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Hezekiah took the letter from the envoy and read it. He went to The Temple of GOD and spread it out before GOD.

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Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

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And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

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After Hezekiah received the letter and read it, he went up to the LORD's Temple and spread it out before the LORD.

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And Hezekiah prayed--oh, how he prayed! GOD, God of Israel, seated in majesty on the cherubim-throne. You are the one and only God, sovereign over all kingdoms on earth, Maker of heaven, maker of earth.

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And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: "O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

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Then Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said: "O LORD God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

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And Hezekiah prayed this prayer before the LORD: "O LORD, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth.

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Open your ears, GOD, and listen, open your eyes and look. Look at this letter Sennacherib has sent, a brazen insult to the living God!

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Give ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to insult the living God.

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Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

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Listen to me, O LORD, and hear! Open your eyes, O LORD, and see! Listen to Sennacherib's words of defiance against the living God.

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The facts are true, O GOD: The kings of Assyria have laid waste countries and kingdoms.

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"It is true, O LORD, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands.

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Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

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"It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these nations, just as the message says.

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Huge bonfires they made of their gods, their no-gods hand-made from wood and stone.

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They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by men's hands.

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and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands--wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.

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And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all--only idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands.

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But now O GOD, our God, save us from raw Assyrian power; Make all the kingdoms on earth know that you are GOD, the one and only God.

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Now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O LORD, are God."

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Now therefore, O LORD our God, I pray, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD God, You alone."

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Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O LORD, are God."

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It wasn't long before Isaiah son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah: GOD's word: You've prayed to me regarding Sennacherib king of Assyria; I've heard your prayer.

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Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.

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Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: "Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard.'

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Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer about King Sennacherib of Assyria.

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This is my response to him: The Virgin Daughter of Zion holds you in utter contempt; Daughter Jerusalem thinks you're nothing but scum.

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This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: "'The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee.

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This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him: "The virgin, the daughter of Zion, Has despised you, laughed you to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem Has shaken her head behind your back!

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This is the message that the LORD has spoken against him: `The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs at you. The daughter of Jerusalem scoffs and shakes her head as you flee.

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Who do you think it is you've insulted? Who do you think you've been bad-mouthing? Before whom do you suppose you've been strutting? The Holy One of Israel, that's who!

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Who is it you have insulted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

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"Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.

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`Whom do you think you have been insulting and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look in such proud condescension? It was the Holy One of Israel!

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You dispatched your errand boys to humiliate the Master. You bragged, "With my army of chariots I've climbed the highest mountains, snow-peaked alpine Lebanon mountains! I've cut down its giant cedars, chopped down its prize pine trees. I've traveled the world, visited the finest forest retreats.

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By your messengers you have heaped insults on the Lord. And you have said, "With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its pines. I have reached its remotest parts, the finest of its forests.

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By your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And said: "By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter the extremity of its borders, To its fruitful forest.

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By your messengers you have mocked the Lord. You have said, "With my many chariots I have conquered the highest mountains--yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees. I have reached its farthest corners and explored its deepest forests.

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I've dug wells in faraway places and drunk their exotic waters; I've waded and splashed barefoot in the rivers of Egypt."

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I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk the water there. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt."

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I have dug and drunk strange water, And with the soles of my feet I have dried up All the brooks of defense."

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I have dug wells in many a foreign land and refreshed myself with their water. I even stopped up the rivers of Egypt so that my armies could go across!"

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Did it never occur to you that I'm behind all this? Long, long ago I drew up the plans, and now I've gone into action, Using you as a doomsday weapon, reducing proud cities to piles of rubble,

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"'Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass, that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone.

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"Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From ancient times that I formed it? Now I have brought it to pass, That you should be For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.

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`But have you not heard? It was I, the LORD, who decided this long ago. Long ago I planned what I am now causing to happen, that you should crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble.

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Leaving their people dispirited, slumped shoulders, limp souls. Useless as weeds, fragile as grass, insubstantial as wind-blown chaff.

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Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.

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Therefore their inhabitants had little power; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field And the green herb, As the grass on the housetops And grain blighted before it is grown.

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That is why their people have so little power and are such easy prey for you. They are as helpless as the grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, easily scorched by the sun.

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I know when you sit down, when you come and when you go; And, yes, I've marked every one of your temper tantrums against me.

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"'But I know where you stay and when you come and go and how you rage against me.

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"But I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in, And your rage against Me.

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`But I know you well--your comings and goings and all you do. I know the way you have raged against me.

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It's because of your temper, your blasphemous foul temper, That I'm putting my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth And turning you back to where you came from.

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Because you rage against me and your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.'

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Because your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back By the way which you came.

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And because of your arrogance against me, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you return by the road on which you came.'"

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And this, Hezekiah, will be for you the confirming sign: This year you'll eat the gleanings, next year whatever you can beg, borrow, or steal; But the third year you'll sow and harvest, plant vineyards and eat grapes.

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"This will be the sign for you, O Hezekiah: "This year you will eat what grows by itself, and the second year what springs from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

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"This shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself, And in the second year what springs from the same; Also in the third year sow and reap, Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.

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Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Here is the proof that the LORD will protect this city from Assyria's king. This year you will eat only what grows up by itself, and next year you will eat what springs up from that. But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them; you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit.

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A remnant of the family of Judah yet again will sink down roots and raise up fruit.

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Once more a remnant of the house of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.

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And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward.

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And you who are left in Judah, who have escaped the ravages of the siege, will take root again in your own soil, and you will flourish and multiply.

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The remnant will come from Jerusalem, the survivors from Mount Zion. The Zeal of GOD will make it happen.

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For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.

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For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, And those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.'

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For a remnant of my people will spread out from Jerusalem, a group of survivors from Mount Zion. The passion of the LORD Almighty will make this happen!

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To sum up, this is what GOD says regarding the king of Assyria: He won't enter this city, nor shoot so much as a single arrow there; Won't brandish a shield, won't even begin to set siege;

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"Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria: "He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.

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"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: "He shall not come into this city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor build a siege mound against it.

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"And this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: His armies will not enter Jerusalem to shoot their arrows. They will not march outside its gates with their shields and build banks of earth against its walls.

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He'll go home by the same road he came; he won't enter this city. GOD's word!

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By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.

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By the way that he came, By the same shall he return; And he shall not come into this city,' Says the LORD.

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The king will return to his own country by the road on which he came. He will not enter this city, says the LORD.

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I'll shield this city, I'll save this city, for my sake and for David's sake.

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I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant."

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"For I will defend this city, to save it For My own sake and for My servant David's sake."'

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For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend it."

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And it so happened that that very night an angel of GOD came and massacred a hundred and eighty-five thousand Assyrians. When the people of Jerusalem got up next morning, there it was--a whole camp of corpses!

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That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning-there were all the dead bodies!

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And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses--all dead.

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That night the angel of the LORD went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian troops. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.

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Sennacherib king of Assyria got out of there fast, headed straight home for Nineveh, and stayed put.

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So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

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So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.

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Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.

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One day when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer murdered him and then escaped to the land of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon became the next king.

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One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer cut him down with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.

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Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

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One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with their swords. They then escaped to the land of Ararat, and another son, Esarhaddon, became the next king of Assyria.

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Some time later Hezekiah became deathly sick. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz paid him a visit and said, "Put your affairs in order; you're about to die--you haven't long to live."

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In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."

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In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: "Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live."'

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About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: "This is what the LORD says: Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness."

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Hezekiah turned from Isaiah and faced GOD, praying:

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Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

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Then he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying,

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When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

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Remember, O GOD, who I am, what I've done! I've lived an honest life before you, My heart's been true and steady, I've lived to please you; lived for your approval. And then the tears flowed. Hezekiah wept.

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"Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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"Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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"Remember, O LORD, how I have always tried to be faithful to you and do what is pleasing in your sight." Then he broke down and wept bitterly.

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Isaiah, leaving, was not halfway across the courtyard when the word of GOD stopped him:

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Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him:

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And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

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But before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, this message came to him from the LORD:

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"Go back and tell Hezekiah, prince of my people, "GOD's word, Hezekiah! From the God of your ancestor David: I've listened to your prayer and I've observed your tears. I'm going to heal you. In three days you will walk on your own legs into The Temple of GOD.

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"Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD.

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"Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.

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"Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, `This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the LORD.

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I've just added fifteen years to your life; I'm saving you from the king of Assyria, and I'm covering this city with my shield--for my sake and my servant David's sake.'"

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I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.'"

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And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David.""'

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I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will do this to defend my honor and for the sake of my servant David.'"

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Isaiah then said, "Prepare a plaster of figs." They prepared the plaster, applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah was on his way to recovery.

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Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs." They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.

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Then Isaiah said, "Take a lump of figs." So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

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Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah's servants, "Make an ointment from figs and spread it over the boil." They did this, and Hezekiah recovered!

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Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "How do I know whether this is of GOD and not just the fig plaster? What confirming sign is there that GOD is healing me and that in three days I'll walk into The Temple of GOD on my own legs?"

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Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the LORD on the third day from now?"

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And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What is the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD the third day?"

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Meanwhile, Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, "What sign will the LORD give to prove that he will heal me and that I will go to the Temple of the LORD three days from now?"

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"This will be your sign from GOD," said Isaiah, "that GOD is doing what he said he'd do: Do you want the shadow to advance ten degrees on the sundial or go back ten degrees? You choose."

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Isaiah answered, "This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?"

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Then Isaiah said, "This is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing which He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten degrees?"

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Isaiah replied, "This is the sign that the LORD will give you to prove he will do as he promised. Would you like the shadow on the sundial to go forward ten steps or backward ten steps?"

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Hezekiah said, "It would be easy to make the sun's shadow advance ten degrees. Make it go back ten degrees."

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"It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps," said Hezekiah. "Rather, have it go back ten steps."

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And Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees."

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"The shadow always moves forward," Hezekiah replied. "Make it go backward instead."

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So Isaiah called out in prayer to GOD, and the shadow went back ten degrees on Ahaz's sundial.

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Then the prophet Isaiah called upon the LORD, and the LORD made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.

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So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.

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So Isaiah asked the LORD to do this, and he caused the shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!

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Shortly after this, Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan king of Babylon, having heard that the king was sick, sent a get-well card and a gift to Hezekiah.

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At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah's illness.

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At that time Berodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

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Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick.

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Hezekiah was pleased and showed the messengers around the place--silver, gold, spices, aromatic oils, his stockpile of weapons--a guided tour of all his prized possessions. There wasn't a thing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah didn't show them.

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Hezekiah received the messengers and showed them all that was in his storehouses-the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine oil-his armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

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And Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the house of his treasures--the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all his armory--all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

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Hezekiah welcomed the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses--the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them all his other treasures--everything! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

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And then Isaiah the prophet showed up: "And just what were these men doing here? Where did they come from and why?" Hezekiah said, "They came from far away--from Babylon."

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Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, "What did those men say, and where did they come from?From a distant land," Hezekiah replied. "They came from Babylon."

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Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, "What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?" So Hezekiah said, "They came from a far country, from Babylon."

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Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did those men want? Where were they from?" Hezekiah replied, "They came from the distant land of Babylon."

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"And what did they see in your palace?Everything," said Hezekiah. "There isn't anything I didn't show them--I gave them the grand tour."

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The prophet asked, "What did they see in your palace?They saw everything in my palace," Hezekiah said. "There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them."

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And he said, "What have they seen in your house?" So Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them."

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"What did they see in your palace?" Isaiah asked. "They saw everything," Hezekiah replied. "I showed them everything I own--all my treasures."

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Then Isaiah spoke to Hezekiah, "Listen to what GOD has to say about this:

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Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD:

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Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD:

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Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Listen to this message from the LORD:

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The day is coming when everything you own and everything your ancestors have passed down to you, right down to the last cup and saucer, will be cleaned out of here--plundered and packed off to Babylon. GOD's word!

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The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

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"Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,' says the LORD.

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The time is coming when everything you have--all the treasures stored up by your ancestors--will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

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Worse yet, your sons, the progeny of sons you've begotten, will end up as eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."

2Kgs.20.18

And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, that will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."

2Kgs.20.18

"And they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."'

2Kgs.20.18

Some of your own descendants will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon's king."

2Kgs.20.19

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "If GOD says it, it must be good." But he was thinking to himself, "It won't happen during my lifetime--I'll enjoy peace and security as long as I live."

2Kgs.20.19

"The word of the LORD you have spoken is good," Hezekiah replied. For he thought, "Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?"

2Kgs.20.19

So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good!" For he said, "Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?"

2Kgs.20.19

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "This message you have given me from the LORD is good." But the king was thinking, "At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime."

2Kgs.20.20

The rest of the life and times of Hezekiah, along with his projects, especially the way he engineered the Upper Pool and brought water into the city, are written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

2Kgs.20.20

As for the other events of Hezekiah's reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool and the tunnel by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

2Kgs.20.20

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah--all his might, and how he made a pool and a tunnel and brought water into the city--are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2Kgs.20.20

The rest of the events in Hezekiah's reign, including the extent of his power and how he built a pool and dug a tunnel to bring water into the city, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.

2Kgs.20.21

Hezekiah died and was buried with his ancestors. His son Manasseh became the next king.

2Kgs.20.21

Hezekiah rested with his fathers. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.

2Kgs.20.21

So Hezekiah rested with his fathers. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

2Kgs.20.21

When Hezekiah died, his son Manasseh became the next king.

Acts.28.1

Once everyone was accounted for and we realized we had all made it, we learned that we were on the island of Malta.

Acts.28.1

Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta.

Acts.28.1

Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta.

Acts.28.1

Once we were safe on shore, we learned that we were on the island of Malta.

Acts.28.2

The natives went out of their way to be friendly to us. The day was rainy and cold and we were already soaked to the bone, but they built a huge bonfire and gathered us around it.

Acts.28.2

The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold.

Acts.28.2

And the natives showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.

Acts.28.2

The people of the island were very kind to us. It was cold and rainy, so they built a fire on the shore to welcome us and warm us.

Acts.28.3

Paul pitched in and helped. He had gathered up a bundle of sticks, but when he put it on the fire, a venomous snake, roused from its torpor by the heat, struck his hand and held on.

Acts.28.3

Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand.

Acts.28.3

But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

Acts.28.3

As Paul gathered an armful of sticks and was laying them on the fire, a poisonous snake, driven out by the heat, fastened itself onto his hand.

Acts.28.4

Seeing the snake hanging from Paul's hand like that, the natives jumped to the conclusion that he was a murderer getting his just deserts.

Acts.28.4

When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, "This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."

Acts.28.4

So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live."

Acts.28.4

The people of the island saw it hanging there and said to each other, "A murderer, no doubt! Though he escaped the sea, justice will not permit him to live."

Acts.28.5

Paul shook the snake off into the fire, none the worse for wear.

Acts.28.5

But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

Acts.28.5

But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

Acts.28.5

But Paul shook off the snake into the fire and was unharmed.

Acts.28.6

They kept expecting him to drop dead, but when it was obvious he wasn't going to, they jumped to the conclusion that he was a god!

Acts.28.6

The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

Acts.28.6

However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

Acts.28.6

The people waited for him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and decided he was a god.

Acts.28.7

The head man in that part of the island was Publius. He took us into his home as his guests, drying us out and putting us up in fine style for the next three days.

Acts.28.7

There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and for three days entertained us hospitably.

Acts.28.7

In that region there was an estate of the leading citizen of the island, whose name was Publius, who received us and entertained us courteously for three days.

Acts.28.7

Near the shore where we landed was an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us courteously and fed us for three days.

Acts.28.8

Publius's father was sick at the time, down with a high fever and dysentery. Paul went to the old man's room, and when he laid hands on him and prayed, the man was healed.

Acts.28.8

His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him.

Acts.28.8

And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and prayed, and he laid his hands on him and healed him.

Acts.28.8

As it happened, Publius's father was ill with fever and dysentery. Paul went in and prayed for him, and laying his hands on him, he healed him.

Acts.28.9

Word of the healing got around fast, and soon everyone on the island who was sick came and got healed.

Acts.28.9

When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured.

Acts.28.9

So when this was done, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were healed.

Acts.28.9

Then all the other sick people on the island came and were cured.

Acts.28.10

We spent a wonderful three months on Malta. They treated us royally, took care of all our needs and outfitted us for the rest of the journey.

Acts.28.10

They honored us in many ways and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.

Acts.28.10

They also honored us in many ways; and when we departed, they provided such things as were necessary.

Acts.28.10

As a result we were showered with honors, and when the time came to sail, people put on board all sorts of things we would need for the trip.

Acts.28.11

When an Egyptian ship that had wintered there in the harbor prepared to leave for Italy, we got on board. The ship had a carved Gemini for its figurehead: "the Heavenly Twins."

Acts.28.11

After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island. It was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux.

Acts.28.11

After three months we sailed in an Alexandrian ship whose figurehead was the Twin Brothers, which had wintered at the island.

Acts.28.11

It was three months after the shipwreck that we set sail on another ship that had wintered at the island--an Alexandrian ship with the twin gods as its figurehead.

Acts.28.12

We put in at Syracuse for three days

Acts.28.12

We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days.

Acts.28.12

And landing at Syracuse, we stayed three days.

Acts.28.12

Our first stop was Syracuse, where we stayed three days.

Acts.28.13

and then went up the coast to Rhegium. Two days later, with the wind out of the south, we sailed into the Bay of Naples.

Acts.28.13

From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli.

Acts.28.13

From there we circled round and reached Rhegium. And after one day the south wind blew; and the next day we came to Puteoli,

Acts.28.13

From there we sailed across to Rhegium. A day later a south wind began blowing, so the following day we sailed up the coast to Puteoli.

Acts.28.14

We found Christian friends there and stayed with them for a week. And then we came to Rome.

Acts.28.14

There we found some brothers who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome.

Acts.28.14

where we found brethren, and were invited to stay with them seven days. And so we went toward Rome.

Acts.28.14

There we found some believers, who invited us to stay with them seven days. And so we came to Rome.

Acts.28.15

Friends in Rome heard we were on the way and came out to meet us. One group got as far as Appian Court; another group met us at Three Taverns--emotion-packed meetings, as you can well imagine. Paul, brimming over with praise, led us in prayers of thanksgiving.

Acts.28.15

The brothers there had heard that we were coming, and they traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of these men Paul thanked God and was encouraged.

Acts.28.15

And from there, when the brethren heard about us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum and Three Inns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

Acts.28.15

The brothers and sisters in Rome had heard we were coming, and they came to meet us at the Forum on the Appian Way. Others joined us at The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

Acts.28.16

When we actually entered Rome, they let Paul live in his own private quarters with a soldier who had been assigned to guard him.

Acts.28.16

When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

Acts.28.16

Now when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard; but Paul was permitted to dwell by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

Acts.28.16

When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to have his own private lodging, though he was guarded by a soldier.

Ps.83.1

GOD, don't shut me out; don't give me the silent treatment, O God.

Ps.83.1

O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still.

Ps.83.1

Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God!

Ps.83.1

O God, don't sit idly by, silent and inactive!

Ps.83.2

Your enemies are out there whooping it up, the God--haters are living it up;

Ps.83.2

See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads.

Ps.83.2

For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.

Ps.83.2

Don't you hear the tumult of your enemies? Don't you see what your arrogant enemies are doing?

Ps.83.3

They're plotting to do your people in, conspiring to rob you of your precious ones.

Ps.83.3

With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.

Ps.83.3

They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.

Ps.83.3

They devise crafty schemes against your people, laying plans against your precious ones.

Ps.83.4

"Let's wipe this nation from the face of the earth," they say; "scratch Israel's name off the books."

Ps.83.4

"Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more."

Ps.83.4

They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more."

Ps.83.4

"Come," they say, "let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence."

Ps.83.5

And now they're putting their heads together, making plans to get rid of you.

Ps.83.5

With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you-

Ps.83.5

For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You:

Ps.83.5

This was their unanimous decision. They signed a treaty as allies against you--

Ps.83.6

Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

Ps.83.6

the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

Ps.83.6

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites;

Ps.83.6

these Edomites and Ishmaelites, Moabites and Hagrites,

Ps.83.7

Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia and the Tyrians,

Ps.83.7

Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.

Ps.83.7

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Ps.83.7

Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites, and people from Philistia and Tyre.

Ps.83.8

And now Assyria has joined up, Giving muscle to the gang of Lot.

Ps.83.8

Even Assyria has joined them to lend strength to the descendants of Lot. Selah

Ps.83.8

Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot.Selah

Ps.83.8

Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot.

Ps.83.9

Do to them what you did to Midian, to Sisera and Jabin at Kishon Brook;

Ps.83.9

Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

Ps.83.9

Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera, As with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,

Ps.83.9

Do to them as you did to the Midianites or as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

Ps.83.10

They came to a bad end at Endor, nothing but dung for the garden.

Ps.83.10

who perished at Endor and became like refuse on the ground.

Ps.83.10

Who perished at En Dor, Who became as refuse on the earth.

Ps.83.10

They were destroyed at Endor, and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.

Ps.83.11

Cut down their leaders as you did Oreb and Zeeb, their princes to nothings like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Ps.83.11

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Ps.83.11

Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb, Yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Ps.83.11

Let their mighty nobles die as Oreb and Zeeb did. Let all their princes die like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Ps.83.12

With their empty brags, "We're grabbing it all, grabbing God's gardens for ourselves."

Ps.83.12

who said, "Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God."

Ps.83.12

Who said, "Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession."

Ps.83.12

for they said, "Let us seize for our own use these pasturelands of God!"

Ps.83.13

My God! I've had it with them! Blow them away! Tumbleweeds in the desert waste,

Ps.83.13

Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

Ps.83.13

O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like the chaff before the wind!

Ps.83.13

O my God, blow them away like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind!

Ps.83.14

charred sticks in the burned-over ground.

Ps.83.14

As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

Ps.83.14

As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,

Ps.83.14

As a fire roars through a forest and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,

Ps.83.15

Knock the breath right out of them, so they're gasping

Ps.83.15

so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.

Ps.83.15

So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm.

Ps.83.15

chase them with your fierce storms; terrify them with your tempests.

Ps.83.16

for breath, gasping, "GOD."

Ps.83.16

Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek your name, O LORD.

Ps.83.16

Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O LORD.

Ps.83.16

Utterly disgrace them until they submit to your name, O LORD.

Ps.83.17

Bring them to the end of their rope, and leave them there dangling, helpless.

Ps.83.17

May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace.

Ps.83.17

Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; Yes, let them be put to shame and perish,

Ps.83.17

Let them be ashamed and terrified forever. Make them failures in everything they do,

Ps.83.18

Then they'll learn your name: "GOD," the one and only High God on earth. A Korah psalm

Ps.83.18

Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD - that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.

Ps.83.18

That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.

Ps.83.18

until they learn that you alone are called the LORD, that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth.