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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">who rely on horses,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">who trust in the multitude of their chariots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">and in the great strength of their horsemen,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">but do not look to the Holy One of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">or seek help from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">he does not take back his words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">He will rise up against that wicked nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">against those who help evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">their horses are flesh and not spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stretches out his hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">those who help will stumble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">those who are helped will fall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">all will perish together.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">&#8220;As a lion growls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">a great lion over its prey&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">and though a whole band of shepherds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">is called together against it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">it is not frightened by their shouts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">or disturbed by their clamor&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will come down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Like birds hovering overhead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will shield Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">he will shield it and deliver it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">he will &#8216;pass over&#8217; it and will rescue it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Return, you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted against. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For in that day every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold your sinful hands have made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Assyria will fall by no human sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">a sword, not of mortals, will devour them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">They will flee before the sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">and their young men will be put to forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their stronghold will fall because of terror;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">at the sight of the battle standard their commanders will panic,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">whose fire is in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">whose furnace is in Jerusalem.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Kingdom of Righteousness</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">See, a king will reign in righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.32.1"><span class="content">and rulers will rule with justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.32.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Each one will be like a shelter from the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">and a refuge from the storm,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">like streams of water in the desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.32.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.32.3"><span class="content">and the ears of those who hear will listen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.32.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The fearful heart will know and understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.32.4"><span class="content">and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.32.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">No longer will the fool be called noble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.32.5"><span class="content">nor the scoundrel be highly respected.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For fools speak folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">their hearts are bent on evil:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">They practice ungodliness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">and spread error concerning the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">the hungry they leave empty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">and from the thirsty they withhold water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Scoundrels use wicked methods,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">they make up evil schemes</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">to destroy the poor with lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">even when the plea of the needy is just.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But the noble make noble plans,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.32.8"><span class="content">and by noble deeds they stand.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Women of Jerusalem</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You women who are so complacent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.32.9"><span class="content">rise up and listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.32.9"><span class="content">you daughters who feel secure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.32.9"><span class="content">hear what I have to say!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In little more than a year</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.32.10"><span class="content">you who feel secure will tremble;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.32.10"><span class="content">the grape harvest will fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.32.10"><span class="content">and the harvest of fruit will not come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Tremble, you complacent women;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.32.11"><span class="content">shudder, you daughters who feel secure!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.32.11"><span class="content">Strip off your fine clothes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.32.11"><span class="content">and wrap yourselves in rags.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.32.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.32.12"><span class="content">for the fruitful vines</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.32.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and for the land of my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.32.13"><span class="content">a land overgrown with thorns and briers&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.32.13"><span class="content">yes, mourn for all houses of merriment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.32.13"><span class="content">and for this city of revelry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.32.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The fortress will be abandoned,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.32.14"><span class="content">the noisy city deserted;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.32.14"><span class="content">citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.32.14"><span class="content">the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.32.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">till the Spirit is poured on us from on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.32.15"><span class="content">and the desert becomes a fertile field,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.32.15"><span class="content">and the fertile field seems like a forest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.32.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s justice will dwell in the desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.32.16"><span class="content">his righteousness live in the fertile field.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.32.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The fruit of that righteousness will be peace;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.32.17"><span class="content">its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.32.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">My people will live in peaceful dwelling places,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.32.18"><span class="content">in secure homes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.32.18"><span class="content">in undisturbed places of rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.32.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Though hail flattens the forest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.32.19"><span class="content">and the city is leveled completely,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.32.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">how blessed you will be,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.32.20"><span class="content">sowing your seed by every stream,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.32.20"><span class="content">and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.</span></span></div>
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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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