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      <div class="chapter ch34" data-usfm="ISA.34">
         <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="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch35" data-usfm="ISA.35">
         <div class="label">35</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joy of the Redeemed</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The desert and the parched land will be glad;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.35.1"><span class="content">the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.35.1"><span class="content">Like the crocus, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">it will burst into bloom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">they will see the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">the splendor of our God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Strengthen the feeble hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.35.3"><span class="content">steady the knees that give way;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.35.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">say to those with fearful hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">&#8220;Be strong, do not fear;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">your God will come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">he will come with vengeance;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">with divine retribution</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">he will come to save you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then will the eyes of the blind be opened</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.35.5"><span class="content">and the ears of the deaf unstopped.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then will the lame leap like a deer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.35.6"><span class="content">and the mute tongue shout for joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.35.6"><span class="content">Water will gush forth in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.35.6"><span class="content">and streams in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.35.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The burning sand will become a pool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"><span class="content">the thirsty ground bubbling springs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"><span class="content">In the haunts where jackals once lay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"><span class="content">grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And a highway will be there;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="content">it will be called the Way of Holiness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="content">it will be for those who walk on that Way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="content">The unclean will not journey on it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="content">wicked fools will not go about on it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">No lion will be there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.35.9"><span class="content">nor any ravenous beast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.35.9"><span class="content">they will not be found there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.35.9"><span class="content">But only the redeemed will walk there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.35.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and those the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has rescued will return.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.35.10"><span class="content">They will enter Zion with singing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.35.10"><span class="content">everlasting joy will crown their heads.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.35.10"><span class="content">Gladness and joy will overtake them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.35.10"><span class="content">and sorrow and sighing will flee away.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch36" data-usfm="ISA.36">
         <div class="label">36</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah&#8217;s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then the king of Assyria sent his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. When the commander stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer&#8217;s Field, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went out to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.36.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The field commander said to them, &#8220;Tell Hezekiah:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.36.4"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours? </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You say you have counsel and might for war&#8212;but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Look, I know you are depending on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But if you say to me, &#8220;We are depending on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God&#8221;&#8212;isn&#8217;t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, &#8220;You must worship before this altar&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.36.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses&#8212;if you can put riders on them! </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master&#8217;s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content">? </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.36.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, &#8220;Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don&#8217;t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.36.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But the commander replied, &#8220;Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall&#8212;who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.36.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, &#8220;Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you! </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> when he says, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.36.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree and drink water from your own cistern, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">until I come and take you to a land like your own&#8212;a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.36.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will deliver us.&#8217; Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria? </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Who of all the gods of these countries have been able to save their lands from me? How then can the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> deliver Jerusalem from my hand?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.36.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, &#8220;Do not answer him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.36.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn, and told him what the field commander had said.</span></span></div>
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