Isa.10.20

And on that Day also, what's left of Israel, the ragtag survivors of Jacob, will no longer be fascinated by abusive, battering Assyria. They'll lean on GOD, The Holy--yes, truly.

Isa.10.20

In that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of the house of Jacob, will no longer rely on him who struck them down but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Isa.10.20

And it shall come to pass in that day That the remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on him who defeated them, But will depend on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

Isa.10.20

Then at last those left in Israel and Judah will trust the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. They will no longer depend on the Assyrians, who would destroy them.

Isa.10.21

The ragtag remnant--what's left of Jacob--will come back to the Strong God.

Isa.10.21

A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will return to the Mighty God.

Isa.10.21

The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, To the Mighty God.

Isa.10.21

A remnant of them will return to the Mighty God.

Isa.10.22

Your people Israel were once like the sand on the seashore, but only a scattered few will return. Destruction is ordered, brimming over with righteousness.

Isa.10.22

Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand by the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous.

Isa.10.22

For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return; The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

Isa.10.22

But though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a few of them will return at that time. The LORD has rightly decided to destroy his people.

Isa.10.23

For the Master, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, will finish here what he started all over the globe.

Isa.10.23

The Lord, the LORD Almighty, will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.

Isa.10.23

For the Lord GOD of hosts Will make a determined end In the midst of all the land.

Isa.10.23

Yes, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, has already decided to consume them.

Isa.10.24

Therefore the Master, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, says: "My dear, dear people who live in Zion, don't be terrorized by the Assyrians when they beat you with clubs and threaten you with rods like the Egyptians once did.

Isa.10.24

Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: "O my people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians, who beat you with a rod and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.

Isa.10.24

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "O My people, who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of Egypt.

Isa.10.24

So this is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: "My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they oppress you just as the Egyptians did long ago.

Isa.10.25

In just a short time my anger against you will be spent and I'll turn my destroying anger on them.

Isa.10.25

Very soon my anger against you will end and my wrath will be directed to their destruction."

Isa.10.25

For yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction."

Isa.10.25

It will not last very long. In a little while my anger against you will end, and then my anger will rise up to destroy them."

Isa.10.26

I, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, will go after them with a cat-o'-nine-tails and finish them off decisively--as Gideon downed Midian at the rock Oreb, as Moses turned the tables on Egypt.

Isa.10.26

The LORD Almighty will lash them with a whip, as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb; and he will raise his staff over the waters, as he did in Egypt.

Isa.10.26

And the LORD of hosts will stir up a scourge for him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; as His rod was on the sea, so will He lift it up in the manner of Egypt.

Isa.10.26

The LORD Almighty will beat them with his whip, as he did when Gideon triumphed over the Midianites at the rock of Oreb, or when the LORD's staff was raised to drown the Egyptian army in the sea.

Isa.10.27

On that day, Assyria will be pulled off your back, and the yoke of slavery lifted from your neck." [JC] Assyria's on the move: up from Rimmon,

Isa.10.27

In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat.

Isa.10.27

It shall come to pass in that day That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.

Isa.10.27

In that day the LORD will end the bondage of his people. He will break the yoke of slavery and lift it from their shoulders.

Isa.10.28

on to Aiath, through Migron, with a bivouac at Micmash.

Isa.10.28

They enter Aiath; they pass through Migron; they store supplies at Micmash.

Isa.10.28

He has come to Aiath, He has passed Migron; At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.

Isa.10.28

Look, the mighty armies of Assyria are coming! They are now at Aiath, now at Migron. They are storing some of their equipment at Micmash.

Isa.10.29

They've crossed the pass, set camp at Geba for the night. Ramah trembles with fright. Gibeah of Saul has run off.

Isa.10.29

They go over the pass, and say, "We will camp overnight at Geba." Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

Isa.10.29

They have gone along the ridge, They have taken up lodging at Geba. Ramah is afraid, Gibeah of Saul has fled.

Isa.10.29

They are crossing the pass and are staying overnight at Geba. Fear strikes the city of Ramah. All the people of Gibeah--the city of Saul--are running for their lives.

Isa.10.30

Cry for help, daughter of Gallim! Listen to her, Laishah! Do something, Anathoth!

Isa.10.30

Cry out, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! Poor Anathoth!

Isa.10.30

Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Cause it to be heard as far as Laish-- O poor Anathoth!

Isa.10.30

Well may you scream in terror, you people of Gallim! Shout out a warning to Laishah, for the mighty army comes. Poor Anathoth, what a fate is yours!

Isa.10.31

Madmenah takes to the hills. The people of Gebim flee in panic.

Isa.10.31

Madmenah is in flight; the people of Gebim take cover.

Isa.10.31

Madmenah has fled, The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.

Isa.10.31

There go the people of Madmenah, all fleeing. And the citizens of Gebim are preparing to run.

Isa.10.32

The enemy's soon at Nob--nearly there! In sight of the city he shakes his fist At the mount of dear daughter Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

Isa.10.32

This day they will halt at Nob; they will shake their fist at the mount of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.

Isa.10.32

As yet he will remain at Nob that day; He will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.

Isa.10.32

But the enemy stops at Nob for the rest of that day. He shakes his fist at Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

Isa.10.33

But now watch this: The Master, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, swings his ax and lops the branches, Chops down the giant trees, lays flat the towering forest-on--the-march.

Isa.10.33

See, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will lop off the boughs with great power. The lofty trees will be felled, the tall ones will be brought low.

Isa.10.33

Behold, the Lord, The LORD of hosts, Will lop off the bough with terror; Those of high stature will be hewn down, And the haughty will be humbled.

Isa.10.33

But look! The Lord, the LORD Almighty, will chop down the mighty tree! He will destroy all that vast army of Assyria--officers and high officials alike.

Isa.10.34

His ax will make toothpicks of that forest, that Lebanon--like army reduced to kindling.

Isa.10.34

He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax; Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

Isa.10.34

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

Isa.10.34

The Mighty One will cut down the enemy as an ax cuts down the forest trees in Lebanon.

Isa.11.1

A green Shoot will sprout from Jesse's stump, from his roots a budding Branch.

Isa.11.1

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

Isa.11.1

There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

Isa.11.1

Out of the stump of David's family will grow a shoot--yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.

Isa.11.2

The life-giving Spirit of GOD will hover over him, the Spirit that brings wisdom and understanding, The Spirit that gives direction and builds strength, the Spirit that instills knowledge and Fear-of-GOD.

Isa.11.2

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD -

Isa.11.2

The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.

Isa.11.2

And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

Isa.11.3

Fear-of-GOD will be all his joy and delight. He won't judge by appearances, won't decide on the basis of hearsay.

Isa.11.3

and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears;

Isa.11.3

His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;

Isa.11.3

He will delight in obeying the LORD. He will never judge by appearance, false evidence, or hearsay.

Isa.11.4

He'll judge the needy by what is right, render decisions on earth's poor with justice. His words will bring everyone to awed attention. A mere breath from his lips will topple the wicked.

Isa.11.4

but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.

Isa.11.4

But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

Isa.11.4

He will defend the poor and the exploited. He will rule against the wicked and destroy them with the breath of his mouth.

Isa.11.5

Each morning he'll pull on sturdy work clothes and boots, and build righteousness and faithfulness in the land.

Isa.11.5

Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

Isa.11.5

Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

Isa.11.5

He will be clothed with fairness and truth.

Isa.11.6

The wolf will romp with the lamb, the leopard sleep with the kid. Calf and lion will eat from the same trough, and a little child will tend them.

Isa.11.6

The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.

Isa.11.6

"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them.

Isa.11.6

In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard and the goat will be at peace. Calves and yearlings will be safe among lions, and a little child will lead them all.

Isa.11.7

Cow and bear will graze the same pasture, their calves and cubs grow up together, and the lion eat straw like the ox.

Isa.11.7

The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

Isa.11.7

The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Isa.11.7

The cattle will graze among bears. Cubs and calves will lie down together. And lions will eat grass as the livestock do.

Isa.11.8

The nursing child will crawl over rattlesnake dens, the toddler stick his hand down the hole of a serpent.

Isa.11.8

The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest.

Isa.11.8

The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den.

Isa.11.8

Babies will crawl safely among poisonous snakes. Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes and pull it out unharmed.

Isa.11.9

Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill on my holy mountain. The whole earth will be brimming with knowing God-Alive, a living knowledge of God ocean-deep, ocean-wide. [JC]

Isa.11.9

They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

Isa.11.9

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD As the waters cover the sea.

Isa.11.9

Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain. And as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the LORD.

Isa.11.10

On that day, Jesse's Root will be raised high, posted as a rallying banner for the peoples. The nations will all come to him. His headquarters will be glorious.

Isa.11.10

In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious.

Isa.11.10

"And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious."

Isa.11.10

In that day the heir to David's throne will be a banner of salvation to all the world. The nations will rally to him, for the land where he lives will be a glorious place.

Isa.11.11

Also on that day, the Master for the second time will reach out to bring back what's left of his scattered people. He'll bring them back from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Sinar, Hamath, and the ocean islands.

Isa.11.11

In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea.

Isa.11.11

It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea.

Isa.11.11

In that day the Lord will bring back a remnant of his people for the second time, returning them to the land of Israel from Assyria, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.

Isa.11.12

And he'll raise that rallying banner high, visible to all nations, gather in all the scattered exiles of Israel, Pull in all the dispersed refugees of Judah from the four winds and the seven seas.

Isa.11.12

He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.

Isa.11.12

He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.

Isa.11.12

He will raise a flag among the nations for Israel to rally around. He will gather the scattered people of Judah from the ends of the earth.

Isa.11.13

The jealousy of Ephraim will dissolve, the hostility of Judah will vanish--Ephraim no longer the jealous rival of Judah, Judah no longer the hostile rival of Ephraim!

Isa.11.13

Ephraim's jealousy will vanish, and Judah's enemies will be cut off; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.

Isa.11.13

Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

Isa.11.13

Then at last the jealousy between Israel and Judah will end. They will not fight against each other anymore.

Isa.11.14

Blood brothers united, they'll pounce on the Philistines in the west, join forces to plunder the people in the east. They'll attack Edom and Moab. The Ammonites will fall into line.

Isa.11.14

They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west; together they will plunder the people to the east. They will lay hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

Isa.11.14

But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west; Together they shall plunder the people of the East; They shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; And the people of Ammon shall obey them.

Isa.11.14

They will join forces to swoop down on Philistia to the west. Together they will attack and plunder the nations to the east. They will occupy all the lands of Edom, Moab, and Ammon.

Isa.11.15

GOD will once again dry up Egypt's Red Sea, making for an easy crossing. He'll send a blistering wind down on the great River Euphrates, Reduce it to seven mere trickles. None even need get their feet wet!

Isa.11.15

The LORD will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River. He will break it up into seven streams so that men can cross over in sandals.

Isa.11.15

The LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt; With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over the River, And strike it in the seven streams, And make men cross over dryshod.

Isa.11.15

The LORD will make a dry path through the Red Sea. He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River, sending a mighty wind to divide it into seven streams that can easily be crossed.

Isa.11.16

In the end there'll be a highway all the way from Assyria, easy traveling for what's left of God's people--A highway just like the one Israel had when he marched up out of Egypt.

Isa.11.16

There will be a highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.

Isa.11.16

There will be a highway for the remnant of His people Who will be left from Assyria, As it was for Israel In the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.

Isa.11.16

He will make a highway from Assyria for the remnant there, just as he did for Israel long ago when they returned from Egypt.

Isa.12.1

And you will say in that day, "I thank you, GOD. You were angry but your anger wasn't forever. You withdrew your anger and moved in and comforted me.

Isa.12.1

In that day you will say: "I will praise you, O LORD. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.

Isa.12.1

And in that day you will say: "O LORD, I will praise You; Though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.

Isa.12.1

In that day you will sing: "Praise the LORD! He was angry with me, but now he comforts me.

Isa.12.2

"Yes, indeed--God is my salvation. I trust, I won't be afraid. GOD-yes GOD!-is my strength and song, best of all, my salvation!"

Isa.12.2

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation."

Isa.12.2

Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; "For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation."'

Isa.12.2

See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The LORD GOD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation."

Isa.12.3

Joyfully you'll pull up buckets of water from the wells of salvation.

Isa.12.3

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Isa.12.3

Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation.

Isa.12.3

With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation!

Isa.12.4

And as you do it, you'll say, "Give thanks to GOD. Call out his name. Ask him anything! Shout to the nations, tell them what he's done, spread the news of his great reputation!

Isa.12.4

In that day you will say: "Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.

Isa.12.4

And in that day you will say: "Praise the LORD, call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that His name is exalted.

Isa.12.4

In that wonderful day you will sing: "Thank the LORD! Praise his name! Tell the world what he has done. Oh, how mighty he is!

Isa.12.5

"Sing praise-songs to GOD. He's done it all! Let the whole earth know what he's done!

Isa.12.5

Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world.

Isa.12.5

Sing to the LORD, For He has done excellent things; This is known in all the earth.

Isa.12.5

Sing to the LORD, for he has done wonderful things. Make known his praise around the world.

Isa.12.6

Raise the roof! Sing your hearts out, O Zion! The Greatest lives among you: The Holy of Israel."

Isa.12.6

Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you."

Isa.12.6

Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!"

Isa.12.6

Let all the people of Jerusalem shout his praise with joy! For great is the Holy One of Israel who lives among you."

Isa.13.1

The Message on Babylon. Isaiah son of Amoz saw it:

Isa.13.1

An oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:

Isa.13.1

The burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

Isa.13.1

Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:

Isa.13.2

"Run up a flag on an open hill. Yell loud. Get their attention. Wave them into formation. Direct them to the nerve center of power.

Isa.13.2

Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles.

Isa.13.2

"Lift up a banner on the high mountain, Raise your voice to them; Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

Isa.13.2

"See the flags waving as the enemy attacks. Cheer them on, O Israel! Wave to them as they march against Babylon to destroy the palaces of the high and mighty.

Isa.13.3

I've taken charge of my special forces, called up my crack troops. They're bursting with pride and passion to carry out my angry judgment."

Isa.13.3

I have commanded my holy ones; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath- those who rejoice in my triumph.

Isa.13.3

I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have also called My mighty ones for My anger-- Those who rejoice in My exaltation."

Isa.13.3

I, the LORD, have assigned this task to these armies, and they will rejoice when I am exalted. I have called them to satisfy my anger."

Isa.13.4

Thunder rolls off the mountains like a mob huge and noisy--Thunder of kingdoms in an uproar, nations assembling for war. GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies is calling his army into battle formation.

Isa.13.4

Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! The LORD Almighty is mustering an army for war.

Isa.13.4

The noise of a multitude in the mountains, Like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The LORD of hosts musters The army for battle.

Isa.13.4

Hear the noise on the mountains! Listen, as the armies march! It is the noise and the shout of many nations. The LORD Almighty has brought them here to form an army.

Isa.13.5

They come from far-off countries, they pour in across the horizon. It's GOD on the move with the weapons of his wrath, ready to destroy the whole country.

Isa.13.5

They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens- the LORD and the weapons of his wrath- to destroy the whole country.

Isa.13.5

They come from a far country, From the end of heaven-- The LORD and His weapons of indignation, To destroy the whole land.

Isa.13.5

They came from countries far away. They are the LORD's weapons; they carry his anger with them and will destroy the whole land.

Isa.13.6

Wail! GOD's Day of Judgment is near--an avalanche crashing down from the Strong God!

Isa.13.6

Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Isa.13.6

Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Isa.13.6

Scream in terror, for the LORD's time has arrived--the time for the Almighty to destroy.

Isa.13.7

Everyone paralyzed in the panic, hysterical

Isa.13.7

Because of this, all hands will go limp, every man's heart will melt.

Isa.13.7

Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man's heart will melt,

Isa.13.7

Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Even the strongest hearts melt

Isa.13.8

and unstrung, Doubled up in pain like a woman giving birth to a baby. Horrified--everyone they see is like a face out of a nightmare. [JC]

Isa.13.8

Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.

Isa.13.8

And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another; Their faces will be like flames.

Isa.13.8

and are afraid. Fear grips them with terrible pangs, like those of a woman about to give birth. They look helplessly at one another as the flames of the burning city reflect on their faces.

Isa.13.9

"Watch now. GOD's Judgment Day comes. Cruel it is, a day of wrath and anger, A day to waste the earth and clean out all the sinners.

Isa.13.9

See, the day of the LORD is coming -a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger- to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.

Isa.13.9

Behold, the day of the LORD comes, Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, To lay the land desolate; And He will destroy its sinners from it.

Isa.13.9

For see, the day of the LORD is coming--the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger. The land will be destroyed and all the sinners with it.

Isa.13.10

The stars in the sky, the great parade of constellations, will be nothing but black holes. The sun will come up as a black disk, and the moon a blank nothing.

Isa.13.10

The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.

Isa.13.10

For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not give their light; The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine.

Isa.13.10

The heavens will be black above them. No light will shine from stars or sun or moon.

Isa.13.11

I'll put a full stop to the evil on earth, terminate the dark acts of the wicked. I'll gag all braggarts and boasters--not a peep anymore from them--and trip strutting tyrants, leave them flat on their faces.

Isa.13.11

I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.

Isa.13.11

"I will punish the world for its evil, And the wicked for their iniquity; I will halt the arrogance of the proud, And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

Isa.13.11

"I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and the haughtiness of the mighty.

Isa.13.12

Proud humanity will disappear from the earth. I'll make mortals rarer than hens' teeth.

Isa.13.12

I will make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir.

Isa.13.12

I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold, A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.

Isa.13.12

Few will be left alive when I have finished my work. People will be as scarce as gold--more rare than the gold of Ophir.

Isa.13.13

And yes, I'll even make the sky shake, and the earth quake to its roots Under the wrath of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, the Judgment Day of his raging anger.

Isa.13.13

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.

Isa.13.13

Therefore I will shake the heavens, And the earth will move out of her place, In the wrath of the LORD of hosts And in the day of His fierce anger.

Isa.13.13

For I will shake the heavens, and the earth will move from its place. I, the LORD Almighty, will show my fury and fierce anger."

Isa.13.14

Like a hunted white-tailed deer, like lost sheep with no shepherd, People will huddle with a few of their own kind, run off to some makeshift shelter.

Isa.13.14

Like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

Isa.13.14

It shall be as the hunted gazelle, And as a sheep that no man takes up; Every man will turn to his own people, And everyone will flee to his own land.

Isa.13.14

Everyone will run until exhausted, rushing back to their own lands like hunted deer, wandering like sheep without a shepherd.

Isa.13.15

But tough luck to stragglers--they'll be killed on the spot, throats cut, bellies ripped open,

Isa.13.15

Whoever is captured will be thrust through; all who are caught will fall by the sword.

Isa.13.15

Everyone who is found will be thrust through, And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.

Isa.13.15

Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword.

Isa.13.16

Babies smashed on the rocks while mothers and fathers watch, Houses looted, wives raped.

Isa.13.16

Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives ravished.

Isa.13.16

Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.

Isa.13.16

Their little children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked and their wives raped by the attacking hordes.

Isa.13.17

"And now watch this: Against Babylon, I'm inciting the Medes, A ruthless bunch indifferent to bribes, the kind of brutality that no one can blunt.

Isa.13.17

See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold.

Isa.13.17

"Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, Who will not regard silver; And as for gold, they will not delight in it.

Isa.13.17

For I will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off.

Isa.13.18

They massacre the young, wantonly kick and kill even babies.

Isa.13.18

Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants nor will they look with compassion on children.

Isa.13.18

Also their bows will dash the young men to pieces, And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; Their eye will not spare children.

Isa.13.18

The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children.

Isa.13.19

And Babylon, most glorious of all kingdoms, the pride and joy of Chaldeans, Will end up smoking and stinking like Sodom, and, yes, like Gomorrah, when God had finished with them.

Isa.13.19

Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory of the Babylonians' pride, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isa.13.19

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isa.13.19

Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms, the flower of Chaldean culture, will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.

Isa.13.20

No one will live there anymore, generation after generation a ghost town. Not even Bedouins will pitch tents there. Shepherds will give it a wide berth.

Isa.13.20

She will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flocks there.

Isa.13.20

It will never be inhabited, Nor will it be settled from generation to generation; Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there, Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.

Isa.13.20

Babylon will never rise again. Generation after generation will come and go, but the land will never again be lived in. Nomads will refuse to camp there, and shepherds will not allow their sheep to stay overnight.

Isa.13.21

But strange and wild animals will like it just fine, filling the vacant houses with eerie night sounds. Skunks will make it their home, and unspeakable night hags will haunt it.

Isa.13.21

But desert creatures will lie there, jackals will fill her houses; there the owls will dwell, and there the wild goats will leap about.

Isa.13.21

But wild beasts of the desert will lie there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches will dwell there, And wild goats will caper there.

Isa.13.21

Wild animals of the desert will move into the ruined city. The houses will be haunted by howling creatures. Ostriches will live among the ruins, and wild goats will come there to dance.

Isa.13.22

Hyenas will curdle your blood with their laughing, and the howling of coyotes will give you the shivers. "Babylon is doomed. It won't be long now."

Isa.13.22

Hyenas will howl in her strongholds, jackals in her luxurious palaces. Her time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

Isa.13.22

The hyenas will howl in their citadels, And jackals in their pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, And her days will not be prolonged."

Isa.13.22

Hyenas will howl in its fortresses, and jackals will make their dens in its palaces. Babylon's days are numbered; its time of destruction will soon arrive.

2Cor.8.16

I thank God for giving Titus the same devoted concern for you that I have.

2Cor.8.16

I thank God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you.

2Cor.8.16

But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

2Cor.8.16

I am thankful to God that he has given Titus the same enthusiasm for you that I have.

2Cor.8.17

He was most considerate of how we felt, but his eagerness to go to you and help out with this relief offering is his own idea.

2Cor.8.17

For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative.

2Cor.8.17

For he not only accepted the exhortation, but being more diligent, he went to you of his own accord.

2Cor.8.17

He welcomed our request that he visit you again. In fact, he himself was eager to go and see you.

2Cor.8.18

We're sending a companion along with him, someone very popular in the churches for his preaching of the Message.

2Cor.8.18

And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel.

2Cor.8.18

And we have sent with him the brother whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches,

2Cor.8.18

We are also sending another brother with Titus. He is highly praised in all the churches as a preacher of the Good News.

2Cor.8.19

But there's far more to him than popularity. He's rock-solid trustworthy. The churches handpicked him to go with us as we travel about doing this work of sharing God's gifts to honor God as well as we can,

2Cor.8.19

What is more, he was chosen by the churches to accompany us as we carry the offering, which we administer in order to honor the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help.

2Cor.8.19

and not only that, but who was also chosen by the churches to travel with us with this gift, which is administered by us to the glory of the Lord Himself and to show your ready mind,

2Cor.8.19

He was appointed by the churches to accompany us as we take the offering to Jerusalem--a service that glorifies the Lord and shows our eagerness to help.

2Cor.8.20

taking every precaution against scandal. We don't want anyone suspecting us of taking one penny of this money for ourselves.

2Cor.8.20

We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift.

2Cor.8.20

avoiding this: that anyone should blame us in this lavish gift which is administered by us--

2Cor.8.20

By traveling together we will guard against any suspicion, for we are anxious that no one should find fault with the way we are handling this generous gift.

2Cor.8.21

We're being as careful in our reputation with the public as in our reputation with God.

2Cor.8.21

For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men.

2Cor.8.21

providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

2Cor.8.21

We are careful to be honorable before the Lord, but we also want everyone else to know we are honorable.

2Cor.8.22

That's why we're sending another trusted friend along. He's proved his dependability many times over, and carries on as energetically as the day he started. He's heard much about you, and liked what he's heard--so much so that he can't wait to get there.

2Cor.8.22

In addition, we are sending with them our brother who has often proved to us in many ways that he is zealous, and now even more so because of his great confidence in you.

2Cor.8.22

And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, because of the great confidence which we have in you.

2Cor.8.22

And we are also sending with them another brother who has been thoroughly tested and has shown how earnest he is on many occasions. He is now even more enthusiastic because of his increased confidence in you.

2Cor.8.23

I don't need to say anything further about Titus. We've been close associates in this work of serving you for a long time. The brothers who travel with him are delegates from churches, a real credit to Christ.

2Cor.8.23

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honor to Christ.

2Cor.8.23

If anyone inquires about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker concerning you. Or if our brethren are inquired about, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

2Cor.8.23

If anyone asks about Titus, say that he is my partner who works with me to help you. And these brothers are representatives of the churches. They are splendid examples of those who bring glory to Christ.

2Cor.8.24

Show them what you're made of, the love I've been talking up in the churches. Let them see it for themselves!

2Cor.8.24

Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.

2Cor.8.24

Therefore show to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf.

2Cor.8.24

So show them your love, and prove to all the churches that our boasting about you is justified.

2Cor.9.1

If I wrote any more on this relief offering for the poor Christians, I'd be repeating myself.

2Cor.9.1

There is no need for me to write to you about this service to the saints.

2Cor.9.1

Now concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you;

2Cor.9.1

I really don't need to write to you about this gift for the Christians in Jerusalem.

2Cor.9.2

I know you're on board and ready to go. I've been bragging about you all through Macedonia province, telling them, "Achaia province has been ready to go on this since last year." Your enthusiasm by now has spread to most of them.

2Cor.9.2

For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.

2Cor.9.2

for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority.

2Cor.9.2

For I know how eager you are to help, and I have been boasting to our friends in Macedonia that you Christians in Greece were ready to send an offering a year ago. In fact, it was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of them to begin helping.

2Cor.9.3

Now I'm sending the brothers to make sure you're ready, as I said you would be, so my bragging won't turn out to be just so much hot air.

2Cor.9.3

But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.

2Cor.9.3

Yet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready;

2Cor.9.3

But I am sending these brothers just to be sure that you really are ready, as I told them you would be, with your money all collected. I don't want it to turn out that I was wrong in my boasting about you.

2Cor.9.4

If some Macedonians and I happened to drop in on you and found you weren't prepared, we'd all be pretty red-faced--you and us--for acting so sure of ourselves.

2Cor.9.4

For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we--not to say anything about you--would be ashamed of having been so confident.

2Cor.9.4

lest if some Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed of this confident boasting.

2Cor.9.4

I would be humiliated--and so would you--if some Macedonian Christians came with me, only to find that you still weren't ready after all I had told them!

2Cor.9.5

So to make sure there will be no slipup, I've recruited these brothers as an advance team to get you and your promised offering all ready before I get there. I want you to have all the time you need to make this offering in your own way. I don't want anything forced or hurried at the last minute.

2Cor.9.5

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given.

2Cor.9.5

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a grudging obligation.

2Cor.9.5

So I thought I should send these brothers ahead of me to make sure the gift you promised is ready. But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given under pressure.

Ps.105.37

He led Israel out, their arms filled with loot, and not one among his tribes even stumbled.

Ps.105.37

He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.

Ps.105.37

He also brought them out with silver and gold, And there was none feeble among His tribes.

Ps.105.37

But he brought his people safely out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold; there were no sick or feeble people among them.

Ps.105.38

Egypt was glad to have them go--they were scared to death of them.

Ps.105.38

Egypt was glad when they left, because dread of Israel had fallen on them.

Ps.105.38

Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen upon them.

Ps.105.38

Egypt was glad when they were gone, for the dread of them was great.

Ps.105.39

God spread a cloud to keep them cool through the day and a fire to light their way through the night;

Ps.105.39

He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.

Ps.105.39

He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.

Ps.105.39

The LORD spread out a cloud above them as a covering and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.

Ps.105.40

They prayed and he brought quail, filled them with the bread of heaven;

Ps.105.40

They asked, and he brought them quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Ps.105.40

The people asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Ps.105.40

They asked for meat, and he sent them quail; he gave them manna--bread from heaven.

Ps.105.41

He opened the rock and water poured out; it flowed like a river through that desert--

Ps.105.41

He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert.

Ps.105.41

He opened the rock, and water gushed out; It ran in the dry places like a river.

Ps.105.41

He opened up a rock, and water gushed out to form a river through the dry and barren land.

Ps.105.42

All because he remembered his Covenant, his promise to Abraham, his servant.

Ps.105.42

For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.

Ps.105.42

For He remembered His holy promise, And Abraham His servant.

Ps.105.42

For he remembered his sacred promise to Abraham his servant.

Ps.105.43

Remember this! He led his people out singing for joy; his chosen people marched, singing their hearts out!

Ps.105.43

He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

Ps.105.43

He brought out His people with joy, His chosen ones with gladness.

Ps.105.43

So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing.

Ps.105.44

He made them a gift of the country they entered, helped them seize the wealth of the nations

Ps.105.44

he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for-

Ps.105.44

He gave them the lands of the Gentiles, And they inherited the labor of the nations,

Ps.105.44

He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted.

Ps.105.45

So they could do everything he told them--could follow his instructions to the letter. Hallelujah! al

Ps.105.45

that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.

Ps.105.45

That they might observe His statutes And keep His laws. Praise the LORD!

Ps.105.45

All this happened so they would follow his principles and obey his laws. Praise the LORD!