Isa.14.1

But not so with Jacob. GOD will have compassion on Jacob. Once again he'll choose Israel. He'll establish them in their own country. Outsiders will be attracted and throw their lot in with Jacob.

Isa.14.1

The LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Aliens will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

Isa.14.1

For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.

Isa.14.1

But the LORD will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. Israel will be his special people once again. He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land. And people from many different nations will come and join them there and become a part of the people of Israel.

Isa.14.2

The nations among whom they lived will actually escort them back home, and then Israel will pay them back by making slaves of them, men and women alike, possessing them as slaves in GOD's country, capturing those who had captured them, ruling over those who had abused them.

Isa.14.2

Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. And the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD's land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

Isa.14.2

Then people will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the LORD; they will take them captive whose captives they were, and rule over their oppressors.

Isa.14.2

The nations of the world will help the LORD's people to return, and those who come to live in their land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.

Isa.14.3

When GOD has given you time to recover from the abuse and trouble and harsh servitude that you had to endure,

Isa.14.3

On the day the LORD gives you relief from suffering and turmoil and cruel bondage,

Isa.14.3

It shall come to pass in the day the LORD gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve,

Isa.14.3

In that wonderful day when the LORD gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains,

Isa.14.4

you can amuse yourselves by taking up this satire, a taunt against the king of Babylon: Can you believe it? The tyrant is gone! The tyranny is over!

Isa.14.4

you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!

Isa.14.4

that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: "How the oppressor has ceased, The golden city ceased!

Isa.14.4

you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say, "The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended.

Isa.14.5

GOD has broken the rule of the wicked, the power of the bully-rulers

Isa.14.5

The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

Isa.14.5

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of the rulers;

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For the LORD has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule.

Isa.14.6

That crushed many people. A relentless rain of cruel outrage Established a violent rule of anger rife with torture and persecution.

Isa.14.6

which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.

Isa.14.6

He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, He who ruled the nations in anger, Is persecuted and no one hinders.

Isa.14.6

You persecuted the people with unceasing blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip. Your tyranny was unrestrained.

Isa.14.7

And now it's over, the whole earth quietly at rest. Burst into song! Make the rafters ring!

Isa.14.7

All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing.

Isa.14.7

The whole earth is at rest and quiet; They break forth into singing.

Isa.14.7

But at last the land is at rest and is quiet. Finally it can sing again!

Isa.14.8

Ponderosa pine trees are happy, giant Lebanon cedars are relieved, saying, "Since you've been cut down, there's no one around to cut us down."

Isa.14.8

Even the pine trees and the cedars of Lebanon exult over you and say, "Now that you have been laid low, no woodsman comes to cut us down."

Isa.14.8

Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you, And the cedars of Lebanon, Saying, "Since you were cut down, No woodsman has come up against us.'

Isa.14.8

Even the trees of the forest--the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon--sing out this joyous song: `Your power is broken! No one will come to cut us down now!'

Isa.14.9

And the underworld dead are all excited, preparing to welcome you when you come. Getting ready to greet you are the ghostly dead, all the famous names of earth. All the buried kings of the nations will stand up on their thrones

Isa.14.9

The grave below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you- all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones- all those who were kings over the nations.

Isa.14.9

"Hell from beneath is excited about you, To meet you at your coming; It stirs up the dead for you, All the chief ones of the earth; It has raised up from their thrones All the kings of the nations.

Isa.14.9

"In the place of the dead there is excitement over your arrival. World leaders and mighty kings long dead are there to see you.

Isa.14.10

With well-prepared speeches, royal invitations to death: "Now you are as nothing as we are! Make yourselves at home with us dead folks!"

Isa.14.10

They will all respond, they will say to you, "You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us."

Isa.14.10

They all shall speak and say to you: "Have you also become as weak as we? Have you become like us?

Isa.14.10

With one voice they all cry out, `Now you are as weak as we are!

Isa.14.11

This is where your pomp and fine music led you, Babylon, to your underworld private chambers, A king-size mattress of maggots for repose and a quilt of crawling worms for warmth.

Isa.14.11

All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.

Isa.14.11

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.'

Isa.14.11

Your might and power are gone; they were buried with you. All the pleasant music in your palace has ceased. Now maggots are your sheet and worms your blanket.'

Isa.14.12

What a comedown this, O Babylon! Daystar! Son of Dawn! Flat on your face in the underworld mud, you, famous for flattening nations!

Isa.14.12

How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!

Isa.14.12

"How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!

Isa.14.12

"How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world.

Isa.14.13

You said to yourself, "I'll climb to heaven. I'll set my throne over the stars of God. I'll run the assembly of angels that meets on sacred Mount Zaphon.

Isa.14.13

You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.

Isa.14.13

For you have said in your heart: "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north;

Isa.14.13

For you said to yourself, `I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God's stars. I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north.

Isa.14.14

I'll climb to the top of the clouds. I'll take over as King of the Universe!"

Isa.14.14

I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."

Isa.14.14

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.'

Isa.14.14

I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.'

Isa.14.15

But you didn't make it, did you? Instead of climbing up, you came down--Down with the underground dead, down to the abyss of the Pit.

Isa.14.15

But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit.

Isa.14.15

Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.

Isa.14.15

But instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead, down to its lowest depths.

Isa.14.16

People will stare and muse: "Can this be the one Who terrorized earth and its kingdoms,

Isa.14.16

Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,

Isa.14.16

"Those who see you will gaze at you, And consider you, saying: "Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,

Isa.14.16

Everyone there will stare at you and ask, `Can this be the one who shook the earth and the kingdoms of the world?

Isa.14.17

turned earth to a moonscape, Wasted its cities, shut up his prisoners to a living death?"

Isa.14.17

the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?"

Isa.14.17

Who made the world as a wilderness And destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners?'

Isa.14.17

Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wilderness? Is this the king who demolished the world's greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?'

Isa.14.18

Other kings get a decent burial, honored with eulogies and placed in a tomb.

Isa.14.18

All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

Isa.14.18

"All the kings of the nations, All of them, sleep in glory, Everyone in his own house;

Isa.14.18

"The kings of the nations lie in stately glory in their tombs,

Isa.14.19

But you're dumped in a ditch unburied, like a stray dog or cat, Covered with rotting bodies, murdered and indigent corpses. Your dead body desecrated, mutilated--

Isa.14.19

But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot,

Isa.14.19

But you are cast out of your grave Like an abominable branch, Like the garment of those who are slain, Thrust through with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the pit, Like a corpse trodden underfoot.

Isa.14.19

but you will be thrown out of your grave like a worthless branch. Like a corpse trampled underfoot, you will be dumped into a mass grave with those killed in battle. You will descend to the pit.

Isa.14.20

no state funeral for you! You've left your land in ruins, left a legacy of massacre. The progeny of your evil life will never be named. Oblivion!

Isa.14.20

you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

Isa.14.20

You will not be joined with them in burial, Because you have destroyed your land And slain your people. The brood of evildoers shall never be named.

Isa.14.20

You will not be given a proper burial, for you have destroyed your nation and slaughtered your people. Your son will not succeed you as king.

Isa.14.21

Get a place ready to slaughter the sons of the wicked and wipe out their father's line. Unthinkable that they should own a square foot of land or desecrate the face of the world with their cities!

Isa.14.21

Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the sins of their forefathers; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.

Isa.14.21

Prepare slaughter for his children Because of the iniquity of their fathers, Lest they rise up and possess the land, And fill the face of the world with cities."

Isa.14.21

Kill the children of this sinner! Do not let them rise and conquer the land or rebuild the cities of the world."

Isa.14.22

"I will confront them"--Decree of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies--"and strip Babylon of name and survivors, children and grandchildren.

Isa.14.22

"I will rise up against them," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD.

Isa.14.22

"For I will rise up against them," says the LORD of hosts, "And cut off from Babylon the name and remnant, And offspring and posterity," says the LORD.

Isa.14.22

This is what the LORD Almighty says: "I, myself, have risen against him! I will destroy his children and his children's children, so they will never sit on his throne.

Isa.14.23

" GOD's Decree. "I'll make it a worthless swamp and give it as a prize to the hedgehog. And then I'll bulldoze it out of existence." Decree of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies.

Isa.14.23

"I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD Almighty.

Isa.14.23

"I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, And marshes of muddy water; I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," says the LORD of hosts.

Isa.14.23

I will make Babylon into a desolate land, a place of porcupines, filled with swamps and marshes. I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken!"

Isa.14.24

GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies speaks: "Exactly as I planned, it will happen. Following my blueprints, it will take shape.

Isa.14.24

The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.

Isa.14.24

The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, "Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, And as I have purposed, so it shall stand:

Isa.14.24

The LORD Almighty has sworn this oath: "It will all happen as I have planned. It will come about according to my purposes.

Isa.14.25

I will shatter the Assyrian who trespasses my land and stomp him into the dirt on my mountains. I will ban his taking and making of slaves and lift the weight of oppression from all shoulders."

Isa.14.25

I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders."

Isa.14.25

That I will break the Assyrian in My land, And on My mountains tread him underfoot. Then his yoke shall be removed from them, And his burden removed from their shoulders.

Isa.14.25

I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel; I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be their slaves.

Isa.14.26

This is the plan, planned for the whole earth, And this is the hand that will do it, reaching into every nation.

Isa.14.26

This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations.

Isa.14.26

This is the purpose that is purposed against the whole earth, And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.

Isa.14.26

I have a plan for the whole earth, for my mighty power reaches throughout the world.

Isa.14.27

GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies has planned it. Who could ever cancel such plans? His is the hand that's reached out. Who could brush it aside?

Isa.14.27

For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?

Isa.14.27

For the LORD of hosts has purposed, And who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, And who will turn it back?"

Isa.14.27

The LORD Almighty has spoken--who can change his plans? When his hand moves, who can stop him?"

Isa.14.28

In the year King Ahaz died, this Message came:

Isa.14.28

This oracle came in the year King Ahaz died:

Isa.14.28

This is the burden which came in the year that King Ahaz died.

Isa.14.28

This message came to me the year King Ahaz died:

Isa.14.29

Hold it, Philistines! It's too soon to celebrate the defeat of your cruel oppressor. From the death throes of that snake a worse snake will come, and from that, one even worse.

Isa.14.29

Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken; from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.

Isa.14.29

"Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, Because the rod that struck you is broken; For out of the serpent's roots will come forth a viper, And its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent.

Isa.14.29

Do not rejoice, you Philistines, that the king who attacked you is dead. For even though that whip is broken, his son will be worse than his father ever was. From that snake a poisonous snake will be born, a fiery serpent to destroy you!

Isa.14.30

The poor won't have to worry. The needy will escape the terror. But you Philistines will be plunged into famine, and those who don't starve, God will kill.

Isa.14.30

The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But your root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your survivors.

Isa.14.30

The firstborn of the poor will feed, And the needy will lie down in safety; I will kill your roots with famine, And it will slay your remnant.

Isa.14.30

I will feed the poor in my pasture; the needy will lie down in peace. But as for you, I will wipe you out with famine. I will destroy the few who remain.

Isa.14.31

Wail and howl, proud city! Fall prostrate in fear, Philistia! On the northern horizon, smoke from burned cities, the wake of a brutal, disciplined destroyer.

Isa.14.31

Wail, O gate! Howl, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks.

Isa.14.31

Wail, O gate! Cry, O city! All you of Philistia are dissolved; For smoke will come from the north, And no one will be alone in his appointed times."

Isa.14.31

Weep, you Philistine cities, for you are doomed! Melt in fear, for everyone will be destroyed. A powerful army is coming out of the north. Each soldier rushes forward ready to fight.

Isa.14.32

What does one say to outsiders who ask questions? Tell them, "GOD has established Zion. Those in need and in trouble find refuge in her."

Isa.14.32

What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? "The LORD has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge."

Isa.14.32

What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, And the poor of His people shall take refuge in it.

Isa.14.32

What should we tell the enemy messengers? Tell them that the LORD has built Jerusalem, and that the poor of his people will find refuge in its walls.

Isa.15.1

A Message concerning Moab: Village Ar of Moab is in ruins, destroyed in a night raid. Village Kir of Moab is in ruins, destroyed in a night raid.

Isa.15.1

An oracle concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!

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The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed,

Isa.15.1

This message came to me concerning Moab: In one night your cities of Ar and Kir will be destroyed.

Isa.15.2

Village Dibon climbs to its chapel in the hills, goes up to lament. Moab weeps and wails over Nebo and Medba. Every head is shaved bald, every beard shaved clean.

Isa.15.2

Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.

Isa.15.2

He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off.

Isa.15.2

Your people in Dibon will mourn at their temples and shrines, weeping for the fate of Nebo and Medeba. They will shave their heads in sorrow and cut off their beards.

Isa.15.3

They pour into the streets wearing black, go up on the roofs, take to the town square, Everyone in tears, everyone in grief.

Isa.15.3

In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping.

Isa.15.3

In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly.

Isa.15.3

They will wear sackcloth as they wander the streets. From every home will come the sound of weeping.

Isa.15.4

Towns Heshbon and Elealeh cry long and loud. The sound carries as far as Jahaz. Moab sobs, shaking in grief. The soul of Moab trembles.

Isa.15.4

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, and their hearts are faint.

Isa.15.4

Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz; Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab will cry out; His life will be burdensome to him.

Isa.15.4

The cries from the cities of Heshbon and Elealeh will be heard far away, even in Jahaz! The bravest warriors of Moab will cry out in utter terror.

Isa.15.5

Oh, how I grieve for Moab! Refugees stream to Zoar and then on to Eglath-shelishiyah. Up the slopes of Luhith they weep; on the road to Horonaim they cry their loss.

Isa.15.5

My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the way to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their destruction.

Isa.15.5

"My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer. For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction,

Isa.15.5

My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their crying can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.

Isa.15.6

The springs of Nimrim are dried up--grass brown, buds stunted, nothing grows.

Isa.15.6

The waters of Nimrim are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing green is left.

Isa.15.6

For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For the green grass has withered away; The grass fails, there is nothing green.

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Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up! The grassy banks are scorched, and the tender plants are gone.

Isa.15.7

They leave, carrying all their possessions on their backs, everything they own, Making their way as best they can across Willow Creek to safety.

Isa.15.7

So the wealth they have acquired and stored up they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.

Isa.15.7

Therefore the abundance they have gained, And what they have laid up, They will carry away to the Brook of the Willows.

Isa.15.7

The desperate refugees take only the possessions they can carry and flee across the Ravine of Willows.

Isa.15.8

Poignant cries reverberate all through Moab, Gut-wrenching sobs as far as Eglaim, heart-racking sobs all the way to Beer-elim.

Isa.15.8

Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab; their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.

Isa.15.8

For the cry has gone all around the borders of Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to Beer Elim.

Isa.15.8

The whole land of Moab is a land of weeping from one end to the other--from Eglaim to Beer-elim.

Isa.15.9

The banks of the Dibon crest with blood, but God has worse in store for Dibon: A lion--a lion to finish off the fugitives, to clean up whoever's left in the land.

Isa.15.9

Dimon's waters are full of blood, but I will bring still more upon Dimon - a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon those who remain in the land.

Isa.15.9

For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood; Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of the land."

Isa.15.9

The stream near Dibon runs red with blood, but I am still not finished with Dibon! Lions will hunt down the survivors, both those who try to run and those who remain behind.

Isa.16.1

"Dispatch a gift of lambs," says Moab, "to the leaders in Jerusalem--Lambs from Sela sent across the desert to buy the goodwill of Jerusalem.

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Send lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, across the desert, to the mount of the Daughter of Zion.

Isa.16.1

Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela to the wilderness, To the mount of the daughter of Zion.

Isa.16.1

Moab's refugees at Sela send lambs to Jerusalem as a token of alliance with the king of Judah.

Isa.16.2

The towns and people of Moab are at a loss, New-hatched birds knocked from the nest, fluttering helplessly At the banks of the Arnon River, unable to cross:

Isa.16.2

Like fluttering birds pushed from the nest, so are the women of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

Isa.16.2

For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

Isa.16.2

The women of Moab are left like homeless birds at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.

Isa.16.3

"Tell us what to do, help us out! Protect us, hide us!

Isa.16.3

"Give us counsel, render a decision. Make your shadow like night- at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees.

Isa.16.3

"Take counsel, execute judgment; Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day; Hide the outcasts, Do not betray him who escapes.

Isa.16.3

"Help us," they cry. "Defend us against our enemies. Protect us from their relentless attack. Do not betray us.

Isa.16.4

Give the refugees from Moab sanctuary with you. Be a safe place for those on the run from the killing fields.'When this is all over," Judah answers, "the tyrant toppled, The killing at an end, all signs of these cruelties long gone,

Isa.16.4

Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; be their shelter from the destroyer." The oppressor will come to an end, and destruction will cease; the aggressor will vanish from the land.

Isa.16.4

Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab; Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler. For the extortioner is at an end, Devastation ceases, The oppressors are consumed out of the land.

Isa.16.4

Let our outcasts stay among you. Hide them from our enemies until the terror is past." When oppression and destruction have ceased and enemy raiders have disappeared,

Isa.16.5

A new government of love will be established in the venerable David tradition. A Ruler you can depend upon will head this government, A Ruler passionate for justice, a Ruler quick to set things right." [JC]

Isa.16.5

In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it- one from the house of David- one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.

Isa.16.5

In mercy the throne will be established; And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness."

Isa.16.5

then David's throne will be established by love. From that throne a faithful king will reign, one who always does what is just and right.

Isa.16.6

We've heard--everyone's heard!-of Moab's pride, world-famous for pride--Arrogant, self-important, insufferable, full of hot air.

Isa.16.6

We have heard of Moab's pride- her overweening pride and conceit, her pride and her insolence- but her boasts are empty.

Isa.16.6

We have heard of the pride of Moab-- He is very proud-- Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; But his lies shall not be so.

Isa.16.6

Is this Moab, the proud land we have heard so much about? Its pride and insolence are all gone now!

Isa.16.7

So now let Moab lament for a change, with antiphonal mock-laments from the neighbors! What a shame! How terrible! No more fine fruitcakes and Kir-hareseth candies!

Isa.16.7

Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the men of Kir Hareseth.

Isa.16.7

Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab; Everyone shall wail. For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn; Surely they are stricken.

Isa.16.7

The entire land of Moab weeps. Yes, you people of Moab, mourn for the delicacies of Kir-hareseth.

Isa.16.8

All those lush Heshbon fields dried up, the rich Sibmah vineyards withered! Foreign thugs have crushed and torn out the famous grapevines That once reached all the way to Jazer, right to the edge of the desert, Ripped out the crops in every direction as far as the eye can see.

Isa.16.8

The fields of Heshbon wither, the vines of Sibmah also. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots spread out and went as far as the sea.

Isa.16.8

For the fields of Heshbon languish, And the vine of Sibmah; The lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants, Which have reached to Jazer And wandered through the wilderness. Her branches are stretched out, They are gone over the sea.

Isa.16.8

Weep for the abandoned farms of Heshbon and the vineyards at Sibmah. The wine from those vineyards used to make the rulers of the nations drunk. Moab was once like a spreading grapevine. Her tendrils spread out as far as Jazer and trailed out into the desert. Her shoots once reached as far as the Dead Sea.

Isa.16.9

I'll join the weeping. I'll weep right along with Jazer, weep for the Sibmah vineyards. And yes, Heshbon and Elealeh, I'll mingle my tears with your tears! The joyful shouting at harvest is gone. Instead of song and celebration, dead silence.

Isa.16.9

So I weep, as Jazer weeps, for the vines of Sibmah. O Heshbon, O Elealeh, I drench you with tears! The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit and over your harvests have been stilled.

Isa.16.9

Therefore I will bewail the vine of Sibmah, With the weeping of Jazer; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; For battle cries have fallen Over your summer fruits and your harvest.

Isa.16.9

But now the enemy has completely destroyed that vine. So I wail and lament for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah. My tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh, for their summer fruits and harvests have all been destroyed.

Isa.16.10

No more boisterous laughter in the orchards, no more hearty work songs in the vineyards. Instead of the bustle and sound of good work in the fields, silence--deathly and deadening silence.

Isa.16.10

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards; no one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting.

Isa.16.10

Gladness is taken away, And joy from the plentiful field; In the vineyards there will be no singing, Nor will there be shouting; No treaders will tread out wine in the presses; I have made their shouting cease.

Isa.16.10

Gone now is the gladness; gone is the joy of harvest. The happy singing in the vineyards will be heard no more. The treading out of grapes in the winepresses has ceased forever. I have ended all their harvest joys.

Isa.16.11

My heartstrings throb like harp strings for Moab, my soul in sympathy for sad Kir-heres.

Isa.16.11

My heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.

Isa.16.11

Therefore my heart shall resound like a harp for Moab, And my inner being for Kir Heres.

Isa.16.11

I will weep for Moab. My sorrow for Kir-hareseth will be very great.

Isa.16.12

When Moab trudges to the shrine to pray, he wastes both time and energy. Going to the sanctuary and praying for relief is useless. Nothing ever happens.

Isa.16.12

When Moab appears at her high place, she only wears herself out; when she goes to her shrine to pray, it is to no avail.

Isa.16.12

And it shall come to pass, When it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, That he will come to his sanctuary to pray; But he will not prevail.

Isa.16.12

On the hilltops the people of Moab will pray in anguish to their idols, but it will do them no good. They will cry to the gods in their temples, but no one will come to save them.

Isa.16.13

This is GOD's earlier Message on Moab.

Isa.16.13

This is the word the LORD has already spoken concerning Moab.

Isa.16.13

This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning Moab since that time.

Isa.16.13

The LORD has already said this about Moab in the past.

Isa.16.14

GOD's updated Message is, "In three years, no longer than the term of an enlisted soldier, Moab's impressive presence will be gone, that splendid hot-air balloon will be punctured, and instead of a vigorous population, just a few shuffling bums cadging handouts."

Isa.16.14

But now the LORD says: "Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab's splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble."

Isa.16.14

But now the LORD has spoken, saying, "Within three years, as the years of a hired man, the glory of Moab will be despised with all that great multitude, and the remnant will be very small and feeble."

Isa.16.14

But now the LORD says, "Within three years, without fail, the glory of Moab will be ended, and few of its people will be left alive."

2Cor.9.6

Remember: A stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop.

2Cor.9.6

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

2Cor.9.6

But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

2Cor.9.6

Remember this--a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.

2Cor.9.7

I want each of you to take plenty of time to think it over, and make up your own mind what you will give. That will protect you against sob stories and arm-twisting. God loves it when the giver delights in the giving.

2Cor.9.7

Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

2Cor.9.7

So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

2Cor.9.7

You must each make up your own mind as to how much you should give. Don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. For God loves the person who gives cheerfully.

2Cor.9.8

God can pour on the blessings in astonishing ways so that you're ready for anything and everything, more than just ready to do what needs to be done.

2Cor.9.8

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

2Cor.9.8

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

2Cor.9.8

And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.

2Cor.9.9

As one psalmist puts it, He throws caution to the winds, giving to the needy in reckless abandon. His right-living, right-giving ways never run out, never wear out.

2Cor.9.9

As it is written: "He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."

2Cor.9.9

As it is written: "He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever."

2Cor.9.9

As the Scriptures say, "Godly people give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will never be forgotten."

2Cor.9.10

This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God,

2Cor.9.10

Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.

2Cor.9.10

Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

2Cor.9.10

For God is the one who gives seed to the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will give you many opportunities to do good, and he will produce a great harvest of generosity in you.

2Cor.9.11

wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God.

2Cor.9.11

You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

2Cor.9.11

while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.

2Cor.9.11

Yes, you will be enriched so that you can give even more generously. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will break out in thanksgiving to God.

2Cor.9.12

Carrying out this social relief work involves far more than helping meet the bare needs of poor Christians. It also produces abundant and bountiful thanksgivings to God.

2Cor.9.12

This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.

2Cor.9.12

For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

2Cor.9.12

So two good things will happen--the needs of the Christians in Jerusalem will be met, and they will joyfully express their thanksgiving to God.

2Cor.9.13

This relief offering is a prod to live at your very best, showing your gratitude to God by being openly obedient to the plain meaning of the Message of Christ. You show your gratitude through your generous offerings to your needy brothers and sisters, and really toward everyone.

2Cor.9.13

Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.

2Cor.9.13

while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men,

2Cor.9.13

You will be glorifying God through your generous gifts. For your generosity to them will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ.

2Cor.9.14

Meanwhile, moved by the extravagance of God in your lives, they'll respond by praying for you in passionate intercession for whatever you need.

2Cor.9.14

And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.

2Cor.9.14

and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you.

2Cor.9.14

And they will pray for you with deep affection because of the wonderful grace of God shown through you.

2Cor.9.15

Thank God for this gift, his gift. No language can praise it enough!

2Cor.9.15

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

2Cor.9.15

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

2Cor.9.15

Thank God for his Son--a gift too wonderful for words!

Ps.106.1

Hallelujah! Thank GOD! And why? Because he's good, because his love lasts.

Ps.106.1

Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Ps.106.1

Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

Ps.106.1

Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.

Ps.106.2

But who on earth can do it--declaim GOD's mighty acts, broadcast all his praises?

Ps.106.2

Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise?

Ps.106.2

Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise?

Ps.106.2

Who can list the glorious miracles of the LORD? Who can ever praise him half enough?

Ps.106.3

You're one happy man when you do what's right, one happy woman when you form the habit of justice.

Ps.106.3

Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right.

Ps.106.3

Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times!

Ps.106.3

Happy are those who deal justly with others and always do what is right.

Ps.106.4

Remember me, GOD, when you enjoy your people; include me when you save them;

Ps.106.4

Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,

Ps.106.4

Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation,

Ps.106.4

Remember me, too, LORD, when you show favor to your people; come to me with your salvation.

Ps.106.5

I want to see your chosen succeed, celebrate with your celebrating nation, join the Hallelujahs of your pride and joy!

Ps.106.5

that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise.

Ps.106.5

That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.

Ps.106.5

Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones. Let me rejoice in the joy of your people; let me praise you with those who are your heritage.

Ps.106.6

We've sinned a lot, both we and our parents; We've fallen short, hurt a lot of people.

Ps.106.6

We have sinned, even as our fathers did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

Ps.106.6

We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, We have done wickedly.

Ps.106.6

Both we and our ancestors have sinned. We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!

Ps.106.7

After our parents left Egypt, they took your wonders for granted, forgot your great and wonderful love. They were barely beyond the Red Sea when they defied the High God

Ps.106.7

When our fathers were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.

Ps.106.7

Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea--the Red Sea.

Ps.106.7

Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the LORD's miracles. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.

Ps.106.8

-the very place he saved them! -the place he revealed his amazing power!

Ps.106.8

Yet he saved them for his name's sake, to make his mighty power known.

Ps.106.8

Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, That He might make His mighty power known.

Ps.106.8

Even so, he saved them--to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.

Ps.106.9

He rebuked the Red Sea so that it dried up on the spot -he paraded them right through! -no one so much as got wet feet!

Ps.106.9

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led them through the depths as through a desert.

Ps.106.9

He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths, As through the wilderness.

Ps.106.9

He commanded the Red Sea to divide, and a dry path appeared. He led Israel across the sea bottom that was as dry as a desert.

Ps.106.10

He saved them from a life of oppression, pried them loose from the grip of the enemy.

Ps.106.10

He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.

Ps.106.10

He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Ps.106.10

So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes.

Ps.106.11

Then the waters flowed back on their oppressors; there wasn't a single survivor.

Ps.106.11

The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.

Ps.106.11

The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.

Ps.106.11

Then the water returned and covered their enemies; not one of them survived.

Ps.106.12

Then they believed his words were true and broke out in songs of praise.

Ps.106.12

Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.

Ps.106.12

Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.

Ps.106.12

Then at last his people believed his promises. Then they finally sang his praise.

Ps.106.13

But it wasn't long before they forgot the whole thing, wouldn't wait to be told what to do.

Ps.106.13

But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel.

Ps.106.13

They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,

Ps.106.13

Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn't wait for his counsel!

Ps.106.14

They only cared about pleasing themselves in that desert, provoked God with their insistent demands.

Ps.106.14

In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland they put God to the test.

Ps.106.14

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.

Ps.106.14

In the wilderness, their desires ran wild, testing God's patience in that dry land.

Ps.106.15

He gave them exactly what they asked for--but along with it they got an empty heart.

Ps.106.15

So he gave them what they asked for, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

Ps.106.15

And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.

Ps.106.15

So he gave them what they asked for, but he sent a plague along with it.