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         <div class="label">33</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Distress and Help</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to you, destroyer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you who have not been destroyed!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">Woe to you, betrayer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you who have not been betrayed!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">When you stop destroying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you will be destroyed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">when you stop betraying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">you will be betrayed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.33.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, be gracious to us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">we long for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">Be our strength every morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">our salvation in time of distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.33.3"><span class="content">when you rise up, the nations scatter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.33.4"><span class="content">like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is exalted, for he dwells on high;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.33.5"><span class="content">he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He will be the sure foundation for your times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="content">a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="content">the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the key to this treasure.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is a treasure from him</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.33.7"><span class="content">the envoys of peace weep bitterly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The highways are deserted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">no travelers are on the roads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">The treaty is broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">its witnesses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:8 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">/ the cities</span></span></span><span class="content"> are despised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">no one is respected.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The land dries up and wastes away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">Lebanon is ashamed and withers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">Sharon is like the Arabah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now will I arise,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Now will I be exalted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="content">now will I be lifted up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You conceive chaff,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="content">you give birth to straw;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="content">your breath is a fire that consumes you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The peoples will be burned to ashes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.33.12"><span class="content">like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You who are far away, hear what I have done;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.33.13"><span class="content">you who are near, acknowledge my power!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.33.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The sinners in Zion are terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">trembling grips the godless:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">&#8220;Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Those who walk righteously</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">and speak what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">who reject gain from extortion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">and keep their hands from accepting bribes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">who stop their ears against plots of murder</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">and shut their eyes against contemplating evil&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">Their bread will be supplied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">and water will not fail them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Your eyes will see the king in his beauty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.33.17"><span class="content">and view a land that stretches afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Where is that chief officer?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">Where is the one who took the revenue?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">Where is the officer in charge of the towers?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.33.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You will see those arrogant people no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="content">people whose speech is obscure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="content">whose language is strange and incomprehensible.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Look on Zion, the city of our festivals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">your eyes will see Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">its stakes will never be pulled up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">nor any of its ropes broken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">There the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be our Mighty One.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">No galley with oars will ride them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">no mighty ship will sail them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our lawgiver,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our king;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">it is he who will save us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Your rigging hangs loose:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">The mast is not held secure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">the sail is not spread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">Then an abundance of spoils will be divided</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">and even the lame will carry off plunder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.33.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.33.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">No one living in Zion will say, &#8220;I am ill&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.33.24"><span class="content">and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">34</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment Against the Nations</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Come near, you nations, and listen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.34.1"><span class="content">pay attention, you peoples!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.34.1"><span class="content">Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.34.1"><span class="content">the world, and all that comes out of it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.34.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is angry with all nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.34.2"><span class="content">his wrath is on all their armies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.34.2"><span class="content">He will totally destroy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 5.</span></span></span><span class="content"> them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.34.2"><span class="content">he will give them over to slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.34.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Their slain will be thrown out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.34.3"><span class="content">their dead bodies will stink;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.34.3"><span class="content">the mountains will be soaked with their blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.34.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">All the stars in the sky will be dissolved</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="content">and the heavens rolled up like a scroll;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="content">all the starry host will fall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="content">like withered leaves from the vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="content">like shriveled figs from the fig tree.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.34.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.34.5"><span class="content">see, it descends in judgment on Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.34.5"><span class="content">the people I have totally destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.34.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The sword of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is bathed in blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">it is covered with fat&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">the blood of lambs and goats,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">fat from the kidneys of rams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a sacrifice in Bozrah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And the wild oxen will fall with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.34.7"><span class="content">the bull calves and the great bulls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.34.7"><span class="content">Their land will be drenched with blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.34.7"><span class="content">and the dust will be soaked with fat.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.34.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a day of vengeance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.34.8"><span class="content">a year of retribution, to uphold Zion&#8217;s cause.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.34.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Edom&#8217;s streams will be turned into pitch,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.34.9"><span class="content">her dust into burning sulfur;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.34.9"><span class="content">her land will become blazing pitch!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.34.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">It will not be quenched night or day;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.34.10"><span class="content">its smoke will rise forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.34.10"><span class="content">From generation to generation it will lie desolate;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.34.10"><span class="content">no one will ever pass through it again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The desert owl</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:11 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and screech owl</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:11 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will possess it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="content">the great owl</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:11 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and the raven will nest there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="content">God will stretch out over Edom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="content">the measuring line of chaos</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="content">and the plumb line of desolation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.34.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.34.12"><span class="content">all her princes will vanish away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.34.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Thorns will overrun her citadels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.34.13"><span class="content">nettles and brambles her strongholds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.34.13"><span class="content">She will become a haunt for jackals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.34.13"><span class="content">a home for owls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.34.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Desert creatures will meet with hyenas,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.34.14"><span class="content">and wild goats will bleat to each other;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.34.14"><span class="content">there the night creatures will also lie down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.34.14"><span class="content">and find for themselves places of rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.34.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The owl will nest there and lay eggs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="content">she will hatch them, and care for her young</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="content">under the shadow of her wings;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="content">there also the falcons will gather,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="content">each with its mate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.34.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Look in the scroll of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and read:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="content">None of these will be missing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="content">not one will lack her mate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="content">For it is his mouth that has given the order,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="content">and his Spirit will gather them together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.34.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.34.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He allots their portions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.34.17"><span class="content">his hand distributes them by measure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.34.17"><span class="content">They will possess it forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.34.17"><span class="content">and dwell there from generation to generation.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Brothers and sisters, my heart&#8217;s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God&#8217;s righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: &#8220;The person who does these things will live by them.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:5 </span><span class="ft">Lev. 18:5</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But the righteousness that is by faith says: &#8220;Do not say in your heart, &#8216;Who will ascend into heaven?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:6 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 30:12</span></span></span><span class="content"> (that is, to bring Christ down) </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;or &#8216;Who will descend into the deep?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 30:13</span></span></span><span class="content"> (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But what does it say? &#8220;The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:8 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 30:14</span></span></span><span class="content"> that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you declare with your mouth, &#8220;Jesus is Lord,&#8221; and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As Scripture says, &#8220;Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:11 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 28:16 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile&#8212;the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">for, &#8220;Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">Joel 2:32</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: &#8220;How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:15 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 52:7</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, &#8220;Lord, who has believed our message?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:16 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 53:1</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.10.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Their voice has gone out into all the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.10.18"><span class="content">their words to the ends of the world.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:18 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 19:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.10.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.10.19"><span class="content">&#8220;I will make you envious by those who are not a nation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.10.19"><span class="content">I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:19 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:21</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And Isaiah boldly says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.10.20"><span class="content">&#8220;I was found by those who did not seek me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.10.20"><span class="content">I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:20 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 65:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.10.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But concerning Israel he says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.10.21"><span class="content">&#8220;All day long I have held out my hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.10.21"><span class="content">to a disobedient and obstinate people.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:21 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 65:2</span></span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch25" data-usfm="JOB.25">
         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Bildad</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Dominion and awe belong to God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.25.2"><span class="content">he establishes order in the heights of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Can his forces be numbered?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.25.3"><span class="content">On whom does his light not rise?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">How then can a mortal be righteous before God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.25.4"><span class="content">How can one born of woman be pure?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If even the moon is not bright</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.25.5"><span class="content">and the stars are not pure in his eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.25.6"><span class="content">a human being, who is only a worm!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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