Isa.24.1

Danger ahead! GOD's about to ravish the earth and leave it in ruins, Rip everything out by the roots and send everyone scurrying:

Isa.24.1

See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants-

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Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants.

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Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. See how he is scattering the people over the face of the earth.

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priests and laypeople alike, owners and workers alike, celebrities and nobodies alike, buyers and sellers alike, bankers and beggars alike, the haves and have--nots alike.

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it will be the same for priest as for people, for master as for servant, for mistress as for maid, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.

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And it shall be: As with the people, so with the priest; As with the servant, so with his master; As with the maid, so with her mistress; As with the buyer, so with the seller; As with the lender, so with the borrower; As with the creditor, so with the debtor.

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Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors--none will be spared.

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The landscape will be a moonscape, totally wasted. And why? Because GOD says so. He's issued the orders.

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The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.

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The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered, For the LORD has spoken this word.

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The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The LORD has spoken!

Isa.24.4

The earth turns gaunt and gray, the world silent and sad, sky and land lifeless, colorless.

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The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish.

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The earth mourns and fades away, The world languishes and fades away; The haughty people of the earth languish.

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The earth dries up, the crops wither, the skies refuse to rain.

Isa.24.5

Earth is polluted by its very own people, who have broken its laws, Disrupted its order, violated the sacred and eternal covenant.

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The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.

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The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant.

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The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted the instructions of God, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant.

Isa.24.6

Therefore a curse, like a cancer, ravages the earth. Its people pay the price of their sacrilege. They dwindle away, dying out one by one.

Isa.24.6

Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.

Isa.24.6

Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, And those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men are left.

Isa.24.6

Therefore, a curse consumes the earth and its people. They are left desolate, destroyed by fire. Few will be left alive.

Isa.24.7

No more wine, no more vineyards, no more songs or singers.

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The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.

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The new wine fails, the vine languishes, All the merry-hearted sigh.

Isa.24.7

All the joys of life will be gone. The grape harvest will fail, and there will be no wine. The merrymakers will sigh and mourn.

Isa.24.8

The laughter of castanets is gone, the shouts of celebrants, gone, the laughter of fiddles, gone.

Isa.24.8

The gaiety of the tambourines is stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.

Isa.24.8

The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise of the jubilant ends, The joy of the harp ceases.

Isa.24.8

The clash of tambourines will be stilled; the happy cries of celebration will be heard no more. The melodious chords of the harp will be silent.

Isa.24.9

No more parties with toasts of champagne. Serious drinkers gag on their drinks.

Isa.24.9

No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers.

Isa.24.9

They shall not drink wine with a song; Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

Isa.24.9

Gone are the joys of wine and song; strong drink now turns bitter in the mouth.

Isa.24.10

The chaotic cities are unlivable. Anarchy reigns. Every house is boarded up, condemned.

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The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.

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The city of confusion is broken down; Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.

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The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out looters.

Isa.24.11

People riot in the streets for wine, but the good times are gone forever--no more joy for this old world.

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In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all gaiety is banished from the earth.

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There is a cry for wine in the streets, All joy is darkened, The mirth of the land is gone.

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Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine. Joy has reached its lowest ebb. Gladness has been banished from the land.

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The city is dead and deserted, bulldozed into piles of rubble.

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The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.

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In the city desolation is left, And the gate is stricken with destruction.

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The city is left in ruins, with its gates battered down.

Isa.24.13

That's the way it will be on this earth. This is the fate of all nations: An olive tree shaken clean of its olives, a grapevine picked clean of its grapes.

Isa.24.13

So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.

Isa.24.13

When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people, It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree, Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.

Isa.24.13

Throughout the earth the story is the same--like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest, only a remnant is left.

Isa.24.14

But there are some who will break into glad song. Out of the west they'll shout of GOD's majesty.

Isa.24.14

They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD's majesty.

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They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; For the majesty of the LORD They shall cry aloud from the sea.

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But all who are left will shout and sing for joy. Those in the west will praise the LORD's majesty.

Isa.24.15

Yes, from the east GOD's glory will ascend. Every island of the sea Will broadcast GOD's fame, the fame of the God of Israel.

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Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.

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Therefore glorify the LORD in the dawning light, The name of the LORD God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.

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In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD. In the coastlands of the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Isa.24.16

From the four winds and the seven seas we hear the singing: "All praise to the Righteous One!" But I said, "That's all well and good for somebody, but all I can see is doom, doom, and more doom." All of them at one another's throats, yes, all of them at one another's throats.

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From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, "I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!"

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From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: "Glory to the righteous!" But I said, "I am ruined, ruined! Woe to me! The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously."

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Listen to them as they sing to the LORD from the ends of the earth. Hear them singing praises to the Righteous One! But my heart is heavy with grief. I am discouraged, for evil still prevails, and treachery is everywhere.

Isa.24.17

Terror and pits and booby traps are everywhere, whoever you are.

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Terror and pit and snare await you, O people of the earth.

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Fear and the pit and the snare Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.

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Terror and traps and snares will be your lot, you people of the earth.

Isa.24.18

If you run from the terror, you'll fall into the pit. If you climb out of the pit, you'll get caught in the trap. Chaos pours out of the skies. The foundations of earth are crumbling.

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Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.

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And it shall be That he who flees from the noise of the fear Shall fall into the pit, And he who comes up from the midst of the pit Shall be caught in the snare; For the windows from on high are open, And the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap, and those who escape the trap will step into a snare. Destruction falls on you from the heavens. The world is shaken beneath you.

Isa.24.19

Earth is smashed to pieces, earth is ripped to shreds, earth is wobbling out of control,

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The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken.

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The earth is violently broken, The earth is split open, The earth is shaken exceedingly.

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The earth has broken down and has utterly collapsed. Everything is lost, abandoned, and confused.

Isa.24.20

Earth staggers like a drunk, sways like a shack in a high wind. Its piled-up sins are too much for it. It collapses and won't get up again.

Isa.24.20

The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls-never to rise again.

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The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, And shall totter like a hut; Its transgression shall be heavy upon it, And it will fall, and not rise again.

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The earth staggers like a drunkard. It trembles like a tent in a storm. It falls and will not rise again, for its sins are very great.

Isa.24.21

That's when GOD will call on the carpet rebel powers in the skies and Rebel kings on earth.

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In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.

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It shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will punish on high the host of exalted ones, And on the earth the kings of the earth.

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In that day the LORD will punish the fallen angels in the heavens and the proud rulers of the nations on earth.

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They'll be rounded up like prisoners in a jail, Corralled and locked up in a jail, and then sentenced and put to hard labor.

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They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days.

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They will be gathered together, As prisoners are gathered in the pit, And will be shut up in the prison; After many days they will be punished.

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They will be rounded up and put in prison until they are tried and condemned.

Isa.24.23

Shamefaced moon will cower, humiliated, red-faced sun will skulk, disgraced, Because GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies will take over, ruling from Mount Zion and Jerusalem, Splendid and glorious before all his leaders.

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The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed; for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously.

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Then the moon will be disgraced And the sun ashamed; For the LORD of hosts will reign On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem And before His elders, gloriously.

Isa.24.23

Then the LORD Almighty will mount his throne on Mount Zion. He will rule gloriously in Jerusalem, in the sight of all the leaders of his people. There will be such glory that the brightness of the sun and moon will seem to fade away.

Isa.25.1

GOD, you are my God. I celebrate you. I praise you. You've done your share of miracle-wonders, well-thought-out plans, solid and sure.

Isa.25.1

O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.

Isa.25.1

O LORD, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Isa.25.1

O LORD, I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God. You do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them.

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Here you've reduced the city to rubble, the strong city to a pile of stones. The enemy Big City is a non--city, never to be a city again.

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You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners' stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

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For You have made a city a ruin, A fortified city a ruin, A palace of foreigners to be a city no more; It will never be rebuilt.

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You turn mighty cities into heaps of ruins. Cities with strong walls are turned to rubble. Beautiful palaces in distant lands disappear and will never be rebuilt.

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Superpowers will see it and honor you, brutal oppressors bow in worshipful reverence.

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Therefore strong peoples will honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you.

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Therefore the strong people will glorify You; The city of the terrible nations will fear You.

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Therefore, strong nations will declare your glory; ruthless nations will revere you.

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They'll see that you take care of the poor, that you take care of poor people in trouble, Provide a warm, dry place in bad weather, provide a cool place when it's hot. Brutal oppressors are like a winter blizzard

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You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall

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For You have been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, A shade from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

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But to the poor, O LORD, you are a refuge from the storm. To the needy in distress, you are a shelter from the rain and the heat. For the oppressive acts of ruthless people are like a storm beating against a wall,

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and vicious foreigners like high noon in the desert. But you, shelter from the storm and shade from the sun, shut the mouths of the big-mouthed bullies.

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and like the heat of the desert. You silence the uproar of foreigners; as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.

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You will reduce the noise of aliens, As heat in a dry place; As heat in the shadow of a cloud, The song of the terrible ones will be diminished.

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or like the relentless heat of the desert. But you silence the roar of foreign nations. You cool the land with the shade of a cloud. So the boastful songs of ruthless people are stilled.

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But here on this mountain, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies will throw a feast for all the people of the world, A feast of the finest foods, a feast with vintage wines, a feast of seven courses, a feast lavish with gourmet desserts.

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On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine- the best of meats and the finest of wines.

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And in this mountain The LORD of hosts will make for all people A feast of choice pieces, A feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, Of well-refined wines on the lees.

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In Jerusalem, the LORD Almighty will spread a wonderful feast for everyone around the world. It will be a delicious feast of good food, with clear, well-aged wine and choice beef.

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And here on this mountain, GOD will banish the pall of doom hanging over all peoples, The shadow of doom darkening all nations.

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On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;

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And He will destroy on this mountain The surface of the covering cast over all people, And the veil that is spread over all nations.

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In that day he will remove the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the earth.

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Yes, he'll banish death forever. And GOD will wipe the tears from every face. He'll remove every sign of disgrace From his people, wherever they are. Yes! GOD says so!

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he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.

Isa.25.8

He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken.

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He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign LORD will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people. The LORD has spoken!

Isa.25.9

Also at that time, people will say, "Look at what's happened! This is our God! We waited for him and he showed up and saved us! This GOD, the one we waited for! Let's celebrate, sing the joys of his salvation.

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In that day they will say, "Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."

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And it will be said in that day: "Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the LORD; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation."

Isa.25.9

In that day the people will proclaim, "This is our God. We trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, in whom we trusted. Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!"

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GOD's hand rests on this mountain!" As for the Moabites, they'll be treated like refuse, waste shoveled into a cesspool.

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The hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain; but Moab will be trampled under him as straw is trampled down in the manure.

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For on this mountain the hand of the LORD will rest, And Moab shall be trampled down under Him, As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap.

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For the LORD's good hand will rest on Jerusalem. Moab will be crushed like trampled straw and left to rot.

Isa.25.11

Thrash away as they will, like swimmers trying to stay afloat, They'll sink in the sewage. Their pride will pull them under.

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They will spread out their hands in it, as a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim. God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands.

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And He will spread out His hands in their midst As a swimmer reaches out to swim, And He will bring down their pride Together with the trickery of their hands.

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God will push down Moab's people as a swimmer pushes down water with his hands. He will end their pride and all their evil works.

Isa.25.12

Their famous fortifications will crumble to nothing, those mighty walls reduced to dust.

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He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.

Isa.25.12

The fortress of the high fort of your walls He will bring down, lay low, And bring to the ground, down to the dust.

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The high walls of Moab will be demolished and ground to dust.

Isa.26.1

At that time, this song will be sung in the country of Judah: We have a strong city, Salvation City, built and fortified with salvation.

Isa.26.1

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.

Isa.26.1

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.

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In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song: Our city is now strong! We are surrounded by the walls of God's salvation.

Isa.26.2

Throw wide the gates so good and true people can enter.

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Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.

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Open the gates, That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.

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Open the gates to all who are righteous; allow the faithful to enter.

Isa.26.3

People with their minds set on you, you keep completely whole, Steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don't quit.

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You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.

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You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.

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You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!

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Depend on GOD and keep at it because in the LORD GOD you have a sure thing.

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Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.

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Trust in the LORD forever, For in Yah, the LORD, is everlasting strength.

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Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.

Isa.26.5

Those who lived high and mighty he knocked off their high horse. He used the city built on the hill as fill for the marshes.

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He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.

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For He brings down those who dwell on high, The lofty city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He brings it down to the dust.

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He humbles the proud and brings the arrogant city to the dust. Its walls come crashing down!

Isa.26.6

All the exploited and outcast peoples build their lives on the reclaimed land.

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Feet trample it down- the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.

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The foot shall tread it down-- The feet of the poor And the steps of the needy."

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The poor and oppressed trample it underfoot.

Isa.26.7

The path of right-living people is level. The Leveler evens the road for the right-living.

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The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.

Isa.26.7

The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just.

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But for those who are righteous, the path is not steep and rough. You are a God of justice, and you smooth out the road ahead of them.

Isa.26.8

We're in no hurry, GOD. We're content to linger in the path sign-posted with your decisions. Who you are and what you've done are all we'll ever want.

Isa.26.8

Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.

Isa.26.8

Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You.

Isa.26.8

LORD, we love to obey your laws; our heart's desire is to glorify your name.

Isa.26.9

Through the night my soul longs for you. Deep from within me my spirit reaches out to you. When your decisions are on public display, everyone learns how to live right.

Isa.26.9

My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Isa.26.9

With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Isa.26.9

All night long I search for you; earnestly I seek for God. For only when you come to judge the earth will people turn from wickedness and do what is right.

Isa.26.10

If the wicked are shown grace, they don't seem to get it. In the land of right living, they persist in wrong living, blind to the splendor of GOD.

Isa.26.10

Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the LORD.

Isa.26.10

Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

Isa.26.10

Your kindness to the wicked does not make them do good. They keep doing wrong and take no notice of the LORD's majesty.

Isa.26.11

You hold your hand up high, GOD, but they don't see it. Open their eyes to what you do, to see your zealous love for your people. Shame them. Light a fire under them. Get the attention of these enemies of yours.

Isa.26.11

O LORD, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.

Isa.26.11

LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

Isa.26.11

O LORD, they do not listen when you threaten. They do not see your upraised fist. Show them your eagerness to defend your people. Perhaps then they will be ashamed. Let your fire consume your enemies.

Isa.26.12

GOD, order a peaceful and whole life for us because everything we've done, you've done for us.

Isa.26.12

LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.

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LORD, You will establish peace for us, For You have also done all our works in us.

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LORD, you will grant us peace, for all we have accomplished is really from you.

Isa.26.13

O GOD, our God, we've had other masters rule us, but you're the only Master we've ever known.

Isa.26.13

O LORD, our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.

Isa.26.13

O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had dominion over us; But by You only we make mention of Your name.

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O LORD our God, others have ruled us, but we worship you alone.

Isa.26.14

The dead don't talk, ghosts don't walk, Because you've said, "Enough--that's all for you," and wiped them off the books.

Isa.26.14

They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.

Isa.26.14

They are dead, they will not live; They are deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And made all their memory to perish.

Isa.26.14

Those we served before are dead and gone. Never again will they return! You attacked them and destroyed them, and they are long forgotten.

Isa.26.15

But the living you make larger than life. The more life you give, the more glory you display, and stretch the borders to accommodate more living!

Isa.26.15

You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.

Isa.26.15

You have increased the nation, O LORD, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have expanded all the borders of the land.

Isa.26.15

We praise you, LORD! You have made our nation great; you have extended our borders!

Isa.26.16

O GOD, they begged you for help when they were in trouble, when your discipline was so heavy they could barely whisper a prayer.

Isa.26.16

LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.

Isa.26.16

LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.

Isa.26.16

LORD, in distress we searched for you. We were bowed beneath the burden of your discipline.

Isa.26.17

Like a woman having a baby, writhing in distress, screaming her pain as the baby is being born, That's how we were because of you, O GOD.

Isa.26.17

As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.

Isa.26.17

As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.

Isa.26.17

We were like a woman about to give birth, writhing and crying out in pain. When we are in your presence, LORD,

Isa.26.18

We were pregnant full-term. We writhed in labor but bore no baby. We gave birth to wind. Nothing came of our labor. We produced nothing living. We couldn't save the world.

Isa.26.18

We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.

Isa.26.18

We have been with child, we have been in pain; We have, as it were, brought forth wind; We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth, Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Isa.26.18

we, too, writhe in agony, but nothing comes of our suffering. We have done nothing to rescue the world; no one has been born to populate the earth.

Isa.26.19

But friends, your dead will live, your corpses will get to their feet. All you dead and buried, wake up! Sing! Your dew is morning dew catching the first rays of sun, The earth bursting with life, giving birth to the dead.

Isa.26.19

But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.

Isa.26.19

Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.

Isa.26.19

Yet we have this assurance: Those who belong to God will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For God's light of life will fall like dew on his people in the place of the dead!

Isa.26.20

Come, my people, go home and shut yourselves in. Go into seclusion for a while until the punishing wrath is past,

Isa.26.20

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by.

Isa.26.20

Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past.

Isa.26.20

Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide until the LORD's anger against your enemies has passed.

Isa.26.21

Because GOD is sure to come from his place to punish the wrong of the people on earth. Earth itself will point out the bloodstains; it will show where the murdered have been hidden away.

Isa.26.21

See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no longer.

Isa.26.21

For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain.

Isa.26.21

Look! The LORD is coming from heaven to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will no longer hide those who have been murdered. They will be brought out for all to see.

2Cor.11.16

Let me come back to where I started--and don't hold it against me if I continue to sound a little foolish. Or if you'd rather, just accept that I am a fool and let me rant on a little.

2Cor.11.16

I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.

2Cor.11.16

I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little.

2Cor.11.16

Once again, don't think that I have lost my wits to talk like this. But even if you do, listen to me, as you would to a foolish person, while I also boast a little.

2Cor.11.17

I didn't learn this kind of talk from Christ.

2Cor.11.17

In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

2Cor.11.17

What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

2Cor.11.17

Such bragging is not something the Lord wants, but I am acting like a fool.

2Cor.11.18

Oh, no, it's a bad habit I picked up from the three-ring preachers that are so popular these days.

2Cor.11.18

Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast.

2Cor.11.18

Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.

2Cor.11.18

And since others boast about their human achievements, I will, too.

2Cor.11.19

Since you sit there in the judgment seat observing all these shenanigans, you can afford to humor an occasional fool who happens along.

2Cor.11.19

You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise!

2Cor.11.19

For you put up with fools gladly, since you yourselves are wise!

2Cor.11.19

After all, you, who think you are so wise, enjoy listening to fools!

2Cor.11.20

You have such admirable tolerance for impostors who rob your freedom, rip you off, steal you blind, put you down--even slap your face!

2Cor.11.20

In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or pushes himself forward or slaps you in the face.

2Cor.11.20

For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.

2Cor.11.20

You put up with it when they make you their slaves, take everything you have, take advantage of you, put on airs, and slap you in the face.

2Cor.11.21

I shouldn't admit it to you, but our stomachs aren't strong enough to tolerate that kind of stuff. Since you admire the egomaniacs of the pulpit so much (remember, this is your old friend, the fool, talking), let me try my hand at it.

2Cor.11.21

To my shame I admit that we were too weak for that!

2Cor.11.21

To our shame I say that we were too weak for that! But in whatever anyone is bold--I speak foolishly--I am bold also.

2Cor.11.21

I'm ashamed to say that we were not strong enough to do that! But whatever they dare to boast about--I'm talking like a fool again--I can boast about it, too.

2Cor.11.22

Do they brag of being Hebrews, Israelites, the pure race of Abraham? I'm their match.

2Cor.11.22

What anyone else dares to boast about--I am speaking as a fool--I also dare to boast about. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham's descendants? So am I.

2Cor.11.22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.

2Cor.11.22

They say they are Hebrews, do they? So am I. And they say they are Israelites? So am I. And they are descendants of Abraham? So am I.

2Cor.11.23

Are they servants of Christ? I can go them one better. (I can't believe I'm saying these things. It's crazy to talk this way! But I started, and I'm going to finish.) I've worked much harder, been jailed more often, beaten up more times than I can count, and at death's door time after time.

2Cor.11.23

Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.

2Cor.11.23

Are they ministers of Christ?--I speak as a fool--I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

2Cor.11.23

They say they serve Christ? I know I sound like a madman, but I have served him far more! I have worked harder, been put in jail more often, been whipped times without number, and faced death again and again.

2Cor.11.24

I've been flogged five times with the Jews' thirty-nine lashes,

2Cor.11.24

Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

2Cor.11.24

From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.

2Cor.11.24

Five different times the Jews gave me thirty-nine lashes.

2Cor.11.25

beaten by Roman rods three times, pummeled with rocks once. I've been shipwrecked three times, and immersed in the open sea for a night and a day.

2Cor.11.25

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,

2Cor.11.25

Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;

2Cor.11.25

Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea.

2Cor.11.26

In hard traveling year in and year out, I've had to ford rivers, fend off robbers, struggle with friends, struggle with foes. I've been at risk in the city, at risk in the country, endangered by desert sun and sea storm, and betrayed by those I thought were my brothers.

2Cor.11.26

I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers.

2Cor.11.26

in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

2Cor.11.26

I have traveled many weary miles. I have faced danger from flooded rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the stormy seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be Christians but are not.

2Cor.11.27

I've known drudgery and hard labor, many a long and lonely night without sleep, many a missed meal, blasted by the cold, naked to the weather.

2Cor.11.27

I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.

2Cor.11.27

in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness--

2Cor.11.27

I have lived with weariness and pain and sleepless nights. Often I have been hungry and thirsty and have gone without food. Often I have shivered with cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm.

2Cor.11.28

And that's not the half of it, when you throw in the daily pressures and anxieties of all the churches.

2Cor.11.28

Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

2Cor.11.28

besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.

2Cor.11.28

Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of how the churches are getting along.

2Cor.11.29

When someone gets to the end of his rope, I feel the desperation in my bones. When someone is duped into sin, an angry fire burns in my gut.

2Cor.11.29

Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?

2Cor.11.29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

2Cor.11.29

Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger?

2Cor.11.30

If I have to "brag" about myself, I'll brag about the humiliations that make me like Jesus.

2Cor.11.30

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

2Cor.11.30

If I must boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.

2Cor.11.30

If I must boast, I would rather boast about the things that show how weak I am.

2Cor.11.31

The eternal and blessed God and Father of our Master Jesus knows I'm not lying.

2Cor.11.31

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying.

2Cor.11.31

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

2Cor.11.31

God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows I tell the truth.

2Cor.11.32

Remember the time I was in Damascus and the governor of King Aretas posted guards at the city gates to arrest me?

2Cor.11.32

In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.

2Cor.11.32

In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me;

2Cor.11.32

When I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the city gates to catch me.

2Cor.11.33

I crawled through a window in the wall, was let down in a basket, and had to run for my life.

2Cor.11.33

But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.

2Cor.11.33

but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.

2Cor.11.33

But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the city wall, and that's how I got away!

Ps.106.32

They angered God again at Meribah Springs; this time Moses got mixed up in their evil;

Ps.106.32

By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them;

Ps.106.32

They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses on account of them;

Ps.106.32

At Meribah, too, they angered the LORD, causing Moses serious trouble.

Ps.106.33

Because they defied GOD yet again, Moses exploded and lost his temper.

Ps.106.33

for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips.

Ps.106.33

Because they rebelled against His Spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips.

Ps.106.33

They made Moses angry, and he spoke foolishly.

Ps.106.34

They didn't wipe out those godless cultures as ordered by GOD;

Ps.106.34

They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

Ps.106.34

They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the LORD had commanded them,

Ps.106.34

Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the LORD had told them to.

Ps.106.35

Instead they intermarried with the heathen, and in time became just like them.

Ps.106.35

but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

Ps.106.35

But they mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;

Ps.106.35

Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.

Ps.106.36

They worshiped their idols, were caught in the trap of idols.

Ps.106.36

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

Ps.106.36

They served their idols, Which became a snare to them.

Ps.106.36

They worshiped their idols, and this led to their downfall.

Ps.106.37

They sacrificed their sons and daughters at the altars of demon gods.

Ps.106.37

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

Ps.106.37

They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons,

Ps.106.37

They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.

Ps.106.38

They slit the throats of their babies, murdered their infant girls and boys. They offered their babies to Canaan's gods; the blood of their babies stained the land.

Ps.106.38

They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.

Ps.106.38

And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

Ps.106.38

They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.

Ps.106.39

Their way of life stank to high heaven; they lived like whores.

Ps.106.39

They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.

Ps.106.39

Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds.

Ps.106.39

They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idols was adultery in the LORD's sight.