\q2 and whoever trusts in him will never be disappointed.
\s5
@ -2635,9 +2636,9 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\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 dead people dwell.
\q2 and I will bring to an end the covenant you made with the place where the dead dwell.
\q1 But when the vast flood comes, it will pour over you;
\q2 day after day, it will pass over you.
\q2 and day after day it will pass over you.
\q1
\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.
@ -2645,18 +2646,18 @@ and protect them when there are windstorms and rain.
\s5
\q1
For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.
\v 20 You have heard people say, "Your bed is very short; you will not be able to sleep in it.
\q2 Your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!"
\v 20 You have heard people say, "Your bed is very short; you will not be able to sleep in it;
\q2 your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!"
\q1
\v 21 Yahweh will come and cause you to be defeated;
\q2 he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Mount Perazim
\q2 he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Mount Perizim,
\q2 and like he did to the Amorites at Gibeon Valley.
\q1 What he will do will be very strange and unusual.
\s5
\q1
\v 22 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, has told me that he is going to destroy the entire land.
\q1 So do not ridicule what I say anymore
\q1 So do not ridicule what I say anymore,
\q2 because if you do that,
\q2 he will punish you even more severely.
@ -2794,8 +2795,8 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\q2 and that will happen very soon.
\q1
\v 18 At that time, deaf people will be able to hear;
\q2 they will be able to hear when someone reads from a book.
\q1 And blind people will be able to see;
\q2 they will be able to hear when someone reads from a book;
\q1 and blind people will be able to see;
\q2 they will be able to see things when it is gloomy and even when it is dark.
\q1
\v 19 Yahweh will enable humble people to be very joyful again.
@ -2808,7 +2809,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\q2 And those who plan to do evil things will be executed.
\q1
\v 21 Those who testify falsely in order to persuade judges to punish innocent people will vanish.
\q2 Similar things will happen to those who, by lying in court, persuade the judges to make unjust decisions.
\q2 Similar things will happen to those who by lying in court persuade the judges to make unjust decisions.
\s5
\p
@ -2832,7 +2833,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\q2 but you did not ask my Spirit if that was what you should do.
\q2 By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins.
\q1
\v 2 You went to Egypt to ask their rulers for help
\v 2 You went to Egypt to ask their rulers for help,
\q2 without asking for my advice.
\q1 You have trusted in the army of the king of Egypt to protect you;
\q1 you have trusted in them
@ -2845,7 +2846,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\q1
\v 4 Officials from Judah have gone to the cities of Zoan and Hanes in Egypt to make treaties,
\q1
\v 5 but all those who trust in the king of Egypt will be humiliated
\v 5 but all those who trust in the king of Egypt will be humiliated,
\q2 because that nation will not be able to help you;
\q1 the treaty that you have made requesting help from them will be useless;
\q2 instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced."
@ -2867,10 +2868,10 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\s5
\q1
\v 8 Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message,
\q2 so that it would be a witness to the people of Judah
\q2 in order that it would be a witness to the people of Judah
\q1 that would endure forever.
\q1
\v 9 It would remind them that that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh
\v 9 It would remind them that that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh,
\q2 and that they refuse to pay attention to what he tells them.
\s5
@ -2928,14 +2929,14 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\q1 Do not forget he is a God who acts justly;
\q2 Yahweh is pleased with those who patiently trust in him.
\p
\v 19 You people who live in Jerusalem, none of you will cry anymore. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer you as soon as he hears you call.
\v 19 You people who live in Jerusalem, none of you will not cry anymore. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer you as soon as he hears you call.
\s5
\v 20 Although now Yahweh has brought poverty on you, he—your teacher—will not hide himself from you. He will teach you many things clearly.
\v 20 Although now Yahweh has brought poverty on you, he, your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He will teach you many things clearly.
\v 21 And you will hear him speak to you to guide you. Right behind you he will say, "This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!"
\s5
\v 22 When that happens, you will destroy all of your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, "We do not need you anymore!"
\v 22 When that happens, you will destroy all your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, "We do not need you anymore!"
\s5
\p
@ -2963,7 +2964,7 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\v 29 But his people will sing joyfully
\q2 like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival.
\q1 They will be very joyful,
\q2 like a large group of his people is joyful when they go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem,
\q2 like a large group of his people are joyful when they go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem,
\q1 along with men playing flutes
\q when they are all going there to worship Yahweh.
\q2 He is like a huge rock on top of which we Israelite people are safe.
@ -6928,4 +6929,3 @@ For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to w
\s5
\v 24 Then they will go out of Jerusalem and look at the corpses of those who rebelled against me. The maggots in those corpses will never die, the fire will never stop burning them, and everyone who sees their corpses will detest them."