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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch7" data-usfm="ISA.7">
            <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Sign of Immanuel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.7.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now the house of David was told, &#8220;Aram has allied itself with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">has set up camp in</span></span></span><span class="content"> Ephraim&#8221;; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken, as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.7.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Isaiah, &#8220;Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:3 </span><span class="fq">Shear-Jashub </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">a remnant will return.</span></span></span><span class="content"> to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer&#8217;s Field. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Say to him, &#8216;Be careful, keep calm and don&#8217;t be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood&#8212;because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah&#8217;s son have plotted your ruin, saying, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Yet this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.7.7"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;It will not take place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.7.7"><span class="content">it will not happen,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.7.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">for the head of Aram is Damascus,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.7.8"><span class="content">and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.7.8"><span class="content">Within sixty-five years</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.7.8"><span class="content">Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.7.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The head of Ephraim is Samaria,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.7.9"><span class="content">and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah&#8217;s son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.7.9"><span class="content">If you do not stand firm in your faith,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.7.9"><span class="content">you will not stand at all.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.7.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Again the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Ahaz, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ask the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.7.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But Ahaz said, &#8220;I will not ask; I will not put the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to the test.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.7.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Isaiah said, &#8220;Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore the Lord himself will give you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> a sign: The virgin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">young woman</span></span></span><span class="content"> will conceive and give birth to a son, and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls </span><span class="fqa">son, and he </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">son, and they</span></span></span><span class="content"> will call him Immanuel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="fq">Immanuel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">God with us.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from Judah&#8212;he will bring the king of Assyria.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Assyria, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Instrument</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.7.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In that day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will whistle for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices in the rocks, on all the thornbushes and at all the water holes. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River&#8212;the king of Assyria&#8212;to shave your heads and private parts, and to cut off your beards also. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">In that day, a person will keep alive a young cow and two goats. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds and honey. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">In that day, in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:23 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> there will be only briers and thorns. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As for all the hills once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.</span></span></div>
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    </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="ISA.9.1+ISA.9.2+ISA.9.3+ISA.9.4+ISA.9.5+ISA.9.6+ISA.9.7">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.9.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The people walking in darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="content">have seen a great light;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="content">on those living in the land of deep darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"><span class="content">a light has dawned.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.9.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You have enlarged the nation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">and increased their joy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">they rejoice before you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">as people rejoice at the harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">as warriors rejoice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"><span class="content">when dividing the plunder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.9.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For as in the day of Midian&#8217;s defeat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">you have shattered</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">the yoke that burdens them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">the bar across their shoulders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"><span class="content">the rod of their oppressor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.9.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every warrior&#8217;s boot used in battle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="content">and every garment rolled in blood</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="content">will be destined for burning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"><span class="content">will be fuel for the fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.9.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For to us a child is born,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">to us a son is given,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">and the government will be on his shoulders.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">And he will be called</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"><span class="content">Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.9.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Of the greatness of his government and peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">there will be no end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">He will reign on David&#8217;s throne</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">and over his kingdom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">establishing and upholding it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">with justice and righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">from that time on and forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">The zeal of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.9.7"><span class="content">will accomplish this.</span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch11" data-usfm="ISA.11">
            <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Branch From Jesse</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.11.1"><span class="content">from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.11.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rest on him&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.11.2"><span class="content">the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.11.2"><span class="content">the Spirit of counsel and of might,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.11.2"><span class="content">the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.11.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and he will delight in the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.11.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.11.3"><span class="content">He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.11.3"><span class="content">or decide by what he hears with his ears;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.11.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">but with righteousness he will judge the needy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.11.4"><span class="content">with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.11.4"><span class="content">He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.11.4"><span class="content">with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.11.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Righteousness will be his belt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.11.5"><span class="content">and faithfulness the sash around his waist.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.11.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.11.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The wolf will live with the lamb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.11.6"><span class="content">the leopard will lie down with the goat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.11.6"><span class="content">the calf and the lion and the yearling</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">lion will feed</span></span></span><span class="content"> together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.11.6"><span class="content">and a little child will lead them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.11.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The cow will feed with the bear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.11.7"><span class="content">their young will lie down together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.11.7"><span class="content">and the lion will eat straw like the ox.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.11.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The infant will play near the cobra&#8217;s den,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.11.8"><span class="content">and the young child will put its hand into the viper&#8217;s nest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.11.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They will neither harm nor destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.11.9"><span class="content">on all my holy mountain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.11.9"><span class="content">for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.11.9"><span class="content">as the waters cover the sea.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.11.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> from Elam, from Babylonia,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shinar</span></span></span><span class="content"> from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.11.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He will raise a banner for the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.11.12"><span class="content">and gather the exiles of Israel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.11.12"><span class="content">he will assemble the scattered people of Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.11.12"><span class="content">from the four quarters of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.11.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Ephraim&#8217;s jealousy will vanish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.11.13"><span class="content">and Judah&#8217;s enemies</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">hostility</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be destroyed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.11.13"><span class="content">Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.11.13"><span class="content">nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.11.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.11.14"><span class="content">together they will plunder the people to the east.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.11.14"><span class="content">They will subdue Edom and Moab,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.11.14"><span class="content">and the Ammonites will be subject to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.11.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will dry up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.11.15"><span class="content">the gulf of the Egyptian sea;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.11.15"><span class="content">with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.11.15"><span class="content">over the Euphrates River.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.11.15"><span class="content">He will break it up into seven streams</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.11.15"><span class="content">so that anyone can cross over in sandals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.11.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">There will be a highway for the remnant of his people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.11.16"><span class="content">that is left from Assyria,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.11.16"><span class="content">as there was for Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.11.16"><span class="content">when they came up from Egypt.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">35</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joy of the Redeemed</span></div><div class="q1"><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"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.35.2"></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><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"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.35.4"></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><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><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"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.35.7"></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><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><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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