diff --git a/23-ISA.usfm b/23-ISA.usfm index 20067c33..2a15e68f 100644 --- a/23-ISA.usfm +++ b/23-ISA.usfm @@ -5095,77 +5095,111 @@ q1 who go down to the stones of the pit \s5 \c 47 \m -\q1 -\v 1 Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; -\q1 sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. -\q1 You will no longer be called dainty and delicate. -\q1 -\v 2 Take the millstone and grind flour; remove your veil, -\q1 strip off your flowing robe, uncover your legs, cross the streams. +\q +\v 1 Come down and sit in the dust, +\q2 virgin daughter of Babylon; +\q sit on the ground without a throne, +\q2 daughter of the Chaldeans. +\q You will no longer be called +\q2 dainty and delicate. +\q +\v 2 Take the millstone and grind flour; +\q2 remove your veil, +\q strip off your flowing robe, uncover your legs, +\q2 cross the streams. \s5 -\q1 -\v 3 Your nakedness will be uncovered, yes, your shame will be seen: -\q1 I will take vengeance and will not spare a man. -\p -\q1 -\v 4 Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. -\p -\q1 -\v 5 Sit in silence and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; -\q1 for you will no longer be called queen of kingdoms. +\q +\v 3 Your nakedness will be uncovered, +\q2 yes, your shame will be seen: +\q I will take vengeance +\q2 and will not spare a man. +\b + +\q +\v 4 Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is his name, +\q2 the Holy One of Israel. +\b + +\q +\v 5 Sit in silence and go into darkness, +\q2 daughter of the Chaldeans; +\q for you will no longer be called +\q2 queen of kingdoms. \s5 -\q1 -\v 6 I was angry with my people; I defiled my heritage -\q1 and gave them over into your hand, but you showed them no mercy; -\q1 you placed a very heavy yoke on the old people. -\q1 -\v 7 You said, "I will rule forever as sovereign queen." -\q1 You did not take these things to heart, nor did you consider how they would turn out. +\q +\v 6 I was angry with my people; +\q2 I defiled my heritage +\q and gave them over into your hand, +\q2 but you showed them no mercy; +\q you placed a very heavy yoke on the old people. +\q +\v 7 You said, "I will rule forever +\q2 as sovereign queen." +\q You did not take these things to heart, +\q2 nor did you consider how they would turn out. +\b \s5 -\p -\q1 -\v 8 So now hear this, you who love pleasure and sit securely; -\q1 you who say in your heart, "I exist, and there is no one else like me; -\q1 I will never sit as a widow, nor will I ever experience loss of children." -\q1 -\v 9 But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day: -\q1 the loss of children and widowhood; in full force they will come on you, -\q1 despite your sorceries and your many incantations and amulets. +\q +\v 8 So now hear this, you who love pleasure +\q2 and sit securely; +\q you who say in your heart, +\q2 "I exist, and there is no one else like me; +\q I will never sit as a widow, +\q2 nor will I ever experience loss of children." +\q +\v 9 But these two things will come to you +\q2 in a moment in one day: +\q the loss of children and widowhood; +\q2 in full force they will come on you, +\q despite your sorceries +\q2 and your many incantations and amulets. \s5 -\q1 -\v 10 You have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, "No one sees me"; -\q1 your wisdom and your knowledge lead you astray, -\q1 but you say in your heart, "I exist, and there is no one else like me." -\q1 -\v 11 Disaster will overcome you; you will not be able to drive it away with your incantations. -\q1 Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to ward it off. -\q1 Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you know it. +\q +\v 10 You have trusted in your wickedness; +\q2 you have said, "No one sees me"; +\q your wisdom and your knowledge lead you astray, +\q2 but you say in your heart, +\q2 "I exist, and there is no one else like me." +\q +\v 11 Disaster will overcome you; +\q2 you will not be able to drive it away with your incantations. +\q Destruction will fall on you; +\q2 you will not be able to ward it off. +\q Calamity will strike you suddenly, +\q2 before you know it. +\b \s5 -\p -\q1 -\v 12 Persist in casting your spells and your many sorceries -\q1 which you have faithfully recited since your childhood; -\q1 perhaps you will profit from them, perhaps you will cause trembling. -\q1 -\v 13 You are tired out from so much counsel; let those men stand up -\q1 and save you—those who chart the heavens and prophesy by the stars, -\q1 those who declare the new moons—let them save you from what will happen to you. +\q +\v 12 Persist in casting your spells +\q2 and your many sorceries +\q2 which you have faithfully recited since your childhood; +\q perhaps you will profit from them, +\q2 perhaps you will cause trembling. +\q +\v 13 You are tired out from so much counsel; +\q2 let those men stand up and save you— +\q those who chart the heavens and prophesy by the stars, +\q2 those who declare the new moons— +\q2 let them save you from what will happen to you. \s5 -\q1 -\v 14 See, they will become like stubble. The fire will burn them up. -\q1 They will not save themselves from the hand of the flame. -\q1 There are no coals to warm them and no fire for them to sit by! -\q1 +\q +\v 14 See, they will become like stubble. +\q2 The fire will burn them up. +\q They will not save themselves +\q2 from the hand of the flame. +\q There are no coals to warm them +\q2 and no fire for them to sit by! +\q \v 15 This is what they have become to you— -\q1 those with whom you have worked, -\q1 and you have bought and sold with them since your youth— -\q1 they wandered about each one in his own direction; +\q2 those with whom you have worked, +\q2 and you have bought and sold with them since your youth— +\q they wandered about each one in his own direction; \q2 there is no one who can rescue you." \s5