Isa.17.1

A Message concerning Damascus: "Watch this: Damascus undone as a city, a pile of dust and rubble!

Isa.17.1

An oracle concerning Damascus: "See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.

Isa.17.1

The burden against Damascus. "Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap.

Isa.17.1

This message came to me concerning Damascus: "Look, Damascus will disappear! It will become a heap of ruins.

Isa.17.2

Her towns emptied of people. The sheep and goats will move in And take over the towns as if they owned them--which they will!

Isa.17.2

The cities of Aroer will be deserted and left to flocks, which will lie down, with no one to make them afraid.

Isa.17.2

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks Which lie down, and no one will make them afraid.

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The cities of Aroer will be deserted. Sheep will graze in the streets and lie down unafraid. There will be no one to chase them away.

Isa.17.3

Not a sign of a fort is left in Ephraim, not a trace of government left in Damascus. What's left of Aram? The same as what's left of Israel--not much." Decree of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies.

Isa.17.3

The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, and royal power from Damascus; the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the Israelites," declares the LORD Almighty.

Isa.17.3

The fortress also will cease from Ephraim, The kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Syria; They will be as the glory of the children of Israel," Says the LORD of hosts.

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The fortified cities of Israel will also be destroyed, and the power of Damascus will end. The few left in Aram will share the fate of Israel's departed glory," says the LORD Almighty.

Isa.17.4

"The Day is coming when Jacob's robust splendor goes pale and his well-fed body turns skinny.

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"In that day the glory of Jacob will fade; the fat of his body will waste away.

Isa.17.4

"In that day it shall come to pass That the glory of Jacob will wane, And the fatness of his flesh grow lean.

Isa.17.4

"In that day the glory of Israel will be very dim, for poverty will stalk the land.

Isa.17.5

The country will be left empty, picked clean as a field harvested by field hands. She'll be like a few stalks of barley left standing in the lush Valley of Rephaim after harvest,

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It will be as when a reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the grain with his arm- as when a man gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

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It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain, And reaps the heads with his arm; It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain In the Valley of Rephaim.

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Israel will be abandoned like the grainfields in the valley of Rephaim after the harvest.

Isa.17.6

Or like the couple of ripe olives overlooked in the top of the olive tree, Or the four or five apples that the pickers couldn't reach in the orchard." Decree of the GOD of Israel.

Isa.17.6

Yet some gleanings will remain, as when an olive tree is beaten, leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches, four or five on the fruitful boughs," declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

Isa.17.6

Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, Like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough, Four or five in its most fruitful branches," Says the LORD God of Israel.

Isa.17.6

Only a few of its people will be left, like the stray olives left on the tree after the harvest. Only two or three remain in the highest branches, four or five out on the tips of the limbs. Yes, Israel will be stripped bare of people," says the LORD, the God of Israel.

Isa.17.7

Yes, the Day is coming when people will notice The One Who Made Them, take a long hard look at The Holy of Israel.

Isa.17.7

In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

Isa.17.7

In that day a man will look to his Maker, And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.

Isa.17.7

Then at last the people will think of their Creator and have respect for the Holy One of Israel.

Isa.17.8

They'll lose interest in all the stuff they've made--altars and monuments and rituals, their homemade, handmade religion--however impressive it is.

Isa.17.8

They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles and the incense altars their fingers have made.

Isa.17.8

He will not look to the altars, The work of his hands; He will not respect what his fingers have made, Nor the wooden images nor the incense altars.

Isa.17.8

They will no longer ask their idols for help or worship what their own hands have made. They will never again bow down to their Asherah poles or burn incense on the altars they built.

Isa.17.9

And yes, the Day is coming when their fortress cities will be abandoned--the very same cities that the Hivites and Amorites abandoned when Israel invaded! And the country will be empty, desolate.

Isa.17.9

In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation.

Isa.17.9

In that day his strong cities will be as a forsaken bough And an uppermost branch, Which they left because of the children of Israel; And there will be desolation.

Isa.17.9

Their largest cities will be as deserted as overgrown thickets. They will become like the cities the Amorites abandoned when the Israelites came here so long ago.

Isa.17.10

And why? Because you have forgotten God-Your-Salvation, not remembered your Rock-of-Refuge. And so, even though you are very religious, planting all sorts of bushes and herbs and trees to honor and influence your fertility gods,

Isa.17.10

You have forgotten God your Savior; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Therefore, though you set out the finest plants and plant imported vines,

Isa.17.10

Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, Therefore you will plant pleasant plants And set out foreign seedlings;

Isa.17.10

Why? Because you have turned from the God who can save you--the Rock who can hide you. You may plant the finest imported grapevines,

Isa.17.11

And even though you make them grow so well, bursting with buds and sprouts and blossoms, Nothing will come of them. Instead of a harvest you'll get nothing but grief and pain, pain, pain.

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though on the day you set them out, you make them grow, and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud, yet the harvest will be as nothing in the day of disease and incurable pain.

Isa.17.11

In the day you will make your plant to grow, And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish; But the harvest will be a heap of ruins In the day of grief and desperate sorrow.

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and they may grow so well that they blossom on the very morning you plant them, but you will never pick any grapes from them. Your only harvest will be a load of grief and incurable pain.

Isa.17.12

Oh my! Thunder! A thundering herd of people! Thunder like the crashing of ocean waves! Nations roaring, roaring, like the roar of a massive waterfall,

Isa.17.12

Oh, the raging of many nations- they rage like the raging sea! Oh, the uproar of the peoples- they roar like the roaring of great waters!

Isa.17.12

Woe to the multitude of many people Who make a noise like the roar of the seas, And to the rushing of nations That make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

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Look! The armies rush forward like waves thundering toward the shore.

Isa.17.13

Roaring like a deafening Niagara! But God will silence them with a word, And then he'll blow them away like dead leaves off a tree, like down from a thistle.

Isa.17.13

Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, when he rebukes them they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweed before a gale.

Isa.17.13

The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters; But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

Isa.17.13

But though they roar like breakers on a beach, God will silence them. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind or like dust whirling before a storm.

Isa.17.14

At bedtime, terror fills the air. By morning it's gone--not a sign of it anywhere! This is what happens to those who would ruin us, this is the fate of those out to get us.

Isa.17.14

In the evening, sudden terror! Before the morning, they are gone! This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who plunder us.

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Then behold, at eventide, trouble! And before the morning, he is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, And the lot of those who rob us.

Isa.17.14

In the evening Israel waits in terror, but by dawn its enemies are dead. This is the just reward of those who plunder and destroy the people of God.

Isa.18.1

Doom to the land of flies and mosquitoes beyond the Ethiopian rivers,

Isa.18.1

Woe to the land of whirring wings along the rivers of Cush,

Isa.18.1

Woe to the land shadowed with buzzing wings, Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

Isa.18.1

Destruction is certain for the land of Ethiopia, which lies at the headwaters of the Nile. Its winged sailboats glide along the river,

Isa.18.2

Shipping emissaries all over the world, down rivers and across seas. Go, swift messengers, go to this people tall and handsome, This people held in respect everywhere, this people mighty and merciless, from the land crisscrossed with rivers.

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which sends envoys by sea in papyrus boats over the water. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

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Which sends ambassadors by sea, Even in vessels of reed on the waters, saying, "Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth of skin, To a people terrible from their beginning onward, A nation powerful and treading down, Whose land the rivers divide."

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and ambassadors are sent in fast boats down the Nile. Go home, swift messengers! Take a message to your land divided by rivers, to your tall, smooth-skinned people, who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction.

Isa.18.3

Everybody everywhere, all earth--dwellers: When you see a flag flying on the mountain, look! When you hear the trumpet blown, listen!

Isa.18.3

All you people of the world, you who live on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it, and when a trumpet sounds, you will hear it.

Isa.18.3

All inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth: When he lifts up a banner on the mountains, you see it; And when he blows a trumpet, you hear it.

Isa.18.3

When I raise my battle flag on the mountain, let all the world take notice. When I blow the trumpet, listen!

Isa.18.4

For here's what GOD told me: "I'm not going to say anything, but simply look on from where I live, Quiet as warmth that comes from the sun, silent as dew during harvest."

Isa.18.4

This is what the LORD says to me: "I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."

Isa.18.4

For so the LORD said to me, "I will take My rest, And I will look from My dwelling place Like clear heat in sunshine, Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."

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For the LORD has told me this: "I will watch quietly from my dwelling place--as quietly as the heat rises on a summer day, or as the dew forms on an autumn morning during the harvest."

Isa.18.5

And then, just before harvest, after the blossom has turned into a maturing grape, He'll step in and prune back the new shoots, ruthlessly hack off all the growing branches.

Isa.18.5

For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the shoots with pruning knives, and cut down and take away the spreading branches.

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For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect And the sour grape is ripening in the flower, He will both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks And take away and cut down the branches.

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Even before you begin your attack, while your plans are ripening like grapes, the LORD will cut you off as though with pruning shears. He will snip your spreading branches.

Isa.18.6

He'll leave them piled on the ground for birds and animals to feed on--Fodder for the summering birds, fodder for the wintering animals.

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They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey and to the wild animals; the birds will feed on them all summer, the wild animals all winter.

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They will be left together for the mountain birds of prey And for the beasts of the earth; The birds of prey will summer on them, And all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.

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Your mighty army will be left dead in the fields for the mountain birds and wild animals to eat. The vultures will tear at corpses all summer. The wild animals will gnaw at bones all winter.

Isa.18.7

Then tribute will be brought to GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, brought from this people tall and handsome, This people once held in respect everywhere, this people once mighty and merciless, From the land crisscrossed with rivers, to Mount Zion, GOD's place.

Isa.18.7

At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD Almighty from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers- the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD Almighty.

Isa.18.7

In that time a present will be brought to the LORD of hosts From a people tall and smooth of skin, And from a people terrible from their beginning onward, A nation powerful and treading down, Whose land the rivers divide-- To the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, To Mount Zion.

Isa.18.7

But the time will come when the LORD Almighty will receive gifts from this land divided by rivers, from this tall, smooth-skinned people, who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction. They will bring the gifts to the LORD Almighty in Jerusalem, the place where his name dwells.

Isa.19.1

A Message concerning Egypt: Watch this! GOD riding on a fast-moving cloud, moving in on Egypt! The god-idols of Egypt shudder and shake, Egyptians paralyzed by panic.

Isa.19.1

An oracle concerning Egypt: See, the LORD rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.

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The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

Isa.19.1

This message came to me concerning Egypt: Look! The LORD is advancing against Egypt, riding on a swift cloud. The idols of Egypt tremble. The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.

Isa.19.2

God says, "I'll make Egyptian fight Egyptian, brother fight brother, neighbor fight neighbor, City fight city, kingdom fight kingdom--anarchy and chaos and killing!

Isa.19.2

"I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian- brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

Isa.19.2

"I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.

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"I will make the Egyptians fight against each other--brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, province against province.

Isa.19.3

I'll knock the wind out of the Egyptians. They won't know coming from going. They'll go to their god-idols for answers; they'll conjure ghosts and hold s�ances, desperate for answers.

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The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.

Isa.19.3

The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers.

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The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will confuse their plans. They will plead with their idols for wisdom. They will call on spirits, mediums, and psychics to show them which way to turn.

Isa.19.4

But I'll turn the Egyptians over to a tyrant most cruel. I'll put them under the rule of a mean, merciless king." Decree of the Master, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies.

Isa.19.4

I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them," declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

Isa.19.4

And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them," Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

Isa.19.4

I will hand Egypt over to a hard, cruel master, to a fierce king," says the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

Isa.19.5

The River Nile will dry up, the riverbed baked dry in the sun.

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The waters of the river will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and dry.

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The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up.

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The waters of the Nile will fail to rise and flood the fields. The riverbed will be parched and dry.

Isa.19.6

The canals will become stagnant and stink, every stream touching the Nile dry up. River vegetation will rot away

Isa.19.6

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither,

Isa.19.6

The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither.

Isa.19.6

The canals of the Nile will dry up, and the streams of Egypt will become foul with rotting reeds and rushes.

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the banks of the Nile--baked clay, The riverbed hard and smooth, river grasses dried up and gone with the wind.

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also the plants along the Nile, at the mouth of the river. Every sown field along the Nile will become parched, will blow away and be no more.

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The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.

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All the greenery along the riverbank will wither and blow away. All the crops will dry up, and everything will die.

Isa.19.8

Fishermen will complain that the fishing's been ruined.

Isa.19.8

The fishermen will groan and lament, all who cast hooks into the Nile; those who throw nets on the water will pine away.

Isa.19.8

The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.

Isa.19.8

The fishermen will weep for lack of work. Those who fish with hooks and those who use nets will all be unemployed.

Isa.19.9

Textile workers will be out of work, all weavers and workers in linen and cotton and wool

Isa.19.9

Those who work with combed flax will despair, the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.

Isa.19.9

Moreover those who work in fine flax And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;

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The weavers will have no flax or cotton, for the crops will fail.

Isa.19.10

Dispirited, depressed in their forced idleness--everyone who works for a living, jobless.

Isa.19.10

The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

Isa.19.10

And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages will be troubled of soul.

Isa.19.10

The weavers and all the workers will be sick at heart.

Isa.19.11

The princes of Zoan are fools, the advisors of Pharaoh stupid. How could any of you dare tell Pharaoh, "Trust me: I'm wise. I know what's going on. Why, I'm descended from the old wisdom of Egypt"?

Isa.19.11

The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings"?

Isa.19.11

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; Pharaoh's wise counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?"

Isa.19.11

What fools are the counselors of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast of their wisdom? Will they dare tell Pharaoh about their long line of wise ancestors?

Isa.19.12

There's not a wise man or woman left in the country. If there were, one of them would tell you what GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies has in mind for Egypt.

Isa.19.12

Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what the LORD Almighty has planned against Egypt.

Isa.19.12

Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, And let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt.

Isa.19.12

What has happened to your wise counselors, Pharaoh? If they are so wise, let them tell you what the LORD Almighty is going to do to Egypt.

Isa.19.13

As it is, the princes of Zoan are all fools and the princes of Memphis, dunces. The honored pillars of your society have led Egypt into detours and dead ends.

Isa.19.13

The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.

Isa.19.13

The princes of Zoan have become fools; The princes of Noph are deceived; They have also deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its tribes.

Isa.19.13

The wise men from Zoan are fools, and those from Memphis are deluded. The leaders of Egypt have ruined the land with their foolish counsel.

Isa.19.14

GOD has scrambled their brains, Egypt's become a falling-down--in-his--own-vomit drunk.

Isa.19.14

The LORD has poured into them a spirit of dizziness; they make Egypt stagger in all that she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.

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The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst; And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Isa.19.14

The LORD has sent a spirit of foolishness on them, so all their suggestions are wrong. They cause the land of Egypt to stagger like a sick drunkard.

Isa.19.15

Egypt's hopeless, past helping, a senile, doddering old fool. [JC]

Isa.19.15

There is nothing Egypt can do- head or tail, palm branch or reed.

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Neither will there be any work for Egypt, Which the head or tail, Palm branch or bulrush, may do.

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Nobody in Egypt, whether rich or poor, important or unknown, can offer any help.

Isa.19.16

On that Day, Egyptians will be like hysterical schoolgirls, screaming at the first hint of action from GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies.

Isa.19.16

In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the LORD Almighty raises against them.

Isa.19.16

In that day Egypt will be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He waves over it.

Isa.19.16

In that day the Egyptians will be as weak as women. They will cower in fear beneath the upraised fist of the LORD Almighty.

Isa.19.17

Little Judah will strike terror in Egyptians! Say "Judah" to an Egyptian and see panic. The word triggers fear of the GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies' plan against Egypt.

Isa.19.17

And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the LORD Almighty is planning against them.

Isa.19.17

And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts which He has determined against it.

Isa.19.17

Just to speak the name of Israel will strike deep terror in their hearts, for the LORD Almighty has laid out his plans against them.

Isa.19.18

On that Day, more than one city in Egypt will learn to speak the language of faith and promise to follow GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies. One of these cities will be honored with the title "City of the Sun."

Isa.19.18

In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD Almighty. One of them will be called the City of Destruction.

Isa.19.18

In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear by the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.

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In that day five of Egypt's cities will follow the LORD Almighty. They will even begin to speak the Hebrew language. One of these will be Heliopolis, the City of the Sun.

Isa.19.19

On that Day, there will be a place of worship to GOD in the center of Egypt and a monument to GOD at its border.

Isa.19.19

In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the LORD at its border.

Isa.19.19

In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.

Isa.19.19

In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the LORD at its border.

Isa.19.20

It will show how the GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies has helped the Egyptians. When they cry out in prayer to GOD because of oppressors, he'll send them help, a savior who will keep them safe and take care of them.

Isa.19.20

It will be a sign and witness to the LORD Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them.

Isa.19.20

And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.

Isa.19.20

It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD Almighty in the land of Egypt. When the people cry to the LORD for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them.

Isa.19.21

GOD will openly show himself to the Egyptians and they'll get to know him on that Day. They'll worship him seriously with sacrifices and burnt offerings. They'll make vows and keep them.

Isa.19.21

So the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and keep them.

Isa.19.21

Then the LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the LORD and perform it.

Isa.19.21

In that day the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians. Yes, they will know the LORD and will give their sacrifices and offerings to him. They will make promises to the LORD and keep them.

Isa.19.22

GOD will wound Egypt, first hit and then heal. Egypt will come back to GOD, and GOD will listen to their prayers and heal them, heal them from head to toe.

Isa.19.22

The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.

Isa.19.22

And the LORD will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the LORD, and He will be entreated by them and heal them.

Isa.19.22

The LORD will strike Egypt in a way that will bring healing. For the Egyptians will turn to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas and heal them.

Isa.19.23

On that Day, there will be a highway all the way from Egypt to Assyria: Assyrians will have free range in Egypt and Egyptians in Assyria. No longer rivals, they'll worship together, Egyptians and Assyrians!

Isa.19.23

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

Isa.19.23

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.

Isa.19.23

In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will worship the same God.

Isa.19.24

On that Day, Israel will take its place alongside Egypt and Assyria, sharing the blessing from the center.

Isa.19.24

In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth.

Isa.19.24

In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria--a blessing in the midst of the land,

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And Israel will be their ally. The three will be together, and Israel will be a blessing to them.

Isa.19.25

GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, who blessed Israel, will generously bless them all: "Blessed be Egypt, my people!... Blessed be Assyria, work of my hands!... Blessed be Israel, my heritage!"

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The LORD Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance."

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whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance."

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For the LORD Almighty will say, "Blessed be Egypt, my people. Blessed be Assyria, the land I have made. Blessed be Israel, my special possession!"

2Cor.10.1

And now a personal but most urgent matter; I write in the gentle but firm spirit of Christ. I hear that I'm being painted as cringing and wishy-washy when I'm with you, but harsh and demanding when at a safe distance writing letters.

2Cor.10.1

By the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you--I, Paul, who am "timid" when face to face with you, but "bold" when away!

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Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ--who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

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Now I, Paul, plead with you. I plead with the gentleness and kindness that Christ himself would use, even though some of you say I am bold in my letters but timid in person.

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Please don't force me to take a hard line when I'm present with you. Don't think that I'll hesitate a single minute to stand up to those who say I'm an unprincipled opportunist. Then they'll have to eat their words.

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I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.

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But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

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I hope it won't be necessary, but when I come I may have to be very bold with those who think we act from purely human motives.

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The world is unprincipled. It's dog-eat-dog out there! The world doesn't fight fair. But we don't live or fight our battles that way--never have and never will.

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For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.

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For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.

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We are human, but we don't wage war with human plans and methods.

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The tools of our trade aren't for marketing or manipulation, but they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture.

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The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

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For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,

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We use God's mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock down the Devil's strongholds.

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We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ.

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We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

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casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

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With these weapons we break down every proud argument that keeps people from knowing God. With these weapons we conquer their rebellious ideas, and we teach them to obey Christ.

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Our tools are ready at hand for clearing the ground of every obstruction and building lives of obedience into maturity.

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And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

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and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

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And we will punish those who remained disobedient after the rest of you became loyal and obedient.

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You stare and stare at the obvious, but you can't see the forest for the trees. If you're looking for a clear example of someone on Christ's side, why do you so quickly cut me out? Believe me, I am quite sure of my standing with Christ.

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You are looking only on the surface of things. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as he.

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Do you look at things according to the outward appearance? If anyone is convinced in himself that he is Christ's, let him again consider this in himself, that just as he is Christ's, even so we are Christ's.

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The trouble with you is that you make your decisions on the basis of appearance. You must recognize that we belong to Christ just as much as those who proudly declare that they belong to Christ.

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You may think I overstate the authority he gave me, but I'm not backing off. Every bit of my commitment is for the purpose of building you up, after all, not tearing you down.

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For even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than pulling you down, I will not be ashamed of it.

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For even if I should boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave us for edification and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed--

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I may seem to be boasting too much about the authority given to us by the Lord. But this authority is to build you up, not to tear you down. And I will not be put to shame by having my work among you destroyed.

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And what's this talk about me bullying you with my letters?

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I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters.

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lest I seem to terrify you by letters.

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Now this is not just an attempt to frighten you by my letters.

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"His letters are brawny and potent, but in person he's a weakling and mumbles when he talks."

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For some say, "His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing."

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"For his letters," they say, "are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible."

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For some say, "Don't worry about Paul. His letters are demanding and forceful, but in person he is weak, and his speeches are really bad!"

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Such talk won't survive scrutiny. What we write when away, we do when present. We're the exact same people, absent or present, in letter or in person.

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Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.

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Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such we will also be in deed when we are present.

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The ones who say this must realize that we will be just as demanding and forceful in person as we are in our letters.

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We're not, understand, putting ourselves in a league with those who boast that they're our superiors. We wouldn't dare do that. But in all this comparing and grading and competing, they quite miss the point.

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We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.

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For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

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Oh, don't worry; I wouldn't dare say that I am as wonderful as these other men who tell you how important they are! But they are only comparing themselves with each other, and measuring themselves by themselves. What foolishness!

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We aren't making outrageous claims here. We're sticking to the limits of what God has set for us. But there can be no question that those limits reach to and include you.

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We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the field God has assigned to us, a field that reaches even to you.

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We, however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us--a sphere which especially includes you.

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But we will not boast of authority we do not have. Our goal is to stay within the boundaries of God's plan for us, and this plan includes our working there with you.

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We're not moving into someone else's "territory." We were already there with you, weren't we? We were the first ones to get there with the Message of Christ, right? So how can there be any question of overstepping our bounds by writing or visiting you?

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We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel of Christ.

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For we are not overextending ourselves (as though our authority did not extend to you), for it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ;

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We are not going too far when we claim authority over you, for we were the first to travel all the way to you with the Good News of Christ.

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We're not barging in on the rightful work of others, interfering with their ministries, demanding a place in the sun with them. What we're hoping for is that as your lives grow in faith, you'll play a part within our expanding work.

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Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand,

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not boasting of things beyond measure, that is, in other men's labors, but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere,

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Nor do we claim credit for the work someone else has done. Instead, we hope that your faith will grow and that our work among you will be greatly enlarged.

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And we'll all still be within the limits God sets as we proclaim the Message in countries beyond Corinth. But we have no intention of moving in on what others have done and taking credit for it.

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so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in another man's territory.

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to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's sphere of accomplishment.

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Then we will be able to go and preach the Good News in other places that are far beyond you, where no one else is working. Then there will be no question about being in someone else's territory.

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"If you want to claim credit, claim it for God."

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But, "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."

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But "he who glories, let him glory in the LORD."

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As the Scriptures say, "The person who wishes to boast should boast only of what the Lord has done."

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What you say about yourself means nothing in God's work. It's what God says about you that makes the difference.

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For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

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For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

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When people boast about themselves, it doesn't count for much. But when the Lord commends someone, that's different!

Ps.106.16

One day in camp some grew jealous of Moses, also of Aaron, holy priest of GOD.

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In the camp they grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the LORD.

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When they envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the LORD,

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The people in the camp were jealous of Moses and envious of Aaron, the LORD's holy priest.

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The ground opened and swallowed Dathan, then buried Abiram's gang.

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The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.

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The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram.

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Because of this, the earth opened up; it swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and the other rebels.

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Fire flared against that rebel crew and torched them to a cinder.

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Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.

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A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.

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Fire fell upon their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.

Ps.106.19

They cast in metal a bull calf at Horeb and worshiped the statue they'd made.

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At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.

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They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped the molded image.

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The people made a calf at Mount Sinai; they bowed before an image made of gold.

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They traded the Glory for a cheap piece of sculpture--a grass-chewing bull!

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They exchanged their Glory for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

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Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass.

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They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating ox!

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They forgot God, their very own Savior, who turned things around in Egypt,

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They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,

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They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,

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They forgot God, their savior, who had done such great things in Egypt--

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Who created a world of wonders in the Land of Ham, who gave that stunning performance at the Red Sea.

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miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

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Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea.

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such wonderful things in that land, such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.

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Fed up, God decided to get rid of them--and except for Moses, his chosen, he would have. But Moses stood in the gap and deflected God's anger, prevented it from destroying them utterly.

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So he said he would destroy them- had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.

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Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

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So he declared he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.

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They went on to reject the Blessed Land, didn't believe a word of what God promised.

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Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.

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Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,

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The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn't believe his promise to care for them.

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They found fault with the life they had and turned a deaf ear to GOD's voice.

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They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.

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But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the LORD.

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Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the LORD.

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Exasperated, God swore that he'd lay them low in the desert,

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So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the desert,

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Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,

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Therefore, he swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,

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Scattering their children hither and yon, strewing them all over the earth.

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make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

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To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands.

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that he would scatter their descendants among the nations, exiling them to distant lands.

Ps.106.28

Then they linked up with Baal Peor, attending funeral banquets and eating idol food.

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They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;

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They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.

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Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!

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That made God so angry that a plague spread through their ranks;

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they provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

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Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.

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They angered the LORD with all these things, so a plague broke out among them.

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Phinehas stood up and pled their case and the plague was stopped.

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But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.

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Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped.

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But Phinehas had the courage to step in, and the plague was stopped.

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This was counted to his credit; his descendants will never forget it.

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This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

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And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore.

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So he has been regarded as a righteous man ever since that time.