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The vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw regarding Judah and Jerusalem during the times of the kings of Judah: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.

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The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

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The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

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These visions concerning Judah and Jerusalem came to Isaiah son of Amoz during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah--all kings of Judah.

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Heaven and earth, you're the jury. Listen to GOD's case: "I had children and raised them well, and they turned on me.

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Hear, O heavens! Listen, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: "I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.

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Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: "I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me;

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Hear, O heavens! Listen, O earth! This is what the LORD says: "The children I raised and cared for have turned against me.

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The ox knows who's boss, the mule knows the hand that feeds him, But not Israel. My people don't know up from down.

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The ox knows his master, the donkey his owner's manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand."

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The ox knows its owner And the donkey its master's crib; But Israel does not know, My people do not consider."

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Even the animals--the donkey and the ox--know their owner and appreciate his care, but not my people Israel. No matter what I do for them, they still do not understand."

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Shame! Misguided GOD-dropouts, staggering under their guilt-baggage, Gang of miscreants, band of vandals--My people have walked out on me, their GOD, turned their backs on The Holy of Israel, walked off and never looked back.

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Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.

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Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward.

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Oh, what a sinful nation they are! They are loaded down with a burden of guilt. They are evil and corrupt children who have turned away from the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel, cutting themselves off from his help.

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"Why bother even trying to do anything with you when you just keep to your bullheaded ways? You keep beating your heads against brick walls. Everything within you protests against you.

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Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.

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Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints.

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Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured, and your heart is sick.

Isa.1.6

From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head, nothing's working right. Wounds and bruises and running sores--untended, unwashed, unbandaged.

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From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness- only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil.

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From the sole of the foot even to the head, There is no soundness in it, But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound up, Or soothed with ointment.

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You are sick from head to foot--covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds--without any ointments or bandages.

Isa.1.7

Your country is laid waste, your cities burned down. Your land is destroyed by outsiders while you watch, reduced to rubble by barbarians.

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Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.

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Your country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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Your country lies in ruins, and your cities are burned. As you watch, foreigners plunder your fields and destroy everything they see.

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Daughter Zion is deserted--like a tumbledown shack on a dead--end street, Like a tarpaper shanty on the wrong side of the tracks, like a sinking ship abandoned by the rats.

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The Daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a city under siege.

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So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city.

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Jerusalem stands abandoned like a watchman's shelter in a vineyard or field after the harvest is over. It is as helpless as a city under siege.

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If GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies hadn't left us a few survivors, we'd be as desolate as Sodom, doomed just like Gomorrah.

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Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.

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Unless the LORD of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah.

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If the LORD Almighty had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.

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"Listen to my Message, you Sodom-schooled leaders. Receive God's revelation, you Gomorrah-schooled people.

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Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

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Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the law of our God, You people of Gomorrah:

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Listen to the LORD, you leaders of Israel! Listen to the law of our God, people of Israel. You act just like the rulers and people of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isa.1.11

"Why this frenzy of sacrifices?" GOD's asking. "Don't you think I've had my fill of burnt sacrifices, rams and plump grain-fed calves? Don't you think I've had my fill of blood from bulls, lambs, and goats?

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"The multitude of your sacrifices- what are they to me?" says the LORD. "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

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"To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?" Says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or goats.

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"I am sick of your sacrifices," says the LORD. "Don't bring me any more burnt offerings! I don't want the fat from your rams or other animals. I don't want to see the blood from your offerings of bulls and rams and goats.

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When you come before me, who ever gave you the idea of acting like this, Running here and there, doing this and that--all this sheer commotion in the place provided for worship?

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When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of my courts?

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"When you come to appear before Me, Who has required this from your hand, To trample My courts?

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Why do you keep parading through my courts with your worthless sacrifices?

Isa.1.13

"Quit your worship charades. I can't stand your trivial religious games: Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings--meetings, meetings, meetings--I can't stand one more!

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Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations- I cannot bear your evil assemblies.

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Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies-- I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.

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The incense you bring me is a stench in my nostrils! Your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath day, and your special days for fasting--even your most pious meetings--are all sinful and false. I want nothing more to do with them.

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Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them! You've worn me out! I'm sick of your religion, religion, religion, while you go right on sinning.

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Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts my soul hates. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.

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Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.

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I hate all your festivals and sacrifices. I cannot stand the sight of them!

Isa.1.15

When you put on your next prayer-performance, I'll be looking the other way. No matter how long or loud or often you pray, I'll not be listening. And do you know why? Because you've been tearing people to pieces, and your hands are bloody.

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When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood;

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When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

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From now on, when you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen. For your hands are covered with the blood of your innocent victims.

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Go home and wash up. Clean up your act. Sweep your lives clean of your evildoings so I don't have to look at them any longer. Say no to wrong.

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wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong,

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"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,

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Wash yourselves and be clean! Let me no longer see your evil deeds. Give up your wicked ways.

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Learn to do good. Work for justice. Help the down--and-out. Stand up for the homeless. Go to bat for the defenseless.

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learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.

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Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.

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Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the orphan. Fight for the rights of widows.

Isa.1.18

"Come. Sit down. Let's argue this out." This is GOD's Message: "If your sins are blood-red, they'll be snow-white. If they're red like crimson, they'll be like wool.

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"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

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"Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.

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"Come now, let us argue this out," says the LORD. "No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you as white as wool.

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If you'll willingly obey, you'll feast like kings.

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If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land;

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If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;

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If you will only obey me and let me help you, then you will have plenty to eat.

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But if you're willful and stubborn, you'll die like dogs." That's right. GOD says so.

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but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

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But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword"; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

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But if you keep turning away and refusing to listen, you will be destroyed by your enemies. I, the LORD, have spoken!"

Isa.1.21

Oh! Can you believe it? The chaste city has become a whore! She was once all justice, everyone living as good neighbors, And now they're all at one another's throats.

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See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her- but now murderers!

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How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, But now murderers.

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See how Jerusalem, once so faithful, has become a prostitute. Once the home of justice and righteousness, she is now filled with murderers.

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Your coins are all counterfeits. Your wine is watered down.

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Your silver has become dross, your choice wine is diluted with water.

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Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.

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Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag. Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine.

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Your leaders are turncoats who keep company with crooks. They sell themselves to the highest bidder and grab anything not nailed down. They never stand up for the homeless, never stick up for the defenseless.

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Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them.

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Your princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

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Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them take bribes and refuse to defend the orphans and the widows.

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This Decree, therefore, of the Master, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, the Strong One of Israel: "This is it! I'll get my oppressors off my back. I'll get back at my enemies.

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Therefore the Lord, the LORD Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: "Ah, I will get relief from my foes and avenge myself on my enemies.

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Therefore the Lord says, The LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, "Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries, And take vengeance on My enemies.

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Therefore, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, says, "I will pour out my fury on you, my enemies!

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I'll give you the back of my hand, purge the junk from your life, clean you up.

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I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities.

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I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy.

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I will turn against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities.

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I'll set honest judges and wise counselors among you just like it was back in the beginning. Then you'll be renamed City-That-Treats-People-Right, the True-Blue City."

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I will restore your judges as in days of old, your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City."

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I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."

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Afterward I will give you good judges and wise counselors like the ones you used to have. Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice and the Faithful City."

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GOD's right ways will put Zion right again. GOD's right actions will restore her penitents.

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Zion will be redeemed with justice, her penitent ones with righteousness.

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Zion shall be redeemed with justice, And her penitents with righteousness.

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Because the LORD is just and righteous, the repentant people of Jerusalem will be redeemed.

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But it's curtains for rebels and GOD-traitors, a dead end for those who walk out on GOD.

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But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

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The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

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But all sinners will be completely destroyed, for they refuse to come to the LORD.

Isa.1.29

"Your dalliances in those oak grove shrines will leave you looking mighty foolish, All that fooling around in god and goddess gardens that you thought was the latest thing.

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"You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.

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For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees Which you have desired; And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens Which you have chosen.

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Shame will cover you when you think of the times you offered sacrifices to idols in your groves of sacred oaks. You will blush when you think of all the sins you committed in your sacred gardens.

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You'll end up like an oak tree with all its leaves falling off, Like an unwatered garden, withered and brown.

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You will be like an oak with fading leaves, like a garden without water.

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For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water.

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You will wither away like an oak or garden without water.

Isa.1.31

"The Big Man' will turn out to be dead bark and twigs, and his "work,' the spark that starts the fire That exposes man and work both as nothing but cinders and smoke."

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The mighty man will become tinder and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the fire."

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The strong shall be as tinder, And the work of it as a spark; Both will burn together, And no one shall quench them.

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The strongest among you will disappear like burning straw. Your evil deeds are the spark that will set the straw on fire, and no one will be able to put it out.

Isa.2.1

The Message Isaiah got regarding Judah and Jerusalem:

Isa.2.1

This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

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The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

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This is another vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

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There's a day coming when the mountain of GOD's House Will be The Mountain--solid, towering over all mountains. All nations will river toward it, people from all over set out for it.

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In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.

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Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.

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In the last days, the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem will become the most important place on earth. People from all over the world will go there to worship.

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They'll say, "Come, let's climb GOD's Mountain, go to the House of the God of Jacob. He'll show us the way he works so we can live the way we're made." Zion's the source of the revelation. GOD's Message comes from Jerusalem.

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Many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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Many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Temple of the God of Israel. There he will teach us his ways, so that we may obey him." For in those days the LORD's teaching and his word will go out from Jerusalem.

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He'll settle things fairly between nations. He'll make things right between many peoples. They'll turn their swords into shovels, their spears into hoes. No more will nation fight nation; they won't play war anymore.

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He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

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He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore.

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The LORD will settle international disputes. All the nations will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. All wars will stop, and military training will come to an end.

Isa.2.5

Come, family of Jacob, let's live in the light of GOD.

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Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

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O house of Jacob, come and let us walk In the light of the LORD.

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Come, people of Israel, let us walk in the light of the LORD!

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GOD, you've walked out on your family Jacob because their world is full of hokey religion, Philistine witchcraft, and pagan hocus-pocus,

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You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob. They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and clasp hands with pagans.

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For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with eastern ways; They are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they are pleased with the children of foreigners.

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The LORD has rejected the people of Israel because they have made alliances with foreigners from the East who practice magic and divination, just like the Philistines.

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a world rolling in wealth, Stuffed with things, no end to its machines and gadgets,

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Their land is full of silver and gold; there is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots.

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Their land is also full of silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures; Their land is also full of horses, And there is no end to their chariots.

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Israel has vast treasures of silver and gold and many horses and chariots.

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And gods--gods of all sorts and sizes. These people make their own gods and worship what they make.

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Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

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Their land is also full of idols; They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made.

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The land is filled with idols. The people bow down and worship these things they have made.

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A degenerate race, facedown in the gutter. Don't bother with them! They're not worth forgiving!

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So man will be brought low and mankind humbled- do not forgive them.

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People bow down, And each man humbles himself; Therefore do not forgive them.

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So now everyone will be humbled and brought low. The LORD cannot simply ignore their sins!

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Head for the hills, hide in the caves From the terror of GOD, from his dazzling presence.

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Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty!

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Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty.

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Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty.

Isa.2.11

People with a big head are headed for a fall, pretentious egos brought down a peg. It's GOD alone at front-and-center on the Day we're talking about,

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The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

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The day is coming when your pride will be brought low and the LORD alone will be exalted.

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The Day that GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies is matched against all big-talking rivals, against all swaggering big names;

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The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),

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For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up-- And it shall be brought low--

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In that day the LORD Almighty will punish the proud, bringing them down to the dust.

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Against all giant sequoias hugely towering, and against the expansive chestnut;

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for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks of Bashan,

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Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan;

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He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon and the mighty oaks of Bashan.

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Against Kilimanjaro and Annapurna, against the ranges of Alps and Andes;

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for all the towering mountains and all the high hills,

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Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up;

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He will level the high mountains and hills.

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Against every soaring skyscraper, against all proud obelisks and statues;

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for every lofty tower and every fortified wall,

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Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall;

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He will break down every high tower and wall.

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Against ocean-going luxury liners, against elegant three-masted schooners.

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for every trading ship and every stately vessel.

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Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops.

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He will destroy the great trading ships and all the small boats in the harbor.

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The swelled big heads will be punctured bladders, the pretentious egos brought down to earth, Leaving GOD alone at front-and-center on the Day we're talking about.

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The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,

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The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted in that day,

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The arrogance of all people will be brought low. Their pride will lie in the dust. The LORD alone will be exalted!

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And all those sticks and stones dressed up to look like gods will be gone for good.

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and the idols will totally disappear.

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But the idols He shall utterly abolish.

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Idols will be utterly abolished and destroyed.

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Clamber into caves in the cliffs, duck into any hole you can find. Hide from the terror of GOD, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.

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Men will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.

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They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

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When the LORD rises to shake the earth, his enemies will crawl with fear into holes in the ground. They will hide in caves in the rocks from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty.

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On that Day men and women will take the sticks and stones They've decked out in gold and silver to look like gods and then worshiped, And they will dump them in any ditch or gully,

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In that day men will throw away to the rodents and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.

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In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold, Which they made, each for himself to worship, To the moles and bats,

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They will abandon their gold and silver idols to the moles and bats.

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Then run for rock caves and cliff hideouts To hide from the terror of GOD, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.

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They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from dread of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.

Isa.2.21

To go into the clefts of the rocks, And into the crags of the rugged rocks, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

Isa.2.21

They will crawl into caverns and hide among the jagged rocks at the tops of cliffs. In this way, they will try to escape the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty as he rises to shake the earth.

Isa.2.22

Quit scraping and fawning over mere humans, so full of themselves, so full of hot air! Can't you see there's nothing to them?

Isa.2.22

Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Isa.2.22

Sever yourselves from such a man, Whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?

Isa.2.22

Stop putting your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. How can they be of help to anyone?

2Cor.5.11

If I acted crazy, I did it for God; if I acted overly serious, I did it for you.

2Cor.5.11

Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

2Cor.5.11

Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.

2Cor.5.11

It is because we know this solemn fear of the Lord that we work so hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too.

2Cor.5.12

Christ's love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in everything we do. Our firm decision is to work from this focused center: One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat.

2Cor.5.12

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.

2Cor.5.12

For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

2Cor.5.12

Are we trying to pat ourselves on the back again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart before God.

2Cor.5.13

He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a far better life than people ever lived on their own.

2Cor.5.13

If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

2Cor.5.13

For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

2Cor.5.13

If it seems that we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit.

2Cor.5.14

Because of this decision we don't evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don't look at him that way anymore.

2Cor.5.14

For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

2Cor.5.14

For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;

2Cor.5.14

Whatever we do, it is because Christ's love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for everyone, we also believe that we have all died to the old life we used to live.

2Cor.5.15

Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it!

2Cor.5.15

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.

2Cor.5.15

and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

2Cor.5.15

He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live to please themselves. Instead, they will live to please Christ, who died and was raised for them.

2Cor.5.16

All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other.

2Cor.5.16

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.

2Cor.5.16

Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.

2Cor.5.16

So we have stopped evaluating others by what the world thinks about them. Once I mistakenly thought of Christ that way, as though he were merely a human being. How differently I think about him now!

2Cor.5.17

God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing.

2Cor.5.17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

2Cor.5.17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

2Cor.5.17

What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!

2Cor.5.18

We're Christ's representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God's work of making things right between them. We're speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he's already a friend with you.

2Cor.5.18

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

2Cor.5.18

Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

2Cor.5.18

All this newness of life is from God, who brought us back to himself through what Christ did. And God has given us the task of reconciling people to him.

2Cor.5.19

How? you say. In Christ. God put the wrong on him who never did anything wrong, so we could be put right with God.

2Cor.5.19

that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

2Cor.5.19

that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

2Cor.5.19

For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others.

2Cor.5.20

We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.

2Cor.5.20

We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.

2Cor.5.20

Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.

2Cor.5.20

We are Christ's ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to you. We urge you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, "Be reconciled to God!"

2Cor.5.21

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

2Cor.5.21

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

2Cor.5.21

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

2Cor.5.21

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

2Cor.6.1

Companions as we are in this work with you, we beg you, please don't squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us.

2Cor.6.1

As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain.

2Cor.6.1

We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

2Cor.6.1

As God's partners, we beg you not to reject this marvelous message of God's great kindness.

2Cor.6.2

God reminds us, I heard your call in the nick of time; The day you needed me, I was there to help. Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped.

2Cor.6.2

For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.

2Cor.6.2

For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

2Cor.6.2

For God says, "At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you." Indeed, God is ready to help you right now. Today is the day of salvation.

Ps.105.1

Hallelujah! Thank GOD! Pray to him by name! Tell everyone you meet what he has done!

Ps.105.1

Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

Ps.105.1

Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!

Ps.105.1

Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done.

Ps.105.2

Sing him songs, belt out hymns, translate his wonders into music!

Ps.105.2

Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

Ps.105.2

Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works!

Ps.105.2

Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his miracles.

Ps.105.3

Honor his holy name with Hallelujahs, you who seek GOD. Live a happy life!

Ps.105.3

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

Ps.105.3

Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the LORD!

Ps.105.3

Exult in his holy name; O worshipers of the LORD, rejoice!

Ps.105.4

Keep your eyes open for GOD, watch for his works; be alert for signs of his presence.

Ps.105.4

Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.

Ps.105.4

Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face evermore!

Ps.105.4

Search for the LORD and for his strength, and keep on searching.

Ps.105.5

Remember the world of wonders he has made, his miracles, and the verdicts he's rendered--

Ps.105.5

Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

Ps.105.5

Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,

Ps.105.5

Think of the wonderful works he has done, the miracles and the judgments he handed down,

Ps.105.6

O seed of Abraham, his servant, O child of Jacob, his chosen.

Ps.105.6

O descendants of Abraham his servant, O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Ps.105.6

O seed of Abraham His servant, You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!

Ps.105.6

O children of Abraham, God's servant, O descendants of Jacob, God's chosen one.

Ps.105.7

He's GOD, our God, in charge of the whole earth.

Ps.105.7

He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

Ps.105.7

He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth.

Ps.105.7

He is the LORD our God. His rule is seen throughout the land.

Ps.105.8

And he remembers, remembers his Covenant--for a thousand generations he's been as good as his word.

Ps.105.8

He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,

Ps.105.8

He remembers His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,

Ps.105.8

He always stands by his covenant--the commitment he made to a thousand generations.

Ps.105.9

It's the Covenant he made with Abraham, the same oath he swore to Isaac,

Ps.105.9

the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.

Ps.105.9

The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,

Ps.105.9

This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.

Ps.105.10

The very statute he established with Jacob, the eternal Covenant with Israel,

Ps.105.10

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

Ps.105.10

And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

Ps.105.10

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to the people of Israel as a never-ending treaty:

Ps.105.11

Namely, "I give you the land. Canaan is your hill-country inheritance."

Ps.105.11

"To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit."

Ps.105.11

Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan As the allotment of your inheritance,"

Ps.105.11

"I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession."