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         <div class="label">129</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 129</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"><span class="content">let Israel say;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.129.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"><span class="content">but they have not gained the victory over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.129.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Plowmen have plowed my back</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"><span class="content">and made their furrows long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.129.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"><span class="content">he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.129.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May all who hate Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"><span class="content">be turned back in shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.129.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May they be like grass on the roof,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"><span class="content">which withers before it can grow;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.129.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"><span class="content">nor one who gathers fill his arms.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.129.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.129.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May those who pass by not say to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.129.8"><span class="content">&#8220;The blessing of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be on you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.129.8"><span class="content">we bless you in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Awaiting the New Body</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CO.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.5.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For we live by faith, not by sight. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ministry of Reconciliation</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.5.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">If we are &#8220;out of our mind,&#8221; as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For Christ&#8217;s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.5.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CO.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CO.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">5:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Christ, that person is a new creation.</span></span></span><span class="content"> The old has gone, the new is here! </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CO.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2CO.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people&#8217;s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2CO.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">We are therefore Christ&#8217;s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ&#8217;s behalf: Be reconciled to God. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2CO.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">God made him who had no sin to be sin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">5:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">be a sin offering</span></span></span><span class="content"> for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you are my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">I will exalt you and praise your name,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">for in perfect faithfulness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">you have done wonderful things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">things planned long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You have made the city a heap of rubble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">the fortified town a ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">the foreigners&#8217; stronghold a city no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">it will never be rebuilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore strong peoples will honor you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="content">cities of ruthless nations will revere you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You have been a refuge for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">a refuge for the needy in their distress,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">a shelter from the storm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">and a shade from the heat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">For the breath of the ruthless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">is like a storm driving against a wall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and like the heat of the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">You silence the uproar of foreigners;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">so the song of the ruthless is stilled.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On this mountain the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will prepare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">a feast of rich food for all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">a banquet of aged wine&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">the best of meats and the finest of wines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On this mountain he will destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">the shroud that enfolds all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">the sheet that covers all nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">he will swallow up death forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will wipe away the tears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">from all faces;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">he will remove his people&#8217;s disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">from all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In that day they will say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely this is our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">we trusted in him, and he saved us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">This is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, we trusted in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rest on this mountain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">but Moab will be trampled in their land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">as straw is trampled down in the manure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will stretch out their hands in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">God will bring down their pride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">despite the cleverness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">25:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He will bring down your high fortified walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">and lay them low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">he will bring them down to the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">to the very dust.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch26" data-usfm="ISA.26">
         <div class="label">26</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Song of Praise</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">We have a strong city;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">God makes salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">its walls and ramparts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Open the gates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="content">that the righteous nation may enter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="content">the nation that keeps faith.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You will keep in perfect peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">those whose minds are steadfast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">because they trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"><span class="content">for 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, is the Rock eternal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He humbles those who dwell on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">he lays the lofty city low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">he levels it to the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">and casts it down to the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Feet trample it down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="content">the feet of the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="content">the footsteps of the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The path of the righteous is level;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"><span class="content">you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Yes, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, walking in the way of your laws,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">26:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">judgments</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">we wait for you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">your name and renown</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">are the desire of our hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">My soul yearns for you in the night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">in the morning my spirit longs for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">When your judgments come upon the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">the people of the world learn righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But when grace is shown to the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">they do not learn righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">and do not regard the majesty of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your hand is lifted high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">but they do not see it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you establish peace for us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"><span class="content">all that we have accomplished you have done for us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"><span class="content">but your name alone do we honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They are now dead, they live no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">their spirits do not rise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">You punished them and brought them to ruin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">you wiped out all memory of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You have enlarged the nation, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">you have enlarged the nation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">You have gained glory for yourself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">you have extended all the borders of the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, they came to you in their distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="content">when you disciplined them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="content">they could barely whisper a prayer.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">26:16 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As a pregnant woman about to give birth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="content">writhes and cries out in her pain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="content">so were we in your presence, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">We were with child, we writhed in labor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">but we gave birth to wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">We have not brought salvation to the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">and the people of the world have not come to life.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But your dead will live, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">their bodies will rise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">let those who dwell in the dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">wake up and shout for joy&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">your dew is like the dew of the morning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">the earth will give birth to her dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Go, my people, enter your rooms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">and shut the doors behind you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">hide yourselves for a little while</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">until his wrath has passed by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming out of his dwelling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">to punish the people of the earth for their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">The earth will disclose the blood shed on it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">the earth will conceal its slain no longer.</span></span></div>
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