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\BibleBook{This book is the account of Isaiah foretelling about God punishing Israel and then sending his chosen one and saving them Isaiah}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book is the account of Isaiah foretelling about God punishing Israel and then sending his chosen one and saving them }
\BibleMainTitle{Isaiah }
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\chapterNumber{1}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w*} Isaiah|strong="H3470", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amoz|strong="H0531". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*} visions|strong="H2377" about|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H3117" showed|strong="H7200" me|strong="H5921" these|strong="H3117" visions|strong="H2377" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Uzziah|strong="H5818", Jotham|strong="H3147", Ahaz|strong="H0271", and|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" were|strong="H1121" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H3117" message|strong="H3389" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rebellious|strong="H4805" nation|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }

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\verseNumber{2}This|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1696": 
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“All|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} [APO] heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w*} [APO] earth|strong="H8064", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7311"! 
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The|strong="H8085" people|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" exist and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H7311" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" [DOU] 
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have|strong="H3068" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7311". 
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\verseNumber{3}Oxen|strong="H7794" know|strong="H3045" their|strong="H3045" owners|strong="H1167", 
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and|strong="H3478" donkeys|strong="H2543" know|strong="H3045" who|strong="H5971" provides|strong="H3559" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3045", 
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but|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3045" Israeli people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H1167" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H3808"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H1167" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w takes|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3045"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}Terrible|strong="H3515" things|strong="H2114" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" that|strong="H5971" sinful|strong="H2398" nation|strong="H1471", 
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to|strong="H3478" those|strong="H1945" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" guilty|strong="H5771" of|strong="H1121" sinning|strong="H2398" greatly|strong="H3966". 
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They|strong="H3068" are|strong="H5971" a|strong="H3478" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" very|strong="H7489" evil|strong="H7489" people|strong="H5971", 
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who|strong="H5971" act|strong="H7843" very|strong="H7489" unjustly|strong="H5766". 
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They|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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the|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6918" one|strong="H6918" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478"; 
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they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" ◄abandoned|strong="H5800"/turned|strong="H3478" away|strong="H2114" from|strong="H3478"► him|strong="H5800". 
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\verseNumber{5}Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3254" you|strong="H3605" [RHQ] continue|strong="H3254" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H4100"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" should|strong="H4100" be|strong="H5750" punished|strong="H6485"? 
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Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3254" you|strong="H3605" continue|strong="H3254" to|strong="H5921" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068"? 
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and|strong="H7218" whose|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H3824" is|strong="H4100" sick|strong="H2483"/corrupt|strong="H7843". 
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that|strong="H8081" have|strong="H7272" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" cleaned or|strong="H3808" bandaged|strong="H2280", 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H8077"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} your|strong="H8313" country|strong="H2022" is|strong="H5892" ruined|strong="H8077"/desolate|strong="H8077"; 
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your|strong="H8313" towns|strong="H5892" have|strong="H5892" been|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313". 
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Foreigners|strong="H2114" plunder|strong="H0962"/steal|strong="H1589" the|strong="H8313" crops|strong="H8393" in|strong="H5892" your|strong="H8313" fields|strong="H7704" while|strong="H5704" you|strong="H2114" watch|strong="H8104"; 
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they|strong="H5892" destroy|strong="H5892" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5341" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1323" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" has|strong="H5341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} been|strong="H1961" abandoned|strong="H5800", 
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it|strong="H5341" is|strong="H5892" like|strong="H1323" [SIM] a|strong="H3498" shelter|strong="H5521" in|strong="H5892" a|strong="H3498" vineyard|strong="H3754" that|strong="H5892" has|strong="H5341" been|strong="H1961" abandoned|strong="H5800" by|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5341" watchmen|strong="H5341"; 
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it|strong="H5341" is|strong="H5892" like|strong="H1323" [SIM] a|strong="H3498" watchman’s|strong="H4412" hut|strong="H5521" in|strong="H5892" a|strong="H3498" field|strong="H4750" of|strong="H1323" melons|strong="H0020" that|strong="H5892" has|strong="H5341" been|strong="H1961" deserted|strong="H5307". 
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It|strong="H5341" is|strong="H5892" a|strong="H3498" city|strong="H5892" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H5892" its|strong="H5892" enemies|strong="H0341" who|strong="H1323" are|strong="H5892" waiting|strong="H8104" to|strong="H1323" attack|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5341". 
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\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H3884" the|strong="H3068" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" few|strong="H4592" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" ◄survive|strong="H8300"/remain|strong="H3498" alive|strong="H8300"►, 
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we|strong="H1819" would|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3068"\+w*} been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w*}, 
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Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5971"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" many|strong="H7230" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3808", 
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You|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H0935" me|strong="H3808" many|strong="H7230" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, 
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the|strong="H3068" burning|strong="H2740" rams|strong="H6260" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fat|strong="H2459" from|strong="H3068" fat|strong="H2459" cattle|strong="H4806". 
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I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H2654" with|strong="H7646" the|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3068" bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H3068" lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H3068" goats|strong="H6260" 
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that|strong="H2459" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*} pours|strong="H8210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3027" my|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3027" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6440", 
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no|strong="H7200" one|strong="H7200" [RHQ] told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3027" trample|strong="H7429" on|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" courtyard|strong="H2691" while|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" perform|strong="H6213" all|strong="H7200" those|strong="H2063" rituals. 
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\verseNumber{13}Stop|strong="H3808" bringing|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3201" me|strong="H7121" those|strong="H1931" offerings|strong="H4503", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3808" useless|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H3201" am|strong="H1961" disgusted|strong="H3363" with|strong="H2320" the|strong="H7121" incense|strong="H7004" that|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w*}. 
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And|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w feasts|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w celebrate|strong="H6213"\+w*} the|strong="H7121" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w month|strong="H2320"\+w*} and|strong="H4503" your|strong="H3808" ◄Sabbath|strong="H7676" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w days|strong="H3117"\+w*}/days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H7676" rest|strong="H5117"► and|strong="H4503" your|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H7121"\+w*} festivals|strong="H4150"— 
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I|strong="H3201" detest|strong="H8262" them|strong="H7121" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H7676" the|strong="H7121" wicked|strong="H7563" things|strong="H8441" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3254"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H5375"] a|strong="H1961" heavy|strong="H3513" burden|strong="H2960" that|strong="H5315" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" tired|strong="H3811" of|strong="H5921" carrying|strong="H5375". 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H4480"\+w*}, when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H7235" your|strong="H8085" hands|strong="H3027" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H8605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{16}Cleanse|strong="H2135" your|strong="H5493" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421", and|strong="H5869" become|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{spiritually} clean|strong="H2135"! 
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Stop|strong="H2308" your|strong="H5493" evil|strong="H7455" behavior|strong="H5869"! 
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Stop|strong="H2308" doing|strong="H7489" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5869" wrong|strong="H7489"! 
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\verseNumber{17}Learn|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3925" do|strong="H3190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w are|strong="H8199"\+w*} good|strong="H3190"! 
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Help|strong="H5826" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3925" are|strong="H8199" ◄oppressed|strong="H2541"/treated|strong="H3190" cruelly|strong="H7188"►. 
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Defend|strong="H8199" orphans|strong="H3490" and|strong="H4941" widows|strong="H0490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7378"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w take|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w court|strong="H4941"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3198" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" results|strong="H6529" of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3198" do|strong="H3068". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" condemned|strong="H7561" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }

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\BibleSectionHeading{A message about future peace in Judah }

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\verseNumber{5}You|strong="H3212" Israeli people|strong="H5971", 
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let’s|strong="H1980" walk|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" light|strong="H0216" [MET|strong="H6298"] that|strong="H3068" comes|strong="H0935" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H3068" warning|strong="H2094" about|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" judgment|strong="H4941" }

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who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Jacob|strong="H3290", 
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\verseNumber{7}Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3701" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4390" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091"; 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5375" now|strong="H6258" they|strong="H5375" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5375" humbled|strong="H7817" 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H5375" forgive|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375"! 
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Only|strong="H0389" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984"/honored|strong="H3513" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3068" arrogant|strong="H7312" 
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Only|strong="H0389" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984"/honored|strong="H3513" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{18}All|strong="H3632" idols|strong="H1544" will|strong="H3068" ◄disappear|strong="H0622"/be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229"►. 
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and|strong="H6965" in|strong="H3068" holes|strong="H4631"/pits|strong="H7882" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6083", 
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because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H6206" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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and|strong="H6965" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H1926" and|strong="H6965" awesome|strong="H3372" power|strong="H3027". 
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that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" worship|strong="H7812", 
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and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1931" throw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" bats|strong="H5847" and|strong="H3701" rats. 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" crawl into|strong="H0413" caves|strong="H4631" 
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People|strong="H1931" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H4480" help|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ]! 

\BibleSectionHeading{A warning that God will punish Judah }

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\chapterNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" is|strong="H3068" about|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w places|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judea|strong="H3061" 
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everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" depend|strong="H7200" on|strong="H3068"— 
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all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3063" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H2205" will|strong="H2205" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" your|strong="H8199" heroes|strong="H1368" and|strong="H2205" your|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} soldiers|strong="H4421", 
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your|strong="H8199" judges|strong="H8199" and|strong="H2205" your|strong="H8199" prophets|strong="H5030", 
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people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5030" do|strong="H6213" rituals to|strong="H5030" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H2205" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4421" the|strong="H8199" future|strong="H0319" and|strong="H2205" the|strong="H8199" elders|strong="H2205", 
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advisors and|strong="H2572" skilled|strong="H2450" craftsmen|strong="H2791" and|strong="H2572" those|strong="H2450" who|strong="H8269" perform|strong="H5375" rituals to|strong="H6440" predict|strong="H3045" the|strong="H6440" future|strong="H0319". 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" appoint|strong="H5414" boys|strong="H5288" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" leaders|strong="H8269"; 
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your|strong="H5414" children|strong="H5288" will|strong="H5414" rule|strong="H4910" you|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{5}People|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" treat|strong="H6213" each|strong="H5971" other|strong="H7453" cruelly|strong="H7188": 
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people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3513" their|strong="H3513" neighbors|strong="H7453". 
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Young|strong="H5288" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" insult|strong="H2781" older|strong="H2205" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H5971" vulgar/dishonorable people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" sneer|strong="H3932" at|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5971" honored|strong="H3513". 
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\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H1961", someone|strong="H0376" will|strong="H1961" grab|strong="H2388" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3027" brothers|strong="H0251" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3027" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1980" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H3027", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1980"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" our|strong="H1961" leader|strong="H5387"! 
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\verseNumber{8}Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H4229", 
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and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3588" refuse|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5869". 
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They|strong="H3588" rebel|strong="H4784" against|strong="H4784" him|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H1992" even|strong="H3588" show|strong="H5046" on|strong="H7451" their|strong="H6440" faces|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w oppose|strong="H7853"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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Your|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004" are|strong="H5971" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H1004" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H3068" stolen|strong="H1589" from|strong="H3068" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{15}You|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H2308" [RHQ] crushing|strong="H1792" my|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971"! 
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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A|strong="H6440" warning|strong="H2094" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" women|strong="H0802" of|strong="H6440" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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“The|strong="H3588" women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" are|strong="H5869" haughty|strong="H1361"/proud|strong="H1361"; 
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they|strong="H3588" walk|strong="H1980" around|strong="H1980" sticking their|strong="H3068" chins out|strong="H5186", 
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They|strong="H3588" walk|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" tiny steps|strong="H7272" 
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with|strong="H1980" bracelets|strong="H6781" on|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3068" ankles|strong="H0658" that|strong="H3588" jingle. 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" sores|strong="H0076" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H7218", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" those|strong="H1992" beautiful|strong="H3303" women|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" bald|strong="H6168".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" their|strong="H1961" having|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" nice|strong="H2899" smell|strong="H1314" from|strong="H8478" perfume|strong="H1314", they|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" stink|strong="H4716"; 
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instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" nice|strong="H2899" sashes|strong="H0073", they|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" ropes|strong="H5688" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1961"\+w* waists \+w because|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w captives|strong="H7617"\+w*}. 
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Instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" having|strong="H1961" fancy hairdos, they|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" bald|strong="H7144". 
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Instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" fancy/beautiful|strong="H3308" robes|strong="H0899", they|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" wear|strong="H1961" rough|strong="H8181" sackcloth|strong="H8242", 
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and|strong="H8242" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" being|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H3308", they|strong="H8478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" branded. 
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\verseNumber{25}Their|strong="H5307" husbands|strong="H1167" will|strong="H2719" be|strong="H4962" killed|strong="H2719" by|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w enemies’|strong="H0341"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719", 
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and|strong="H2719" their|strong="H5307" soldiers|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w die|strong="H5307"\+w*} in|strong="H4421" battles|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{26}People|strong="H3427" [PRS] will|strong="H3427" mourn|strong="H5594" and|strong="H3427" cry|strong="H7121" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" gates|strong="H6607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H3427" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3427"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3427" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3427" sits|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" ground|strong="H0776" because|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5352" she|strong="H1931" owned|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3427" gone|strong="H1980". 
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“Allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" marry|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" [IDM]! 
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We|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1931" provide|strong="H6213" our|strong="H5921" own|strong="H2388" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3117" clothing|strong="H8071". 
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All|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" want|strong="H4270" is|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5921" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H8034" disgraced|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w being|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H7121" promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" some|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H8034" restored|strong="H7725" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A|strong="H7121" promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" some|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H8034" restored|strong="H7725" }
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1961"\+w*} some|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", Israel|strong="H3478" [MTY] will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} beautiful|strong="H8597" and|strong="H3478" great|strong="H1419"/glorious|strong="H8597". 
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The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" proud|strong="H1347" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" wonderful|strong="H6381" fruit|strong="H6529" that|strong="H3117" grows|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H1347". 
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\verseNumber{3}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" remain|strong="H7604" in|strong="H3789" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" when|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229", 
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When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3389" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1818", it|strong="H7130" will|strong="H7307" be|strong="H3389" like|strong="H1197" a|strong="H3389" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H3389" burn|strong="H1197" up|strong="H1197" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7130" impure|strong="H2932" things|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" cloud|strong="H6051" of|strong="H3068" smoke|strong="H6227" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" flaming|strong="H3852" fire|strong="H0784" every|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" 
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to|strong="H3068" cover|strong="H3680" Jerusalem|strong="H3519" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" gather|strong="H6908" there|strong="H2022"; 
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it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H2022"\+w*} a|strong="H3588" glorious|strong="H3519" canopy|strong="H2646" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" 
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\verseNumber{6}that|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" shelter|strong="H4268" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" sun|strong="H8121" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" daytime|strong="H3119" 
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and|strong="H3119" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1961" windstorms|strong="H5492" and|strong="H3119" rain|strong="H4306". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A song about the people who were like Yahweh’s vineyard }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A song about the people who were like Yahweh’s vineyard }
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and|strong="H1121" about|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" vineyard|strong="H3754". 
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The|strong="H1961" vineyard|strong="H3754" was|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" fertile|strong="H8081" hillside|strong="H6763". 
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\verseNumber{2}My|strong="H6213" friend|strong="H7453" plowed|strong="H2790" the|strong="H6213" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H6213" cleared|strong="H6437" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6213" stones|strong="H5619". 
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Then|strong="H1571" he|strong="H6213" planted|strong="H5193" very|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" grapevines on|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" ground|strong="H0776". 
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In|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H6213" vineyard|strong="H3754", he|strong="H6213" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6213" watchtower|strong="H4026", 
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and|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" dug|strong="H5823" a|strong="H6213" ◄winepress|strong="H3342"/pit|strong="H0953" for|strong="H6213" squeezing the|strong="H6213" grapes|strong="H6025"►. 
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Then|strong="H1571" he|strong="H6213" waited|strong="H6960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" harvest|strong="H7105" some|strong="H4480" good|strong="H2896" grapes|strong="H6025", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{God appointed Isaiah to be a prophet }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God appointed Isaiah to be a prophet }
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he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6918"! 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200", because|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" [MTY] is|strong="H3068" sinful|strong="H2400", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427" among|strong="H8432" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" constantly|strong="H8548" say|strong="H0559" [MTY] sinful|strong="H2400" things|strong="H1697". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H1820" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H2005" heard|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" asking|strong="H7592", “Whom|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H4310" I|strong="H2005" send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w messenger|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w my|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w*}? Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w speak|strong="H1696"\+w*} for|strong="H7971" us|strong="H8085"?” I|strong="H2005" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H4310". Send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2088" he|strong="H5971" said|strong="H8085", 
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but|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3045" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3045" understand|strong="H3045" them|strong="H7200".’ 
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and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" fields|strong="H7704" are|strong="H5892" ruined|strong="H8077". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A message of encouragement for King Ahaz }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A message of encouragement for King Ahaz }
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\chapterNumber{7}Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818". During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", King|strong="H4428" Rezin|strong="H7526" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" marched|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H3808"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" conquer|strong="H3898" it|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w*}, everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1004" heard|strong="H5046" a|strong="H5921" report|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H5921"\+w*} ◄allies|strong="H2266"/joined|strong="H2266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*►}. So|strong="H7307" Ahaz|strong="H0271" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" over|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H1004" ruled|strong="H4427" were|strong="H5971" extremely|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372"; they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5971" shaking|strong="H5363" from|strong="H6440" fear|strong="H6440" like|strong="H1004" trees|strong="H6086" shake|strong="H5128" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" windstorm|strong="H8178". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4994", “Take|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Shear-Jashub|strong="H7610", and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ahaz|strong="H0271". He|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" ◄aqueduct/water|strong="H4325" channel|strong="H8585"► that|strong="H3068" brings|strong="H3318" water|strong="H4325" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" upper|strong="H5945" reservoir|strong="H4724", near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3068" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" women|strong="H0802" wash|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{4}Tell|strong="H5046" Ahaz|strong="H0271" to|strong="H8104" stop|strong="H2308" worrying|strong="H4480" [DOU]. Tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H8104" that|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3372" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H8104" be|strong="H1121" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" kings|strong="H4428", Rezin|strong="H7526" and|strong="H1121" Pekah|strong="H6492". They|strong="H3824" are|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3824" are|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w unable|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w his|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w than|strong="H7401"\+w*} completely|strong="H3617" burned-out coals|strong="H1513" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w him|strong="H8104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}Yes|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" planning|strong="H3289" to|strong="H5921" attack|strong="H5221" this|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{6}‘We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H4428" attack|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" conquer|strong="H3423" it|strong="H8432". Then|strong="H4428" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H4428" appoint|strong="H4427" Tabeel’s son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8432" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063".’ 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3808" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H1961" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3069", says|strong="H3541": 
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‘It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961"; 
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they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w conquer|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3588" capital|strong="H3805" of|strong="H8141" Syria|strong="H0758" is|strong="H7218" Damascus|strong="H1834", 
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but|strong="H3588" Damascus|strong="H1834" is|strong="H7218" ruled|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} by|strong="H8141" its|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{unimportant/\+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w*} king|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Rezin|strong="H7526". 
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And|strong="H5971" as|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" Israel|strong="H5971", within|strong="H1157" 65 years|strong="H8141" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H5971" conquered|strong="H5221" and|strong="H5971" completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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\verseNumber{9}Israel’s|strong="H3478" capital|strong="H3805" is|strong="H1121" Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H1121" Samaria|strong="H8111" is|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4427" only|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3808" its|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w*/unimportant} king|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w two|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}! 
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you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" defeated|strong="H5221".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Immanuel|strong="H6005" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Immanuel|strong="H6005" }
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w another|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w message|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271". 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3808"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w No|strong="H3808"\+w*}, I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" request|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*/\+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7592"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1571" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w him|strong="H8085"\+w*}, “You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1571" who|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", listen|strong="H8085"! You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1004" causing|strong="H7462" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H8085" be|strong="H1571" tired|strong="H3811" of|strong="H1004" being|strong="H1004" patient|strong="H0750". Are|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H8085" cause|strong="H2600" my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H8085" stop|strong="H2308" being|strong="H1004" patient|strong="H0750" with|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ]? 
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\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3045" by|strong="H7451" the|strong="H3045" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3045" child|strong="H3206" is|strong="H2896" old|strong="H2896" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="H3045" eat|strong="H0398" curds|strong="H2529"/yogurt and|strong="H3045" honey|strong="H1706", he|strong="H3045" will|strong="H7451" be|strong="H7451" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3045" reject|strong="H3988" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H2896" evil|strong="H7451" and|strong="H3045" choose|strong="H0977" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H2896" good|strong="H2896". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A warning about the Assyrian attack }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A warning about the Assyrian attack }
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\chapterNumber{8}Then|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921", “Make|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" large|strong="H1419" signboard. And|strong="H3068" write|strong="H3789" clearly|strong="H3045" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘\+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w* ◄\+w plunder|strong="H0962"\+w*/\+w take|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w force|strong="H2394"\+w*► \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w steal|strong="H3947"\+w* everything’}.” 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H7126" I|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3068" [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w*} a|strong="H3205" prophetess|strong="H5031", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H7126"\+w*} gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H7126" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121", “Give|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" name|strong="H8034" Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz|strong="H4122" (which|strong="H3068" means|strong="H3027" ‘suddenly|strong="H6597" attacked|strong="H5221", quickly|strong="H4116" conquered’), 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*,} 
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like|strong="H1980" [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" canal|strong="H0180" through|strong="H1980" which|strong="H5971" water|strong="H4325" flows|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" Gihon|strong="H1521" Spring|strong="H4325" into|strong="H1980" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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Instead|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" happy|strong="H0835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w request|strong="H1246"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1980"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Rezin|strong="H7526" and|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492". 
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\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H4428" attacked|strong="H5927" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w powerful|strong="H6099"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", which|strong="H4325" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} a|strong="H5927" great|strong="H7227" flood|strong="H5104" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} River|strong="H5104". 
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Their|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5927" will|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w everywhere|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} a|strong="H5927" river|strong="H5104" that|strong="H3605" overflows|strong="H1097" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" banks|strong="H1415". 
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\verseNumber{8}Those|strong="H1961" soldiers|strong="H5650" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H5674" all|strong="H4393" over|strong="H5674" Judah|strong="H3063"— 
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Their|strong="H1961" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H1961" spread|strong="H3671" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*}, like|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" eagle|strong="H5404", 
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and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" cover|strong="H3680" your|strong="H1961" entire|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776"! 
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But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5674" you|strong="H5704"!’ ” 
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\verseNumber{9}Listen|strong="H3605", all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5971"\+w*} distant|strong="H4801" countries|strong="H4801"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w*} prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5971" attack|strong="H5221" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w can|strong="H3808"\+w*} prepare|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" do|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H6965"! 
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You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" succeed|strong="H6965", 
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because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H1697" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3588"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Isaiah|strong="H3470" is|strong="H1697" urged|strong="H6484" to|strong="H1696" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Isaiah|strong="H3470" is|strong="H1697" urged|strong="H6484" to|strong="H1696" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" strongly|strong="H3966" warned|strong="H3256" me|strong="H3256" [MTY] not|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3068" act|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H5971". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H3256", 
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I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" trap|strong="H4170" or|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1961" snare|strong="H4170" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{15}Many|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} will|strong="H7227" stumble|strong="H3782" and|strong="H5307" fall|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" 
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and|strong="H5307" never|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" up|strong="H7665" again|strong="H7725". 
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They|strong="H3920" will|strong="H7227" experience|strong="H7200" great|strong="H7227" troubles|strong="H6869"; 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The promise of the future king }

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\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H7971" will|strong="H3478" punish|strong="H6485" Israel|strong="H3478" }

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He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H0413" strike|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" fist|strong="H0106" again|strong="H7725". 

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He|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3027" still|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3808" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H7725" strike|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3605" again|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" fist|strong="H3027". 

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They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1004" shake|strong="H5130" their|strong="H5975" fists|strong="H2651" 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H2009" listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068"! The|strong="H3068" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" 
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with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H3068" mighty|strong="H1368" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
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like|strong="H5307" men|strong="H0376" use|strong="H4399" big|strong="H0931" axes|strong="H7134" to|strong="H5307" cut|strong="H5362" down|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5307" tall|strong="H7311" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5307" forests|strong="H3293" of|strong="H3293" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s descendant will bring peace }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{David’s descendant will bring peace }
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921". 
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The|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" wise|strong="H2451" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" understand|strong="H0995" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w much|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H3198" what|strong="H1847" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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The|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H1847" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" revere|strong="H3372" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H5221" will|strong="H7563" judge|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w cases|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7626"\+w*} needy|strong="H1800" people|strong="H7563" fairly|strong="H6664"; 
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and|strong="H6310" he|strong="H5221" will|strong="H7563" act|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941" toward|strong="H0413" poor|strong="H1800" people|strong="H7563". 
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He|strong="H5221" will|strong="H7563" punish|strong="H5221" evil|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" as|strong="H6310" a|strong="H5221" result|strong="H6903" of|strong="H7626" what|strong="H6664" he|strong="H5221" decides|strong="H6504" [MTY]; 
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he|strong="H5221" will|strong="H7563" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H7626" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H7626" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" act|strong="H1961" righteously|strong="H6664"; 
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He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" speak|strong="H1696" what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571"; 
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will|strong="H5288" lie|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H3162". 
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and|strong="H5288" a|strong="H3532" young|strong="H5288" child|strong="H5288" will|strong="H5288" take|strong="H5973" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5288" them|strong="H3162". 
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\verseNumber{7}Cows|strong="H6510" and|strong="H1241" bears|strong="H1677" will|strong="H3206" eat|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w together|strong="H3162"\+w*}; 
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bear|strong="H1677" cubs|strong="H1482" and|strong="H1241" calves|strong="H1241" will|strong="H3206" lie|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" together|strong="H3162". 
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\verseNumber{8}Babies|strong="H3245" will|strong="H3027" play|strong="H8173" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w safely|strong="H0983"\+w*} near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" holes|strong="H2352" where|strong="H5921" cobra|strong="H6620" snakes|strong="H5175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*}; 
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small|strong="H6996" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5921"\+w*} put|strong="H1911" their|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" into|strong="H5921" nests|strong="H7077" of|strong="H3027" poisonous|strong="H7219" snakes|strong="H5175", 
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\verseNumber{9}No|strong="H3808" creatures|strong="H2416" will|strong="H3068" harm|strong="H7489" or|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H7843" other|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" on|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Zion|strong="H6726"\+w* \+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w*}, my|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H2022"; 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w filled|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w with|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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like|strong="H3808" [SIM] the|strong="H3605" seas|strong="H3220" are|strong="H3068" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325". 
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and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4496" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1931" lives|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" glorious|strong="H3519". 
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\verseNumber{11}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" ◄reach|strong="H1961" out|strong="H7604" his|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027"/use|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027"► as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H5971" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117"; 
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he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ◄exiled|strong="H1540" from|strong="H3027"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1961" leave|strong="H7604"► Israel|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004", 
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from|strong="H3027" Assyria|strong="H0804", from|strong="H3027" northern|strong="H6828" Egypt|strong="H4714", from|strong="H3027" southern|strong="H5045" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
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from|strong="H3027" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", from|strong="H3027" Elam|strong="H5867", from|strong="H3027" Babylonia|strong="H0894", from|strong="H3027" Hamath|strong="H2574", and|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" distant|strong="H7350" countries|strong="H0776" near|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3117" sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1471" raise|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" flag|strong="H8650" among|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6908"\+w*} the|strong="H5375" people-groups, 
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and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3063" will|strong="H1471" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" the|strong="H5375" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H3671" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5375" exiled|strong="H1540" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w ago|strong="H7350"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}Their|strong="H4916" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} will|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w join|strong="H2266"\+w* \+w together|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w*} attack|strong="H4124" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" west|strong="H3220". 
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And|strong="H1121" together|strong="H3162" they|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1121" attack|strong="H4124" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" east|strong="H6924"; 
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and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3027" controlled|strong="H0662"/ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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and|strong="H3068" send|strong="H5130" a|strong="H5221" strong|strong="H2388" wind|strong="H7307" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" divide|strong="H2505" into|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" streams|strong="H5158", 
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with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H1869" across|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w streams|strong="H5158"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3478" because|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" highway|strong="H4546" for|strong="H4714" his|strong="H3478" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3117" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3478" Assyria|strong="H0804", 
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when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" left|strong="H7604" Egypt|strong="H4714". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Songs that people will sing to praise Yahweh }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Songs that people will sing to praise Yahweh }
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", we|strong="H3588" praise|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3588"! 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" comforted|strong="H5162" us|strong="H7725". 
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We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3588"! 
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and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" lives|strong="H3427" among|strong="H7130" us|strong="H3588"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh will punish Babylon }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh will punish Babylon }
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\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H2342" of|strong="H3205" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H7453" be|strong="H6440" terrified|strong="H0926". 
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You|strong="H6440" will|strong="H7453" have|strong="H3205" [PRS] severe|strong="H3515" pains|strong="H6735" 
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like|strong="H6440" [SIM] a|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205" has|strong="H3205" when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H6440" is|strong="H6440" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3205" baby|strong="H1121". 
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You|strong="H6440" will|strong="H7453" look|strong="H2342" at|strong="H6440" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453" helplessly, 
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and|strong="H6440" it|strong="H6440" will|strong="H7453" show|strong="H7200" on|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" faces|strong="H6440" that|strong="H7453" you|strong="H6440" feel|strong="H4184" horror|strong="H8047". 
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Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" exist much|strong="H7227" longer|strong="H3808". 

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will|strong="H1471" be|strong="H1471" delighted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H4428" welcome|strong="H6923" you|strong="H3605"; 
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because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3588" country|strong="H2022" has|strong="H3820" been|strong="H5927" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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The|strong="H3588" grass|strong="H2682" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" withered|strong="H3001"; 
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the|strong="H3588" green|strong="H3418" plants|strong="H3418" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3615"\+w*} be|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961", 
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and|strong="H4325" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" left|strong="H3615" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1961" green|strong="H3418". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H6213" pick|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" possessions|strong="H7399" 
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and|strong="H6213" carry|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5921" across|strong="H5921" Willows|strong="H6155" Brook|strong="H5158". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5921" stream|strong="H4325" near|strong="H5921" Dimon|strong="H1775" will|strong="H4325" become|strong="H4390" red|strong="H5488" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w who|strong="H6413"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w been|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4325" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4325" Moab|strong="H4124" to|strong="H5921" experience|strong="H7200" even|strong="H3588" more|strong="H3254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trouble|strong="H6869"\+w*}: 
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and|strong="H1818" will|strong="H4325" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3254"\+w*} attack|strong="H4124" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1818" who|strong="H6413" remain|strong="H4390" in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" country|strong="H2022". 
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We|strong="H0587" should|strong="H1323" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7971" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H7971" women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" left|strong="H1961" alone|strong="H0905" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7971" ◄fords|strong="H4569" of|strong="H1323"/places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H4310" walk|strong="H1980" across|strong="H5676"► the|strong="H7971" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}; 
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they|strong="H5074" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] birds|strong="H5775" that|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" pushed|strong="H1920" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H1323" their|strong="H7971" nests|strong="H7077". 
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\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5080", ‘Help|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213"! 
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Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213"! 
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Protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H6213" completely|strong="H3617" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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and|strong="H3915" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" ◄betray|strong="H1540" us|strong="H6213"/tell|strong="H5046" our|strong="H8432" enemies|strong="H0341" where|strong="H0834" we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213"►. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} there|strong="H4480" will|strong="H4124" be|strong="H1933" no|strong="H4480" one|strong="H4480" to|strong="H6440" oppress|strong="H7703" us|strong="H6440", 
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and|strong="H6440" our|strong="H4480" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H4124" stop|strong="H2308" destroying|strong="H7703" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H2617" appoint|strong="H6485" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1732" king|strong="H3678" 
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As|strong="H3427" he|strong="H1732" rules|strong="H4910" [MTY], he|strong="H1732" will|strong="H2617" be|strong="H1732" merciful|strong="H2617" and|strong="H4941" truthful|strong="H0571". 
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He|strong="H1732" will|strong="H2617" always|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H2617" fair|strong="H3303"/just|strong="H6664" 
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and|strong="H4941" quickly|strong="H4116" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H2617" righteous|strong="H6664".” 
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\verseNumber{6}We|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1347"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} have|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1347"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124"; 
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they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3808" insolent|strong="H5794", 
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They|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4124" all|strong="H3605" mourn|strong="H1897", 
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because|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3651"\+w*} raisin|strong="H0809" cakes|strong="H2471" in|strong="H3605" Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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and|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3588" vineyards|strong="H3754" at|strong="H3220" Sibmah|strong="H7643" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} will|strong="H1471" wither|strong="H3001" also|strong="H1471". 
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The|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1471" destroy|strong="H7843" Moab|strong="H4124", 
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which|strong="H1471" is|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H4057"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" beautiful|strong="H3303" grapevine 
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whose|strong="H1471" branches|strong="H7976" spread|strong="H5203" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Jazer|strong="H3270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057". 
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Its|strong="H3220" branches|strong="H7976" spread|strong="H5203" very|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}, 
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to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" west|strong="H3220" side|strong="H3220" of|strong="H4057" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w*} Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5307" weep|strong="H1058" for|strong="H3588" Jazer|strong="H3270" 
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and|strong="H5307" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" grapevines of|strong="H5921" Sibmah|strong="H7643". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5307" shed|strong="H8210" tears|strong="H1832" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H1058" of|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5307" cry|strong="H7121" because|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5307" no|strong="H1058" longer|strong="H1058" shout|strong="H1959" joyfully|strong="H7321", like|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3588" usually|strong="H2370" do|strong="H1612" 
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when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" gather|strong="H6908" the|strong="H5921" fruit|strong="H7019" that|strong="H3588" ripens in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ◄summer|strong="H7019"/hot|strong="H2552" season|strong="H6256"► and|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" crops|strong="H7019" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" harvest|strong="H7105". 
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\verseNumber{10}People|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" glad|strong="H8057" at|strong="H3808" harvest|strong="H7105" time|strong="H6256". 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" sing|strong="H7442" in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H4480" vineyards|strong="H3754", 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" shout|strong="H7321" joyfully|strong="H7321". 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" tread|strong="H1869" on|strong="H4480" grapes|strong="H6025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w grape|strong="H3196"\+w* \+w juice|strong="H6071"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7442"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*}; 
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there|strong="H4480" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" nothing|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4480" shout|strong="H7321" about|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w joyfully|strong="H7321"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H5921" cry|strong="H7121" iinwardly for|strong="H5921" Moab|strong="H4124"; 
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my|strong="H5921" groaning|strong="H0603" is|strong="H3651" like|strong="H3651" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w song|strong="H7892"\+w* \+w played|strong="H2181"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} a|strong="H5921" harp|strong="H3658". 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" sad|strong="H7451" about|strong="H5921" Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" and|strong="H7200" pray|strong="H6419" at|strong="H5921" their|strong="H7200" sacred|strong="H4720" shrines|strong="H1354", 
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but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" help|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" cry|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3201" their|strong="H7200" gods|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H7200" temples|strong="H7541", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w*} none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" rescue|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" spoken|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1696" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" exactly|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" from|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H4592" proud|strong="H1343" of|strong="H3068". Even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1696" huge|strong="H1995" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H8141" Moab|strong="H4124" now|strong="H6258", only|strong="H3605" a|strong="H1696" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" weak|strong="H3605"/helpless|strong="H1800". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh will punish Syria }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh will punish Syria }
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“Listen|strong="H2009" carefully|strong="H6213"! Damascus|strong="H1834" will|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" longer|strong="H5493" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892"; 
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it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" heap|strong="H4596" of|strong="H5892" ruins|strong="H5892"! 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5800" towns|strong="H5892" near|strong="H7126" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" abandoned|strong="H5800". 
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Flocks|strong="H5739" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w sheep|strong="H6629"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w grass|strong="H2682"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w streets|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5892"\+w*} lie|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" there|strong="H1961", 
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and|strong="H5892" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" chase|strong="H7291" them|strong="H1961" away|strong="H2729". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5002" cities|strong="H4013" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H5002" power|strong="H3478" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H1121" Damascus|strong="H1834" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" ended|strong="H1961", 
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and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" Damascus|strong="H1834" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" disgraced|strong="H0954" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5002" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" disgraced|strong="H0954".” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w*} the|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" angels|strong="H4397" says|strong="H5002". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5002" destruction|strong="H7667" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" }

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\verseNumber{4}“At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" insignificant|strong="H6819". 
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It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" fat|strong="H4924" person|strong="H1320" who|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" thin|strong="H1809". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H1961" entire|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H1961" harvesters|strong="H8057" have|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3772" all|strong="H7114" the|strong="H1961" grain|strong="H7054"; 
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there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" left|strong="H1961", 
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like|strong="H1961" [SIM] the|strong="H1961" fields|strong="H7704" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Rephaim|strong="H7497" Valley|strong="H6010" after|strong="H1961" all|strong="H7114" the|strong="H1961" crops|strong="H7105" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" harvested|strong="H1219". 
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\verseNumber{6}Only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H3478" few|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" Israeli people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H7604" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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You|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3027" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725" bow|strong="H7198" down|strong="H3027" in|strong="H6213" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7200" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842". 
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You|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3027" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725" worship|strong="H7812" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" shrines|strong="H1354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w built|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w incense|strong="H2553"\+w*}. 
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No|strong="H6440" one|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961". 
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You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" forgotten|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H2114" can|strong="H3808" hide|strong="H5641"/protect|strong="H8104" you|strong="H3588". 
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So|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" plant|strong="H5193" very|strong="H3651" nice|strong="H2899" grapevines 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3117"\+w*} even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3117" sprout|strong="H6524" leaves|strong="H1817" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" plant|strong="H5194" them|strong="H3117", 
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and|strong="H3117" even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3117" produce|strong="H6529" blossoms|strong="H6731" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" morning|strong="H1242", 
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at|strong="H3117" harvest|strong="H7105" time|strong="H3117", there|strong="H3117" will|strong="H2233" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3117" any|strong="H3605" grapes|strong="H6025" for|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" pick|strong="H5375". 
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All|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H2233" get|strong="H3947" is|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3117" agony|strong="H2427"/misery|strong="H5999". 
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It|strong="H4325" will|strong="H5971" sound|strong="H1993" like|strong="H1993" the|strong="H5971" noise|strong="H7588" of|strong="H4325" crashing|strong="H7667" waves|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H4325" even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" their|strong="H6440" loud|strong="H1419" roaring|strong="H7588" will|strong="H7307" be|strong="H3816" like|strong="H7307" the|strong="H6440" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H2022" crashing|strong="H7667" waves|strong="H4325", 
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That|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" will|strong="H2088" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6256" those|strong="H2088" who|strong="H2088" invade|strong="H0935" our|strong="H2088" land|strong="H2506" and|strong="H1242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H2009"\+w*} steal|strong="H1589" our|strong="H2088" possessions|strong="H7399". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The destruction of Ethiopia }

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\chapterNumber{18}Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3671" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1945" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} of|strong="H5104" Ethiopia|strong="H3568"! 
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In|strong="H5676" your|strong="H5104" land|strong="H5676" there|strong="H1945" are|strong="H5104" many|strong="H7227" sailboats at|strong="H5104" the|strong="H5676" upper|strong="H5944" part|strong="H3671" of|strong="H5104" the|strong="H5676" Nile|strong="H2975" River|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{2}Your|strong="H5921" rulers|strong="H8269" send|strong="H7971" ambassadors|strong="H4397" that|strong="H5971" sail|strong="H5251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*} down|strong="H7971" the|strong="H6440" river|strong="H5104" in|strong="H5921" papyrus|strong="H1573" boats|strong="H0591". 
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You|strong="H6440" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3212" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", go|strong="H3212" quickly|strong="H4116"! 
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Go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w up|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H5971" tall|strong="H4900" and|strong="H7971" who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H5971" smooth|strong="H3474" skin|strong="H5785". 
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People|strong="H5971" everywhere|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5971" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3627" those|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971", 
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to|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" everywhere|strong="H3605", 
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“Look|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" my|strong="H8085" battle|strong="H4421" flag|strong="H8650" on|strong="H7200" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022", 
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“I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" watch|strong="H5027" quietly|strong="H8252" from|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" watch|strong="H5027" as|strong="H3068" quietly|strong="H8252" as|strong="H3068" [SIM] the|strong="H5921" heat|strong="H2527" waves|strong="H1530" shimmer as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" rises|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" hot|strong="H2527" summer|strong="H7019" day|strong="H3117", 
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Then|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w chew|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w bones|strong="H6106"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ◄winter|strong="H2778"/cold|strong="H7135" season|strong="H6256"►. 
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will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H7862" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H1931" where|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3068" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" lives|strong="H5315". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prophecy about the destruction of Egypt }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A prophecy about the destruction of Egypt }
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\chapterNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w received|strong="H5921"\+w*} this|strong="H6440" message|strong="H4853" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} about|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714": 
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“Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6440"! I|strong="H2009", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
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riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" fast-moving cloud|strong="H5645". 
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The|strong="H6440" idols|strong="H1544" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" tremble|strong="H5128" when|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w appear|strong="H7200"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5128" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372" [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4714" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H4714" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" each|strong="H5892" other|strong="H7453": 
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men|strong="H0376" will|strong="H4714" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" their|strong="H4714" brothers|strong="H0251", 
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neighbors|strong="H7453" will|strong="H4714" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" each|strong="H5892" other|strong="H7453", 
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people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" one|strong="H5892" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H4714" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" another|strong="H7453" city|strong="H5892", 
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people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" one|strong="H5892" province|strong="H4082" will|strong="H4714" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5892" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" another|strong="H7453" province|strong="H4082". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H1875" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7307" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4714" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" discouraged|strong="H7503", 
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and|strong="H4714" I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4714" cause|strong="H2600" their|strong="H7130" plans|strong="H6098" not|strong="H1875" to|strong="H4714" be|strong="H7307" successful|strong="H6743". 
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They|strong="H7130" will|strong="H4714" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H4714" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H4714" sorcerers|strong="H3784" and|strong="H4714" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3049" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H4714" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7307" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" 
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to|strong="H4714" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7307" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H7130" should|strong="H7307" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H4428" I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" treat|strong="H6213" them|strong="H3027" very|strong="H3966" cruelly|strong="H7188" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" [DOU].” 
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That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4714", the|strong="H5002" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5002" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397", say|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H3001" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Nile|strong="H2975"\+w*} River|strong="H5104" will|strong="H4325" dry|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001", 
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and|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3001" riverbed will|strong="H4325" become|strong="H2717" very|strong="H3966" dry|strong="H3001" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H2717" branches|strong="H7070" of|strong="H5104" the|strong="H2717" river|strong="H5104" will|strong="H2975" all|strong="H3605" dry|strong="H2717" up|strong="H2717" [DOU] 
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The|strong="H2717" canals|strong="H2975" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H2717" river|strong="H5104" will|strong="H2975" stink|strong="H0887" 
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because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5104" the|strong="H2717" rotting|strong="H4743" reeds|strong="H7070" and|strong="H7070" ◄bulrushes|strong="H1573"/tall|strong="H7311" grass|strong="H2682"►. 
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\verseNumber{7}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" plants|strong="H6212" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H2975" and|strong="H6310" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" will|strong="H2975" dry|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001"; 
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then|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2975" blow|strong="H8628" away|strong="H5086" and|strong="H6310" disappear|strong="H0622". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" fishermen|strong="H1728" will|strong="H4325" throw|strong="H7993" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H2975" lines|strong="H2256" with|strong="H5921" hooks|strong="H2053" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6440" nets|strong="H4365", 
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and|strong="H6440" then|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" groan|strong="H0584" and|strong="H6440" be|strong="H6440" very|strong="H3966" discouraged|strong="H7503"; 
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they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" be|strong="H6440" sad|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w fish|strong="H1710"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w river|strong="H2975"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" weave|strong="H0707" cloth|strong="H0899" from|strong="H4480" flax|strong="H6593" will|strong="H5647" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H5647", 
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because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5647" be|strong="H5647" no|strong="H5647" thread|strong="H2339" for|strong="H5647" them|strong="H5647" to|strong="H0413" weave|strong="H0707". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H5315" will|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" despair|strong="H2976" 
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and|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" discouraged|strong="H7503". 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1197" officials|strong="H8269" in|strong="H4428" Zoan|strong="H6814" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} are|strong="H1121" foolish|strong="H3684". 
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The|strong="H1197" advice|strong="H6098" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1197" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" worthless|strong="H1100". 
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Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" they|strong="H4428" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H1197" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" are|strong="H1121" wise|strong="H2450", 
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that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" are|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" wise|strong="H2450" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" long|strong="H6924" ago|strong="H6924" [RHQ]? 
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\verseNumber{12}King|strong="H5921", ◄where|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" your|strong="H3068" wise|strong="H2450" counselors|strong="H3289" now|strong="H4994"?/You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3045" wise|strong="H2450" counselors|strong="H3289" now|strong="H4994"!► [RHQ] 
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If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3045" wise|strong="H2450" counselors|strong="H3289", they|strong="H3068" could|strong="H3045" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5921" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" has|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" [SAR]! 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*}, the|strong="H7626" officials|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Zoan|strong="H6814" have|strong="H8269" become|strong="H2973" foolish|strong="H2973", 
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and|strong="H4714" the|strong="H7626" leaders|strong="H8269" in|strong="H4714" Memphis|strong="H5297" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} have|strong="H8269" deceived|strong="H5377" themselves|strong="H0905". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w All|strong="H3605"\+w* }the|strong="H7626" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H7626" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H8269" ◄caused|strong="H5414" their|strong="H4714" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H4714" do|strong="H6213" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697"/led|strong="H8582" their|strong="H4714" people|strong="H5971" astray|strong="H8582"►. 
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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H8582" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" foolish|strong="H3684", 
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with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7130"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714" stagger|strong="H8582" 
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like|strong="H7307" [SIM] a|strong="H3068" drunken|strong="H7910" person|strong="H5315" staggers|strong="H8582" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w slips|strong="H2156"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" vomit|strong="H6892". 
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\verseNumber{15}There|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" in|strong="H6213" Egypt|strong="H4714", rich|strong="H6223" or|strong="H3808" poor|strong="H7218", important|strong="H5704" or|strong="H3808" unimportant, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H4639"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w helpless|strong="H1800"\+w*} as|strong="H3117" [SIM] women|strong="H0802". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" tremble|strong="H2729", being|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H6342" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" has|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" fist|strong="H3027", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w strike|strong="H5130"\+w*/\+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H6342" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" mentions Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H6342", because|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w remind|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2142" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", is|strong="H3068" planning|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{18}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} five|strong="H2568" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w learn|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} speak|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Hebrew|strong="H5680" language|strong="H8193". One|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1931" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121" ‘City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Sun’. 
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\verseNumber{19}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4714" worshiping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8432" center|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ◄pillar|strong="H4676"/large|strong="H1419" rock|strong="H6697"► to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8432" border|strong="H1366" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w between|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}That|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sign|strong="H0226" to|strong="H3068" indicate that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" is|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" cry|strong="H6817" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H3467" them|strong="H7971" because|strong="H3588" others|strong="H7227" are|strong="H3068" ◄oppressing|strong="H3905" them|strong="H7971"/causing|strong="H7462" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" suffer|strong="H1961"►, he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7971" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" defend|strong="H3467" and|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" who|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3045" time|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5087" close|strong="H5980" relationship with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5647" and|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5647" offerings|strong="H4503" of|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" sacrifices|strong="H2077". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H5647" things|strong="H1697" for|strong="H4714" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H5647" what|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3117" promise|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{22}After|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" punished|strong="H6485" Egypt|strong="H4714", he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869" to|strong="H5704" end|strong="H7093". The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" when|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" plead|strong="H7378" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" troubles|strong="H6869" to|strong="H5704" cease|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{23}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" highway|strong="H4546" between|strong="H0996" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3117" Assyria|strong="H0804". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*}, the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} travel|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w travel|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714". And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" both|strong="H8147" countries|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" worship|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H7130" ally|strong="H5826". All|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7992" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w friendly|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} each|strong="H3117" other|strong="H0312", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" blessing|strong="H1293" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" entire|strong="H3117" world|strong="H8398". 
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\chapterNumber{20}One|strong="H4428" year|strong="H8141" King|strong="H4428" Sargon|strong="H5623" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" chief|strong="H7218" commander|strong="H8661" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7971" army|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w take|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" capture|strong="H3920" Ashdod|strong="H0795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1980"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}: “My|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Isaiah|strong="H3470" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" walking|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5921" naked|strong="H6174" and|strong="H1980" barefoot|strong="H3182" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" past|strong="H5674" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1980" show|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" terrible|strong="H3372" disasters|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1980" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" to|strong="H1980" experience|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H7200" me|strong="H5046" a|strong="H5927" terrifying|strong="H3372" vision|strong="H2380". 
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\verseNumber{3}Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3205" that|strong="H7200", my|strong="H8085" body|strong="H4975" is|strong="H3651" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H3205" pain|strong="H2479"; 
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I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" shocked|strong="H8074". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H7760" cannot|strong="H3808" think|strong="H3824" straight|strong="H3474"/correctly|strong="H3651", and|strong="H3824" I|strong="H7760" tremble|strong="H7264". 
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‘Babylon|strong="H0894" has|strong="H2009" been|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H7665"! 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A message about Tyre’s punishment }

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\verseNumber{15}For|strong="H3117" seventy|strong="H7657" years|strong="H8141", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" kings|strong="H4428" usually|strong="H2370" live|strong="H3117", people|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" forget|strong="H7911" about|strong="H1961" Tyre|strong="H6865". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w then|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\+w*}. What|strong="H7093" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" what|strong="H7093" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prostitute|strong="H2181" in|strong="H8141" this|strong="H1931" song|strong="H7892": 
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\verseNumber{16}“You|strong="H3947" harlot|strong="H2181", whom|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H7235" forgotten|strong="H7911", 
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play|strong="H2181" your|strong="H3947" harp|strong="H3658" well|strong="H3190", 
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and|strong="H5892" sing|strong="H7892" many|strong="H7235" songs|strong="H7892", 
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in|strong="H5892" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4616" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5892" remember|strong="H2142" you|strong="H3947" again|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" profits|strong="H8636" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w merchants|strong="H7402"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hoard|strong="H0686" their|strong="H3068" money|strong="H3701"; 
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instead|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3808" 
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in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w can|strong="H3808"\+w*} buy|strong="H7069" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" nice|strong="H2899" clothes|strong="H4374". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The destruction of everything on the earth }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The destruction of everything on the earth }
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\chapterNumber{24}Some|strong="H2009" day|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776". 
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He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" devastate|strong="H1238" it|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" it|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3068" desert|strong="H6160" 
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and|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H6327" its|strong="H6327" people|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" scatter|strong="H2219" everyone|strong="H3605"— 
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priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" common|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971", 
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servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3548" their|strong="H1961" masters|strong="H0113", 
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maids|strong="H8198" and|strong="H3548" their|strong="H1961" mistresses, 
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buyers and|strong="H3548" sellers|strong="H4376", 
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lenders and|strong="H3548" borrowers, 
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people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" owe money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3548" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" owed money|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{3}Nothing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" worth|strong="H1929" anything|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" left|strong="H7604" on|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776"; 
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everything|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" destroyed|strong="H1696". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" it|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5971"\+w*} the|strong="H5971" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H5971" dry|strong="H3004" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5971" die|strong="H4191" [DOU]; 
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its|strong="H3605" important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" become|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470" and|strong="H5971" unimportant. 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776" has|strong="H3588" become|strong="H1961" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5674" Yahweh|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5674" it|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" disobeyed|strong="H6963" his|strong="H3588" laws|strong="H8451"; 
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they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" rejected|strong="H3988" the|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="H5674" last|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{6}Therefore|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H7604" curse|strong="H7045" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776"; 
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the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" have|strong="H7604" committed|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H3651" will|strong="H7604" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229" by|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784", 
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and|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5921"\+w*} few|strong="H4213" people|strong="H3427" will|strong="H7604" remain|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w alive|strong="H7604"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" grapevines will|strong="H3820" wither|strong="H3001", 
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and|strong="H3820" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3820" be|strong="H3820" no|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grapes|strong="H8492"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w*} wine|strong="H8492". 
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All|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3820"\+w*} who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3820" previously|strong="H8543" happy|strong="H8056" will|strong="H3820" then|strong="H3605" groan|strong="H0584" and|strong="H3820" mourn|strong="H5594". 
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\verseNumber{8}People|strong="H5971" will|strong="H7673" no|strong="H2308" longer|strong="H5750" play|strong="H2181" cheerful|strong="H3190" songs|strong="H7892" with|strong="H5973" tambourines|strong="H8596", 
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people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H7673" no|strong="H2308" longer|strong="H5750" play|strong="H2181" joyfully|strong="H7321" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" harps|strong="H3658", 
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and|strong="H8596" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H7673" no|strong="H2308" longer|strong="H5750" shout|strong="H7321" noisily \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w celebrations|strong="H4885"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}People|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" sing|strong="H7892" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196", 
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and|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} their|strong="H3808" alcoholic drinks|strong="H8354" will|strong="H3808" taste|strong="H2938" bitter|strong="H4843". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w*} cities|strong="H7151" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" desolate|strong="H8074"; 
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every|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" locked|strong="H5462" to|strong="H1004" prevent|strong="H6923" thieves|strong="H1590" from|strong="H1004" entering|strong="H0935". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mobs} will|strong="H3605" gather|strong="H6908" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H2351", wanting|strong="H6485" wine|strong="H3196"; 
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no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3605" happy|strong="H8057" [DOU] anymore|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{12}Cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" ruined|strong="H8047" 
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and|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} their|strong="H3807" gates|strong="H8179" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" battered|strong="H3807"/broken|strong="H3807" into|strong="H5892" pieces|strong="H3807". 
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\verseNumber{13}It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3615" over|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776": 
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like|strong="H1961" what|strong="H3541" happens|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w*} beat|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3588" olives|strong="H2132" off|strong="H3615" a|strong="H1961" tree|strong="H2132" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w few|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w left|strong="H3615"\+w*}, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w or|strong="H3588"\+w*} when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" harvest|strong="H1210" the|strong="H3588" grapes|strong="H5955" and|strong="H5971" there|strong="H1961" are|strong="H5971" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" few|strong="H4592" left|strong="H3615" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w vines|strong="H1612"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442"; 
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people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" west|strong="H3220" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1992" great|strong="H1419"; 
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\verseNumber{15}people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY]; 
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in|strong="H5921" countries|strong="H0776" across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220", people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H8034" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}We|strong="H8085" will|strong="H6662" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H8085"\+w*} in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" most|strong="H6944" distant|strong="H7350" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" earth|strong="H0776" singing|strong="H2158" praise|strong="H1984" to|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H8085"\+w*} righteous|strong="H6662" one|strong="H6662". 
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But|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H8085"\+w*}, I|strong="H8085" am|strong="H1961" [SYN] very|strong="H3966" sad|strong="H7451". 
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Weep|strong="H1058" for|strong="H6662" me|strong="H8085", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H8085" have|strong="H8085" become|strong="H1961" thin|strong="H1851" and|strong="H8085" weak|strong="H2470". 
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Terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" are|strong="H6662" happening! 
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Treacherous|strong="H0898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3671"\+w*} betray|strong="H1540"/deceive|strong="H5377" others|strong="H0312" everywhere|strong="H3605" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" all|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776", 
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you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3427" be|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H0926", 
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and|strong="H3427" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3427" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5921" deep|strong="H8415" pits|strong="H6354" and|strong="H3427" traps|strong="H6341"/snares|strong="H6341". 
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\verseNumber{18}Those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} flee|strong="H5127" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H0926" 
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will|strong="H1961" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deep|strong="H8415"\+w*} pits|strong="H6354", 
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and|strong="H6963" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3588" climb|strong="H5927" out|strong="H5307" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3588" pits|strong="H6354" 
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will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" caught|strong="H3920" by|strong="H1961" traps|strong="H6341"/snares|strong="H6341". 
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The|strong="H3588" sky|strong="H8064" will|strong="H1961" split|strong="H1234" open|strong="H6605" and|strong="H6963" torrents|strong="H5158" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w rain|strong="H4306"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w fall|strong="H5307"\+w*}; 
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the|strong="H3588" foundations|strong="H4146" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H5927" will|strong="H1961" shake|strong="H7493". 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H6565" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" split|strong="H6565" apart|strong="H0914" and|strong="H7489" be|strong="H4131" shattered|strong="H6565"; 
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it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H4131" violently|strong="H4131". 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3808" stagger|strong="H5128" like|strong="H3808" [SIM] a|strong="H6965" drunk|strong="H7910"; 
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it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" shake|strong="H5128" like|strong="H3808" [SIM] a|strong="H6965" hut|strong="H4412" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w shakes|strong="H5128"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w windstorm|strong="H8178"\+w*}. 
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It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" collapse|strong="H5307" and|strong="H6965" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} rise|strong="H6965" again|strong="H3254", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" guilt|strong="H0817" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" rebel|strong="H4775" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H6588" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3513". 
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\verseNumber{21}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wicked|strong="H7563"\+w*} powerful|strong="H2392" beings|strong="H2421" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" skies|strong="H5921" 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7563" kings|strong="H4428" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6485"\+w*} be|strong="H3117" gathered|strong="H6485" together|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3117" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3117" dungeon|strong="H4525"/pit|strong="H0953". 
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They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" shut|strong="H5462"/locked|strong="H5462" in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" dungeon|strong="H4525"/pit|strong="H0953", 
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and|strong="H3117" later|strong="H0310" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" punished|strong="H6485". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Isaiah praises God for having good judgment and providing salvation }

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\chapterNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H8034" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3588" [MTY]. 
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You|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" wonderful|strong="H6382" things|strong="H6382"; 
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you|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" long|strong="H7350" ago|strong="H7350" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H6382", 
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and|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" like|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068". 
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cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" strong|strong="H1219" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H7760". 
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You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1129" caused|strong="H5414" palaces|strong="H0759" in|strong="H5892" foreign|strong="H2114" countries|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5892" disappear|strong="H0622"; 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" rebuilt|strong="H1129". 
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Ruthless|strong="H6184"/Cruel|strong="H0394" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H6862"\+w*} oppress|strong="H6231" us|strong="H3588"; 
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Like|strong="H6738" the|strong="H6030" air|strong="H8064" cools when|strong="H3588" a|strong="H6030" cloud|strong="H5645" comes|strong="H0935" overhead, 
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\verseNumber{6}Here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3605" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" will|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" wonderful|strong="H6381" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*}. 
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like|strong="H2022" they|strong="H5921" experience|strong="H7200" when|strong="H5921" someone|strong="H0376" dies|strong="H4191". 
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But|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1471" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" quit|strong="H5355" being|strong="H5971" sad|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H5493" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" death|strong="H4194" forever|strong="H5331"! 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5493" mourn|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4194". 
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And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" stop|strong="H5493" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" insulting and|strong="H3068" making|strong="H3605" fun of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"! 
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We|strong="H3117" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" rescued|strong="H5337" us|strong="H3117"! 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", in|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3117" trusted|strong="H0982", has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931"; 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY] will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" and|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3027" push|strong="H5055" down|strong="H8213" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Moab|strong="H6566" 
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He|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" cease|strong="H7673" being|strong="H1961" proud|strong="H1346", 
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and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" show|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3027" all|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3027" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3027" have|strong="H3027" done|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" worthless|strong="H1100". 
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they|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" demolished|strong="H6209" and|strong="H6083" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" dust|strong="H6083"/dirt|strong="H6083". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A song to praise Yahweh }

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Yahweh|strong="H3068" protects|strong="H8104" our|strong="H7896" city|strong="H5892"; 
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He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" like|strong="H2346" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3117" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3117" surrounds|strong="H5439" it|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{2}Open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H8104" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H8104" city|strong="H8179" for|strong="H8104" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H8104" are|strong="H1471" righteous|strong="H6662"; 
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\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068", those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H7965" you|strong="H3588", 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3588" humbles|strong="H8213" proud|strong="H1343" people|strong="H3427" 
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He|strong="H3588" causes|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3427" cities|strong="H7151" to|strong="H5704" collapse|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" dust|strong="H6083"/dirt|strong="H6083". 
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Show|strong="H7200" them|strong="H3027" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3027" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H3966" eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
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If|strong="H7068" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6862" would|strong="H3068" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H5971", they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" ashamed|strong="H0954"; 
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allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" them|strong="H3027" up|strong="H7311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6862". 
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everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6466" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4639" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6466". 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068", our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", others|strong="H0312" have|strong="H3068" ruled|strong="H1166" over|strong="H3068" us|strong="H2142", 
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but|strong="H2108" you|strong="H2142" [MTY] are|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" only|strong="H2108" one|strong="H8034" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H2108" honor|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{14}Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" us|strong="H2421" are|strong="H1077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*} gone|strong="H1980"; they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H1077" dead|strong="H4191"; 
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their|strong="H3605" spirits|strong="H7496" have|strong="H3605" left|strong="H6965" this|strong="H3651" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4191" not|strong="H1077" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
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You|strong="H3605" punished|strong="H6485" those|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H6485" and|strong="H6965" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H8045", 
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and|strong="H6965" people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H1077" even|strong="H3651" remember|strong="H6485" them|strong="H8045" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" our|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" great|strong="H3513"; 
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we|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1471" more|strong="H3254" in|strong="H3068" number|strong="H4557"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3254" land|strong="H0776", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3605"\+w*} thank|strong="H3034"/praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068", when|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H6485" distressed|strong="H6887", we|strong="H0587" asked|strong="H7592" you|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}; 
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when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6485" disciplined|strong="H3256"/punished|strong="H6485" us|strong="H5414", we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H6485" able|strong="H3201" only|strong="H0389" to|strong="H3068" whisper|strong="H3908" when|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6485". 
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\verseNumber{17}Like|strong="H3644" pregnant|strong="H2030" women|strong="H2030" writhe|strong="H2342" and|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" 
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when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3068" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205", 
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we|strong="H0587" suffered|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3651" much|strong="H7227", too|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{18}We|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3205" severe|strong="H3515" pain|strong="H2342", 
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but|strong="H3205" nothing|strong="H1077" good|strong="H2896" resulted|strong="H1961" [MET|strong="H6298"] from|strong="H7307" it|strong="H6213". 
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We|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3205" not|strong="H6213" rescued|strong="H5337" our|strong="H5307" people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w conquered|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w our|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3205" not|strong="H6213" given|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H6213" children|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w* \+w correctly|strong="H3651"\+w*} (OR|strong="H1077", not|strong="H6213" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6213" armies|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s|strong="H0430" punishment|strong="H5771" for|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God’s|strong="H0430" punishment|strong="H5771" for|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191" will|strong="H5307" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H6965"\+w*}, 
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their|strong="H3588" corpses|strong="H5038" will|strong="H5307" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421"! 
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Those|strong="H3588" whose|strong="H0834" bodies|strong="H5038" lie|strong="H5307" in|strong="H7931" graves|strong="H6913" will|strong="H5307" rise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442"! 
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His|strong="H6965" light|strong="H0216" will|strong="H5307" be|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H4191"\+w*} dew|strong="H2919" that|strong="H3588" falls|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" his|strong="H6965" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191", 
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who|strong="H3588" are|strong="H7496" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3588"\+w*} in|strong="H7931" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H7931" where|strong="H7931" the|strong="H3588" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H7496", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w again|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H5971" now|strong="H3212", my|strong="H5674" people|strong="H5971"/fellow-citizens, go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212" 
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and|strong="H3212" lock|strong="H6734" your|strong="H5674" doors|strong="H1817"! 
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Hide|strong="H2247" for|strong="H5704" a|strong="H5674" short|strong="H7138" time|strong="H5704", 
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until|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H5971" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" angry|strong="H5674". 
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\verseNumber{21}Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3318" this|strong="H3588": Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" heaven|strong="H8064" 
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to|strong="H3318" punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6485"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6485". 
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People|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H2009" [PRS] the|strong="H5921" ◄blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921"/the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427"► who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H6485" murdered|strong="H2026"; 
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their|strong="H3068" murderers|strong="H2026" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" hide|strong="H3680". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s future blessings on Israel }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God’s future blessings on Israel }
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\chapterNumber{27}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" Leviathan|strong="H3882", 
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the|strong="H5921" swift-moving monster|strong="H8577"/dragon|strong="H8577", 
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that|strong="H3117" coiling serpent|strong="H5175" that|strong="H3117" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" it|strong="H1931" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" sharp|strong="H2299", huge|strong="H1995", and|strong="H3068" powerful|strong="H2389" sword|strong="H2719". 
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\verseNumber{2}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*}, 
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“You|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3117"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3117" fruitful|strong="H6509" vineyard|strong="H3754", must|strong="H4191" sing|strong="H6030"! 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w protect|strong="H5341"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*} 
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I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" guard|strong="H5341" you|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" no|strong="H6435" one|strong="H3068" harms you|strong="H5921". 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4310" attack|strong="H4421" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w battles|strong="H4421"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4310" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H2534" them|strong="H5414" completely|strong="H3162", 
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\verseNumber{5}unless|strong="H3588" they|strong="H6213" request|strong="H1246" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H6213"; 
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I|strong="H7965" strongly|strong="H2388" invite|strong="H7121" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" peace|strong="H7965" with|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213" [DOU]!” 
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\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" time|strong="H6440" when|strong="H4390" the|strong="H6440" ◄descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6440" Jacob|strong="H3290"/Israeli people|strong="H5971"► will|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prosper|strong="H6743"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3478"\+w*} a|strong="H3478" plant|strong="H5193" that|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3478" good|strong="H6440" roots|strong="H8328"; 
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they|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" like|strong="H3478" [MET|strong="H6298"] trees|strong="H6692" that|strong="H3478" bud|strong="H6524" and|strong="H3478" blossom|strong="H6524" and|strong="H3478" bear|strong="H5375" a|strong="H3478" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H6440" fruit|strong="H8570"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w bless|strong="H1288"\+w*} all|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" world|strong="H8398". 
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like|strong="H2026" he|strong="H5221" punished|strong="H6485" our|strong="H2026" enemies|strong="H0341"? 
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Has|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5221" punished|strong="H6485" us|strong="H5414" as|strong="H5221" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="H5221" he|strong="H5221" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5221"? 
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we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7971" our|strong="H7971" land|strong="H0776" 
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as|strong="H3117" though|strong="H3588" [SIM] we|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" struck|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3117" a|strong="H7971" windstorm|strong="H8178" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3117" east|strong="H6921". 
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\verseNumber{9}Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5493" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H6965" punish|strong="H6485" us|strong="H7760" for|strong="H4196" our|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403", 
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and|strong="H6965" remove|strong="H5493" our|strong="H3605" guilt|strong="H5771". 
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and|strong="H6965" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" forgiven|strong="H3722" for|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5771" committed|strong="H6213". 
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There|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3651" poles|strong="H0905" for|strong="H4196" worshiping|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3605" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842", or|strong="H3808" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" burning|strong="H2740" incense|strong="H2553" to|strong="H6965" other|strong="H2088" gods|strong="H0430"; 
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they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" torn|strong="H7167" down|strong="H7760". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3588" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7462" strong|strong="H1219" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H7971" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" empty|strong="H3615"; 
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like|strong="H4057" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" have|strong="H7462" no|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3588" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5892" them|strong="H7971". 
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The|strong="H3588" houses|strong="H1004" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" abandoned|strong="H5800", 
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and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" streets|strong="H2351" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5892" full|strong="H5800" of|strong="H5892" weeds|strong="H5488". 
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Calves|strong="H5695" will|strong="H5892" eat|strong="H7462" grass|strong="H2682" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H7971" lie|strong="H7257" down|strong="H7257" there|strong="H8033"; 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" chew|strong="H5927" up|strong="H7462" all|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" leaves|strong="H5800" on|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" trees|strong="H6086". 
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Our|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H7355" any|strong="H6213" sense|strong="H3820"; 
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so|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H1931" created|strong="H3335" them|strong="H5921", will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" 
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or|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Warnings to Israel }

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It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H7218" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H2022" above|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" fertile|strong="H8081" valley|strong="H1516"; 
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the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1945" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1945", who|strong="H1945" get|strong="H3947" drunk|strong="H7910" by|strong="H5921" drinking|strong="H8354" too|strong="H5921" much|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196", are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" proud|strong="H1348"; 
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it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H7218" a|strong="H5921" beautiful|strong="H8597" and|strong="H7218" glorious|strong="H8597" city|strong="H5892", 
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but|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H8081" beauty|strong="H8597" will|strong="H5850" disappear|strong="H0622" like|strong="H5921" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H5921" flower|strong="H6731" that|strong="H8081" wilts and|strong="H7218" dries|strong="H3001" up|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{2}Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3027" this|strong="H3027": Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3027" cause|strong="H2600" a|strong="H3027" great|strong="H2389" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3027" attack|strong="H5221" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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like|strong="H1961" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" flower|strong="H6733" that|strong="H7200" wilts and|strong="H7218" dries|strong="H3001" up|strong="H1104". 
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The|strong="H4480" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" prophets|strong="H5030" also|strong="H1571" stagger|strong="H8582" 
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because|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" drinking|strong="H8354" a|strong="H4480" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4480" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" alcoholic drinks|strong="H8354". 
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They|strong="H1571" are|strong="H5030" not|strong="H1571" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4480" think|strong="H2803" right|strong="H1571"; 
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they|strong="H1571" see|strong="H7200" visions|strong="H7203" but|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1571" cannot|strong="H4480" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1571" mean|strong="H2823"; 
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they|strong="H1571" are|strong="H5030" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4480" decide|strong="H3198" things|strong="H1697" correctly|strong="H3651". 
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\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" tables|strong="H7979" are|strong="H7979" covered|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w*} vomit|strong="H6892"; 
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filth|strong="H6675" is|strong="H3605" everywhere|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H1992" ridicule|strong="H4912" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" does|strong="H1580" he|strong="H3384" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3384" is|strong="H4310" teaching|strong="H3384"? 
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who|strong="H4310" have|strong="H1961" recently|strong="H3117" been|strong="H1961" weaned|strong="H1580"? 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5971" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" force|strong="H5971" them|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Assyrians|strong="H0804"\+w*} 
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But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H8085" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H4616" Yahweh|strong="H3068" continues|strong="H4058" to|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111", 
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they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" wounded|strong="H2491" and|strong="H3068" snared|strong="H3369" and|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3920". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Warnings|strong="H5715" to|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" }

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listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068": 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Warnings for Jerusalem }

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he|strong="H3068" cannot|strong="H3045" [RHQ] know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" we|strong="H7200" are|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H4639"!’ 
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and|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" more|strong="H3588" arrogant|strong="H2086" people|strong="H5971". 
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And|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" will|strong="H6184" be|strong="H3588" executed|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{21}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H6662" testify|strong="H6030" falsely|strong="H8267" in|strong="H1697" order|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" persuade|strong="H6601" judges|strong="H8199" to|strong="H1697" punish|strong="H3198" innocent|strong="H6662" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H6662" vanish|strong="H3615"/disappear|strong="H0622". 
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no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" show|strong="H7200" on|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" faces|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" are|strong="H3068" ashamed|strong="H0954". 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" blessed|strong="H1288" them|strong="H3027" by|strong="H3027" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3027" many|strong="H7200" children|strong="H3206" and|strong="H3478" doing|strong="H3027" many|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H4639" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" revere|strong="H3372" me|strong="H7200", the|strong="H7200" God|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588", the|strong="H7200" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3027" Jacob|strong="H3290", belong|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" happens|strong="H1961", those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3045" been|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3045" think|strong="H2803" well|strong="H3045" will|strong="H7307" think|strong="H2803" clearly|strong="H3045", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Judah’s worthless treaty with Egypt }

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\chapterNumber{30}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “Terrible|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921", my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
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You|strong="H5921" make|strong="H6213" plans|strong="H6098", but|strong="H3808" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" plan|strong="H6098" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H3808". 
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therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" call|strong="H7121" Egypt|strong="H4714" ‘the|strong="H7121" sea|strong="H3220" monster|strong="H8577"/dragon|strong="H8577" that|strong="H3651" does|strong="H6213" nothing’. 

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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" write|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" scroll|strong="H5612" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697", 
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that|strong="H3117" would|strong="H0014" endure|strong="H1961" forever|strong="H5769". 
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they|strong="H3588" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" he|strong="H1931" tells|strong="H1696"/teaches|strong="H3925" them|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200"/receive|strong="H3947" visions|strong="H2372" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, 
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Tell|strong="H1696" us|strong="H7200" pleasant|strong="H2513" things|strong="H5229"; 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H1696" us|strong="H7200" visions|strong="H2372" about|strong="H1696" things|strong="H5229" that|strong="H7200" are|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571"! 
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\verseNumber{11}Stop|strong="H7673" doing|strong="H1870" what|strong="H1870" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H1870" [DOU]; 
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“You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3478" rejected|strong="H3988" my|strong="H5921" message|strong="H1697", 
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and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" relying on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3478" oppress|strong="H6231" and|strong="H3478" deceive|strong="H5377" others|strong="H0312". 
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what|strong="H2088" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" cracked|strong="H2865" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3651" suddenly|strong="H6597" collapses|strong="H7503" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" smashed|strong="H7665" like|strong="H3808" a|strong="H4672" clay|strong="H2789" jar|strong="H2789" is|strong="H4325" smashed|strong="H7665" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w dropped|strong="H5197"\+w*}, 
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to|strong="H4325" carry|strong="H5375" some|strong="H4480" coals|strong="H1513" from|strong="H4325" a|strong="H4672" stove|strong="H3600" 
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or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4325" carry|strong="H5375" a|strong="H4672" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4325" a|strong="H4672" well|strong="H3190".” 
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you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H1369" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" quit|strong="H1961" worrying|strong="H4480" and|strong="H3478" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3467". 
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But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}You|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651", ‘No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H5127" on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}!’ 
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You|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651", ‘We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w escape|strong="H5127"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*} by|strong="H5921" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" swift|strong="H7031" horses|strong="H5483"!’ 
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with|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" signal|strong="H5251" flag|strong="H8650" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" pole|strong="H5251".” 
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he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" patiently|strong="H6960" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3605". 

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\BibleSectionHeading{A warning about relying on Egypt }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A warning about relying on Egypt }
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\BibleSectionHeading{What will happen when the great king comes }

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\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H6965" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" women|strong="H0802" of|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }

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Your|strong="H3605" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H7971" cattle|strong="H7794" will|strong="H4325" easily|strong="H4592" find|strong="H4672" grass|strong="H2682" to|strong="H7971" eat|strong="H0398". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Warnings to Assyria and promises to God’s people }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Warnings to Assyria and promises to God’s people }
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\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3045" who|strong="H7350" live|strong="H7138" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350" and|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3045" who|strong="H7350" live|strong="H7138" nearby|strong="H7138", 
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it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H4310" like|strong="H3644" the|strong="H6726" fire|strong="H4168" on|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" burn|strong="H8313" forever|strong="H5769"!” 
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those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H1980" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H8085" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1696" get|strong="H1980" bribes|strong="H7810", 
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those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H1980" do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H8085" join|strong="H1980" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H1980" urge|strong="H6293" them|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H5869" what|strong="H7451" is|strong="H7451" wrong|strong="H7451", 
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\verseNumber{16}they|strong="H1931" are|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5414" live|strong="H7931" safely|strong="H0983" [MTY]; 
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They|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H4325" food|strong="H3899" 
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and|strong="H3899" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3820" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3820", you|strong="H3820" will|strong="H3820" think|strong="H3820" about|strong="H5608" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3820" were|strong="H3820" previously|strong="H8543" terrified|strong="H0926", 
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Those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" counted|strong="H5608" our|strong="H3068" towers|strong="H4026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w gone|strong="H1980"\+w*} [RHQ]! 
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you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5869" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" has|strong="H5869" become|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4150" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3605" calm|strong="H8367" and|strong="H5869" safe|strong="H7965". 
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It|strong="H7200" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H5331" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w secure|strong="H0982"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H5869" its|strong="H3605" stakes|strong="H3489" are|strong="H5869" firmly|strong="H2388" in|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H5116". 
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\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" our|strong="H3068" mighty|strong="H1368" God|strong="H3068"; 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" row|strong="H2905" across|strong="H5674" it|strong="H3588" 
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and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" ships|strong="H6716" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" sail|strong="H5251" across|strong="H5674" it|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" judge|strong="H8199"; 
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he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" gives|strong="H5414" us|strong="H3588" laws|strong="H8451", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
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He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H2388" ropes|strong="H2256" on|strong="H2388" our|strong="H6566" enemies’|strong="H0341" boats|strong="H0591" will|strong="H6455" hang|strong="H8518" loose|strong="H7971", 
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their|strong="H2388" masts|strong="H8650" will|strong="H6455" not|strong="H1077" be|strong="H2256" fastened|strong="H2388" firmly|strong="H2388", 
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and|strong="H2388" their|strong="H2388" sails will|strong="H6455" not|strong="H1077" be|strong="H2256" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H2388". 
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The|strong="H2388" treasures|strong="H0214" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1077" have|strong="H5203" seized|strong="H2388" will|strong="H6455" be|strong="H2256" divided|strong="H2505" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w among|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*, \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5375" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H5971" no|strong="H1077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H5750"\+w*} say|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H5971" sick|strong="H2470",” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} will|strong="H5971" forgive|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H2470" committed|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5375" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God will punish all his enemies }

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\chapterNumber{34}You|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3816" of|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471", come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" and|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085" 
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and|strong="H8085" pay|strong="H7181" careful|strong="H8104" attention|strong="H7181". 
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I|strong="H8085" want|strong="H4270" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" and|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8085" it|strong="H7126" to|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" say|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471"; 
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he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" ◄furious|strong="H2534"/very|strong="H7110" angry|strong="H2534"► with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635". 
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He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H2763", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" slaughter|strong="H2874" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{3}Their|strong="H7993" corpses|strong="H6297" will|strong="H2022" not|strong="H5927" be|strong="H2022" buried|strong="H6912", 
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and|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*} their|strong="H7993" corpses|strong="H6297" will|strong="H2022" stink|strong="H0887", 
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and|strong="H2022" their|strong="H7993" blood|strong="H1818" will|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fill|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w streams|strong="H6388"\+w* \+w that|strong="H2022"\+w*} flow|strong="H1980" down|strong="H7993" the|strong="H5927" mountains|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" will|strong="H8064" disappear|strong="H0622" like|strong="H8064" [SIM] a|strong="H1556" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" rolled|strong="H1556" up|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w thrown|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w away|strong="H4743"\+w*}. 
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Stars|strong="H3556" will|strong="H8064" fall|strong="H5307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w*} 
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like|strong="H8064" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w withered|strong="H3001"\+w*} leaves|strong="H5929" fall|strong="H5307" from|strong="H8064" grapevines, 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w or|strong="H1612"\+w*} like|strong="H8064" [SIM] shriveled|strong="H3001" figs|strong="H8384" fall|strong="H5307" from|strong="H8064" fig|strong="H8384" trees|strong="H8384". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3588" finished|strong="H3615" his|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H5971" destroying|strong="H7843" objects|strong="H3627" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064", 
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he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" punish|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112", 
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that|strong="H3588" people-group that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H8064" destroyed|strong="H2764"/exterminated|strong="H3615". 
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the|strong="H3588" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3068" lambs|strong="H3733" and|strong="H3068" goats|strong="H6260" 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" kidneys|strong="H3629" of|strong="H3068" rams|strong="H3733" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H2076". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w many|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1818"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" Edom|strong="H0112". 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Even|strong="H1571"\+w*} wild|strong="H7214" oxen|strong="H6499" will|strong="H6083" be|strong="H1818" killed|strong="H2026", 
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as|strong="H5973" well|strong="H5973" as|strong="H5973" young|strong="H6499" calves|strong="H6499" and|strong="H6499" big|strong="H0931" bulls|strong="H6499". 
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The|strong="H5973" ground|strong="H6083" will|strong="H6083" be|strong="H1818" soaked|strong="H7301" with|strong="H5973" blood|strong="H1818", 
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and|strong="H6499" the|strong="H5973" dirt|strong="H6083" will|strong="H6083" be|strong="H1818" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1818" those|strong="H2459" animals|strong="H0929". 
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\verseNumber{8}That|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gets|strong="H8610" revenge|strong="H5359" 
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for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" did|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H1961" streams|strong="H5158" in|strong="H1961" Edom|strong="H0112" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H5158" burning|strong="H1197" pitch|strong="H2203"/tar|strong="H2564", 
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and|strong="H6083" the|strong="H1961" ground|strong="H6083" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H1197" burning|strong="H1197" sulfur|strong="H1614". 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" finish|strong="H3615" punishing|strong="H7725" Edom|strong="H0112" with|strong="H5927" fire|strong="H0784"; 
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the|strong="H5674" smoke|strong="H6227" will|strong="H3808" rise|strong="H5927" forever|strong="H5769". 
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No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" ever|strong="H5769" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" land|strong="H0776", 
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and|strong="H5769" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w*} travel|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" it|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{11}Ravens|strong="H6158" and|strong="H8414" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H5921" owls|strong="H3244" and|strong="H8414" small|strong="H6996" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H7090" live|strong="H7931" there|strong="H8033". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H7090" measure|strong="H4058" that|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" carefully|strong="H6213": 
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He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H7090" measure|strong="H4058" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H3198"\+w* \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H2600" chaos|strong="H8414" and|strong="H8414" destruction|strong="H7667". 
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\verseNumber{12}There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269"; 
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the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" authority|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4910". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5927" deserted|strong="H5307" palaces|strong="H0759" and|strong="H5927" fortified|strong="H4013" buildings|strong="H1004" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H1323" thorns|strong="H2336" and|strong="H5927" thistles|strong="H2336". 
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The|strong="H5927" ruins|strong="H2723" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" for|strong="H1961" jackals|strong="H8577"/wolves|strong="H2061" and|strong="H5927" owls|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5927" live|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{14}Animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H7121" live|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H6728" and|strong="H8033" hyenas|strong="H0338"/wolves|strong="H2061" will|strong="H7453" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033", 
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and|strong="H8033" wild|strong="H7704" goats|strong="H8163" will|strong="H7453" bleat/call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453". 
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There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H7453" also|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1961" creatures|strong="H2416"/animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w roam|strong="H5128"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5921"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3917". 
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\verseNumber{15}Owls|strong="H7091" will|strong="H8033" make|strong="H1234" their|strong="H8033" nests|strong="H7077" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H8033" lay|strong="H4422" their|strong="H8033" eggs|strong="H1716" in|strong="H8033" the|strong="H8033" nests|strong="H7077"; 
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and|strong="H8033" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8033" eggs|strong="H1716" hatch|strong="H1234", the|strong="H8033" mother|strong="H0517" birds|strong="H5775" will|strong="H8033" cover|strong="H3680" them|strong="H6908" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w their|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w wings|strong="H3671"\+w*}. 
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There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H8033" also|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1961" falcons/hawks|strong="H1772" there|strong="H8033", 
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each|strong="H0376" with|strong="H8033" its|strong="H7077" mate|strong="H7468". 
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\verseNumber{16}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" read|strong="H7121" what|strong="H6310" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3588" contains|strong="H4393" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6310" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*}. 
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All|strong="H6908" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" birds|strong="H5775" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3068" each|strong="H0376" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" mate|strong="H7468", 
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because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068", 
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and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7121" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6908"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" gather|strong="H6908" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3027" decided|strong="H3289" what|strong="H4100" parts|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H1486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*} each|strong="H0376" will|strong="H3027" live|strong="H7931" in|strong="H7931", 
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and|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" the|strong="H5704" places|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" each|strong="H0376" bird|strong="H6833" or|strong="H5704" animal|strong="H0929" will|strong="H3027" live|strong="H7931". 
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Their|strong="H1992" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3027" possess|strong="H3423" those|strong="H1992" areas|strong="H0776" forever|strong="H5769", 
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throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" generations|strong="H1755". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The promise of restoration }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The promise of restoration }
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\chapterNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*, \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6160"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H6160"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H4057" desert|strong="H6160" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} dry|strong="H6723" areas|strong="H0776" are|strong="H3117" glad|strong="H1523" [DOU]; 
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the|strong="H4057" desert|strong="H6160" will|strong="H6160" rejoice|strong="H1523" and|strong="H4057" flowers|strong="H6525" will|strong="H6160" blossom|strong="H6524". 
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Like|strong="H4057" crocuses/daffodils, 
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\verseNumber{2}the|strong="H7200" desert|strong="H6160" will|strong="H3068" produce|strong="H5414" flowers|strong="H6525" abundantly|strong="H6524"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" rejoicing|strong="H1525" and|strong="H3068" singing|strong="H7442"! 
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The|strong="H7200" deserts|strong="H6160" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7200" as|strong="H3068" beautiful|strong="H1926" as|strong="H3068" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Lebanon|strong="H3844", 
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as|strong="H3068" fertile|strong="H3759" [SIM] as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" plains|strong="H6160" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" Sharon|strong="H8289" and|strong="H3068" Carmel|strong="H3760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w areas|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H1992"\+w*} people|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; 
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they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" magnificent|strong="H0117". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3027"\+w*}, encourage|strong="H2388" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3027" tired|strong="H3021" and|strong="H3027" weak|strong="H7504". 
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\verseNumber{4}Say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3820" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3820" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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“Be|strong="H3820" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H2388" do|strong="H4116" not|strong="H3372" be|strong="H3820" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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because|strong="H3372" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H1931" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3820" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3820" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w his|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}; 
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he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3820" ◄pay|strong="H1576" them|strong="H2388" back|strong="H7725"/punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H2388"► for|strong="H1931" what|strong="H3372" they|strong="H1931" have|strong="H3372" done|strong="H6213", 
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and|strong="H2388" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3820" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3372".” 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5869", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w*} blind|strong="H5787" people|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5869" see|strong="H5869" 
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and|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w*} deaf|strong="H2795" people|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5869" hear|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{6}Lame|strong="H6455" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H4325" leap|strong="H1801" like|strong="H4057" deer|strong="H0354", 
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and|strong="H4325" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4057" been|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4325" speak|strong="H1696" will|strong="H4325" sing|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442". 
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Water|strong="H4325" will|strong="H4325" gush|strong="H6079" out|strong="H1234" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6160"\+w* \+w springs|strong="H4599"\+w*} in|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H6160"; 
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streams|strong="H5158" will|strong="H4325" flow|strong="H1980" in|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H6160". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" dry|strong="H3004" ground|strong="H6774" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" pool|strong="H4325" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325", 
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and|strong="H4325" springs|strong="H4002" will|strong="H1961" provide|strong="H6213" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H4325" the|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H3004" land|strong="H6774". 
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Grass|strong="H2682" and|strong="H4325" reeds|strong="H7070" and|strong="H4325" papyrus|strong="H1573" will|strong="H1961" grow|strong="H1573" in|strong="H1961" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H1961" jackals|strong="H8577"/wolves|strong="H2061" lived|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8543". 
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\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" highway|strong="H1870" through|strong="H5674" that|strong="H1931" land|strong="H0776"; 
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it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121" ‘the|strong="H7121" Holy|strong="H6944" Highway’. 
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People|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="H1980" God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" that|strong="H1931" road|strong="H1870"; 
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it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" for|strong="H7121" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H1961" lives|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" God|strong="H3808" wants|strong="H2656" them|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1980"; 
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foolish|strong="H3684" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" lost|strong="H0006" while|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" that|strong="H1931" road|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{9}There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" any|strong="H1961" lions|strong="H3715" there|strong="H8033" 
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or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" dangerous|strong="H6348" animals|strong="H2416" along|strong="H1980" that|strong="H2416" road|strong="H1980". 
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Only|strong="H0389" those|strong="H1980" who|strong="H4672" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" freed|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" it|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{10}Those|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" freed|strong="H8199" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7440" as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892"; 
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they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H8057" joyful|strong="H7440" [MET|strong="H6298", PRS] forever|strong="H5769". 
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No|strong="H7218" longer|strong="H5769" will|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sad|strong="H7451" or|strong="H7218" mourn|strong="H5921"; 
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they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w*} joyful|strong="H7440" [DOU]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The army of Assyria invaded Judah }

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\chapterNumber{36}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 14 years|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w conquer|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H1961"\+w*} they|strong="H5921" conquered|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" Sennacherib’s|strong="H1696" important|strong="H1419" officials|strong="H8269" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H2088" to|strong="H4428" take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396": 
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This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3541" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", the|strong="H3541" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", says|strong="H3541": “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H4100"? 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" suggest that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" deal|strong="H6148" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414"/boss, the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" 2,000 horses|strong="H5483", but|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3201" find|strong="H3201" 2,000 of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" can|strong="H3201" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414"! 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1696" Eliakim|strong="H0471", Shebna|strong="H7644", and|strong="H5971" Joah|strong="H3098" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5921" Assyria|strong="H0804", “Please|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5921"\+w*} Aramaic|strong="H0762" language|strong="H3066", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" understand|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921". Do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H3588" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H5921"\+w*} Hebrew|strong="H5680" language|strong="H3066", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" will|strong="H5971" understand|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w frightened|strong="H3372"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" replied|strong="H1696", “Do|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H1697" my|strong="H5921" master|strong="H3427" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" things|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" [RHQ]? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w reject|strong="H3988"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H1697" soon|strong="H3512" need|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5973" dung|strong="H2716" and|strong="H7971" drink|strong="H8354" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5973" urine|strong="H7890", just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H5973" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H1697", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H5975" the|strong="H8085" official|strong="H8269" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" and|strong="H4428" shouted|strong="H7121" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" Hebrew|strong="H5680" language|strong="H3066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w sitting|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}. He|strong="H7121" said|strong="H1697", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804"! 
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\verseNumber{16}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" what|strong="H6213" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" says|strong="H3541"! This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H4428" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*} says|strong="H3541": ‘ome out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4428" surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w arrange|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w*} each|strong="H3541" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H8085" juice|strong="H6071" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" grapevines and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H0398" figs|strong="H8384" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" trees|strong="H8384", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" well|strong="H3190". 
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\verseNumber{18}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" allow|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" to|strong="H3068" mislead|strong="H5496" you|strong="H6435" by|strong="H3027" saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" us|strong="H6435".” The|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H4428" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471" worship|strong="H7812" have|strong="H3068" never|strong="H6435" [RHQ] rescued|strong="H5337" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804"! 
\verseNumber{19}Why|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H3027" Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H3027" Arpad|strong="H0774" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H3027" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3027" rescue|strong="H5337" Samaria|strong="H8111" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5337" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]? 
\verseNumber{20}No|strong="H3605", no|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3068" [RHQ] of|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5337". So|strong="H3588" why|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]?’” 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w*} were|strong="H1697" silent|strong="H2790". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1697" anything|strong="H1697", because|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H4687", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w official|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w* talks \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H1931".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1121" Eliakim|strong="H0471" and|strong="H1121" Shebna|strong="H7644" and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899" torn|strong="H7167" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w extremely|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H5921" Assyria|strong="H0804" had|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hezekiah asked Isaiah for advice }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Hezekiah asked Isaiah for advice }
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\chapterNumber{37}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3068" reported|strong="H8085", he|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" rough|strong="H8181" sackcloth|strong="H8242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1004" sent|strong="H7971" Eliakim|strong="H0471", Shebna|strong="H7644", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" ◄older|strong="H2205"/most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704"► priests|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" wearing|strong="H2296" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H3680" of|strong="H1121" rough|strong="H8181" sackcloth|strong="H8242", to|strong="H7971" talk|strong="H5608" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5704", “Tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H5704" Isaiah|strong="H3470": ‘King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887". Other|strong="H2088" nations|strong="H1471" are|strong="H3117" causing|strong="H7462" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1121" insulted|strong="H3637" and|strong="H1121" disgraced|strong="H0954". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" like|strong="H3541" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H3205" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" about|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3588" baby|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" does|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" have|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" strength|strong="H3581" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" needs|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H2088" it|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H8085"\+w*} perhaps|strong="H5375" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H8085" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H8085" Assyria|strong="H0804" said|strong="H1697". Perhaps|strong="H5375" he|strong="H3068" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H8085" his|strong="H5375" boss, the|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" insult|strong="H2778" the|strong="H8085" all-powerful God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H3198" the|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" for|strong="H1157" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" requests|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7971" pray|strong="H8605" for|strong="H1157" the|strong="H8085" few|strong="H4592" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1697" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}.’” 
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\verseNumber{5}After|strong="H0310" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H5650" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5650" that|strong="H4428" message|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3541" replied|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H8085" the|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": “Those|strong="H8085" messengers|strong="H4397" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6440". But|strong="H8085" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" be|strong="H1697" disturbed|strong="H1993" by|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{7}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" this|strong="H5414": I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H5414" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" to|strong="H7725" hear|strong="H8085" a|strong="H5414" rumor|strong="H8052" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w are|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" that|strong="H8085" will|strong="H2719" worry|strong="H2347" him|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H2719" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H7725" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H5414" assassinated|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719".” ’ ” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H5265" Assyria|strong="H0804" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H3920" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4428" attacking|strong="H5221" Libnah|strong="H3841", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" left|strong="H4672" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H5265" to|strong="H7725" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}Soon|strong="H3512" after|strong="H5921" that|strong="H8085", King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\+w*} received|strong="H8085" a|strong="H7971" report|strong="H8088" that|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" Tirhakah|strong="H8640" of|strong="H4428" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" was|strong="H4428" leading|strong="H7218" his|strong="H7971" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H3898" them|strong="H5921". So|strong="H7971" before|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" left|strong="H3318" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\+w*}, he|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3318" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7971" letter|strong="H5612". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w this|strong="H8085"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" Hezekiah|strong="H2396": 
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\verseNumber{10}“Do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414", on|strong="H3027" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3027" relying, to|strong="H5414" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3027" promising|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" army|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" certainly|strong="H6213" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776"; our|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" have|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H2763" them|strong="H6213" completely|strong="H3605". So|strong="H6213", ◄do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" escape|strong="H5337"?/do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" god|strong="H0430" will|strong="H4428" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3605"!► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{12}Did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7843" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1471" were|strong="H1121" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H7843" by|strong="H5337" the|strong="H7843" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7843"? Did|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1121" gods|strong="H0430" rescue|strong="H5337" Gozan|strong="H1470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" Haran|strong="H2771" and|strong="H1121" Rezeph|strong="H7530" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" Eden|strong="H5729" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1121" go|strong="H7843" to|strong="H1121" Tel-Assar \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}? 
\verseNumber{13}What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5892" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5892" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Arpad|strong="H0774"? What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5892" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617", Hena|strong="H2012", and|strong="H4428" Ivvah|strong="H5755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w rescue|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} [RHQ]?” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hezekiah’s|strong="H2396" prayer|strong="H8605" }

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\verseNumber{14}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" letter|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" messengers|strong="H4397" gave|strong="H7121" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" the|strong="H6440" letter|strong="H5612" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H3068"\+w*} Hezekiah|strong="H2396" prayed|strong="H6419" this|strong="H3068": 
\verseNumber{16}“O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H6213"\+w*} Israelis belong|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" seated|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678" above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H3605" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" creatures|strong="H2416" with|strong="H3068" wings|strong="H3671", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w above|strong="H4605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Chest|strong="H0727"\+w*}. Only|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H6213"\+w*} God|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4467" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" on|strong="H3427" this|strong="H6213" earth|strong="H8064". You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" created|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7971"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w please|strong="H8085"\+w*} listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* happening}! And|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" insult|strong="H2778" you|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" all-powerful God|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{38}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" worshiping|strong="H7812" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5221" god|strong="H0430" Nisroch|strong="H5268", his|strong="H5221" two|strong="H1004" sons|strong="H1121", Adrammelech|strong="H0152" and|strong="H1121" Sharezer|strong="H8272", killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1992" swords|strong="H2719". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" escaped|strong="H4422" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" Ararat|strong="H0780" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* northwest \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" of|strong="H1121" Sennacherib’s|strong="H1696" sons|strong="H1121", Esarhaddon|strong="H0634", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" King|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hezekiah’s sickness and his recovery }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Hezekiah’s sickness and his recovery }
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\chapterNumber{38}About|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117", Hezekiah|strong="H2396" became|strong="H2470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H1992"\+w*} ill|strong="H2470" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H4191" dying|strong="H4191". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3541"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H6680". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680" this|strong="H3541" message|strong="H3068": “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" after|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H1121" this|strong="H3541" illness|strong="H2483". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" die’ ” 
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\verseNumber{2}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" turned|strong="H5437" his|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H7023", and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" this|strong="H6440": 
\verseNumber{3}“Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" served|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" very|strong="H1419" faithfully|strong="H0571", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6440"!” Then|strong="H1980" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} cry|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="H1419". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w left|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H1961"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{5}“Go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w back|strong="H1980"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H1980" tell|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3117", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1980" whom|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" ancestor King|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" belonged|strong="H1961", say|strong="H3254": ‘I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H5921" prayed|strong="H6419", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" crying|strong="H1058". So|strong="H1980" listen|strong="H8085": I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1980" live|strong="H3117" 15 years|strong="H8141" more|strong="H3254". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4428", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3709" [MTY] of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" defend|strong="H1598" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H3068" just|strong="H1697" now|strong="H2088" promised|strong="H1696". I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6213" shadow|strong="H6738" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" sun|strong="H8121" to|strong="H1696" move|strong="H5472" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609" backward|strong="H0268" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" sundial that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" built|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271".’” 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" shadow|strong="H6738" of|strong="H6738" the|strong="H7725" sun|strong="H8121" on|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7725" sundial moved|strong="H4131" backward|strong="H0268" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H2421" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H4428" almost|strong="H4592" well|strong="H3190" again|strong="H7725", he|strong="H2483" wrote|strong="H3789" this|strong="H4428": 
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\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3117" thought|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" myself|strong="H0589", “Is|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3117" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H3117" me|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" die|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3117" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3117" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3117" 
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during|strong="H3117" this|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H6485" life|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H6485" still|strong="H5750" strong|strong="H2388"? 
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Is|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" rob|strong="H1497" me|strong="H3212" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" remaining|strong="H3499" years|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3117"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H7200" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H5750"\+w*} 
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in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H7200" world|strong="H2309" where|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3427" are|strong="H5973" alive|strong="H2416". 
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I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" friends|strong="H7453" again|strong="H5750", 
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or|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*} are|strong="H5973" alive|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H7200" world|strong="H2309". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w*} my|strong="H4480" life|strong="H2416" has|strong="H3117" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" 
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like|strong="H5704" [SIM] a|strong="H4480" tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w pegs|strong="H3489"\+w*} have|strong="H3117" been|strong="H1961" pulled|strong="H5265" up|strong="H5704" by|strong="H3117" a|strong="H4480" shepherd|strong="H7473" and|strong="H3117" taken|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540". 
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My|strong="H4480" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H2416" has|strong="H3117" been|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H1214" short|strong="H7138", 
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like|strong="H5704" a|strong="H4480" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3117" cloth|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3117" a|strong="H4480" weaver|strong="H7551" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cuts|strong="H1214"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w*} rolls|strong="H1556" up|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w weaving|strong="H0707"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w cloth|strong="H0899"\+w*}.” 
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Suddenly|strong="H6597", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w seemed|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w*} my|strong="H4480" life|strong="H2416" was|strong="H3117" ending|strong="H3615". 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3117" waited|strong="H3176" patiently|strong="H6960" all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", 
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but|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w pain|strong="H4341"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" being|strong="H1961" torn|strong="H7665" apart|strong="H0914" by|strong="H3117" lions|strong="H3715". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3651"\+w* delirious, \+w and|strong="H5869"\+w*} I|strong="H3651" chirped|strong="H6850" like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3651" swift|strong="H5483" or|strong="H5483" a|strong="H3651" swallow|strong="H5693", 
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and|strong="H5869" moaned like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3651" dove|strong="H3123". 
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My|strong="H3651" eyes|strong="H5869" became|strong="H6148" tired|strong="H3021" looking|strong="H2370" up|strong="H1809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H4791"\+w*} for|strong="H5869" help|strong="H6148". 
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I|strong="H3651" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318", Lord|strong="H3068", help|strong="H6148" me|strong="H5869", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3651"\+w*} I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H1961" distressed|strong="H6887"!’ 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H1696" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1931" really|strong="H2088" nothing|strong="H3605" [RHQ] that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5921" could|strong="H4100" say|strong="H1696" and|strong="H6213" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" reply|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5315", 
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because|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H6213" illness|strong="H2483". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w now|strong="H1696"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5315" live|strong="H8141" humbly|strong="H6800" during|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w remaining|strong="H8300"\+w*} years|strong="H8141" 
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because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" anguished|strong="H6862". 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" sufferings|strong="H4341" (OR|strong="H2416", the|strong="H3605" promises|strong="H1697") that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" give|strong="H2421" are|strong="H3117" good|strong="H2896", 
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And|strong="H2421" you|strong="H3605" restore|strong="H2492"/heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="H5921" 
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and|strong="H2421" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H2421"! 
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\verseNumber{17}Truly|strong="H3588", my|strong="H3605" suffering|strong="H6040" was|strong="H5315" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5315"; 
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you|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H2836" me|strong="H5315", 
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and|strong="H7965" as|strong="H5315" a|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7965" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" dying|strong="H0006" 
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and|strong="H7965" have|strong="H7965" also|strong="H5315" forgiven|strong="H5545" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2399". 
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\verseNumber{18}Dead|strong="H4194" people|strong="H3808" [MTY] cannot|strong="H3808" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H3588"; 
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they|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" sing|strong="H1984" to|strong="H3381" praise|strong="H1984" you|strong="H3588". 
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Those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" descended|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" their|strong="H3588" graves|strong="H6913" 
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cannot|strong="H3808" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3381" faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3034"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3381"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}Only|strong="H0389" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", like|strong="H3644" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961", can|strong="H3045" praise|strong="H3034" you|strong="H3117". 
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Fathers|strong="H0001" tell|strong="H3045" their|strong="H3045" children|strong="H1121" how|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" faithful|strong="H0539", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w remain|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H2416"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w thing|strong="H2416"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" fully|strong="H5921" heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="H5921", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H5921"\+w*} I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H5921" 
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while|strong="H3117" others|strong="H0312" praise|strong="H1984" him|strong="H5921" playing|strong="H5059" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H5058"; 
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I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" life|strong="H2416", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" Hezekiah’s|strong="H2396" servants|strong="H5650", “Prepare|strong="H3559" an|strong="H5375" ointment|strong="H8081" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{mashed} figs|strong="H8384", and|strong="H2421" spread|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" boil|strong="H7822", and|strong="H2421" then|strong="H5375" he|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8384" recover|strong="H2421".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5375"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\+w* \+w recovered|strong="H2421"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w recover|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004"?” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The messengers from Babylon }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The messengers from Babylon }
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\chapterNumber{39}Soon|strong="H3588" after|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588", Baladan’s son|strong="H1121" Merodach-Baladan|strong="H4757", the|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894", heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" report|strong="H8088" that|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H2470" very|strong="H3966" sick|strong="H2470" but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4428" recovered|strong="H2388". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1931" wrote|strong="H3789" some|strong="H6256" notes and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H8085" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" some|strong="H6256" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H2388" to|strong="H7971" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", along|strong="H3588" with|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" gift|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*}, Hezekiah|strong="H2396" welcomed|strong="H8055" them|strong="H5921" gladly|strong="H8055". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w*} he|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" ◄treasure|strong="H5238" houses|strong="H1004"/places|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" very|strong="H8055" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H1961"►—the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701", the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", the|strong="H3605" spices|strong="H1314", and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3605" nice-smelling \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081". He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1571" took|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" soldiers’ weapons|strong="H3627", and|strong="H3701" he|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" storehouses|strong="H0214". Hezekiah|strong="H2396" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" [LIT|strong="H0215"] that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" or|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1004" [HYP]. 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H4428" I|strong="H4100" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H4428", “Where|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" come|strong="H7350" from|strong="H7350", and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H4100" want|strong="H4270"?” 
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He|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H4100" came|strong="H4428" from|strong="H7350" the|strong="H3470" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894".” 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H1697" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H7200", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004"?” 
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Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" everything|strong="H3605". I|strong="H1697" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200" absolutely|strong="H0657" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" own|strong="H1961"—all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H8085" I|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397": 
\verseNumber{6}'There will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5375" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" stored|strong="H6845" there|strong="H2009" up|strong="H5375" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" present|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" carried|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5704" Babylon|strong="H0894". Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" nothing|strong="H3808" left|strong="H3498". 
\verseNumber{7}Furthermore|strong="H1571", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" sons|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Babylon|strong="H0894". They|strong="H3205" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" castrated in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3205" can|strong="H3947" become|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" palace|strong="H1964" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894".' ” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1961" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696", “That|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896".” He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" thinking|strong="H0559", “Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965", and|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1696" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H1696" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" safe|strong="H7965" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Encouragement for God’s people }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Encouragement for God’s people }
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\chapterNumber{40}Our|strong="H5971" God|strong="H0430" says|strong="H0559", “Encourage|strong="H2388" my|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971"! 
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Encourage|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5414"! 
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\verseNumber{2}Speak|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H3820" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
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tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" suffering|strong="H6040" is|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H4390", 
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and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" forgiven|strong="H5545" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H3820"; 
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I|strong="H3588" [SYN] have|strong="H3068" fully|strong="H4390" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403".” 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H6963" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" shouting|strong="H6963", 
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“Prepare|strong="H6437" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" desert|strong="H6160" a|strong="H7121" way|strong="H1870" for|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7121"\+w*}; 
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make|strong="H3474" a|strong="H7121" smooth|strong="H3474" road|strong="H1870" for|strong="H7121" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" (OR|strong="H3068", Prepare|strong="H6437" yourselves|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" receive|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" comes|strong="H0935", like|strong="H1870" people|strong="H5971" make|strong="H3474" a|strong="H7121" straight|strong="H3474" road|strong="H1870" for|strong="H7121" an|strong="H7121" important|strong="H5704" official|strong="H8269" [MET|strong="H6298"]). 
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\verseNumber{4}Fill|strong="H4390" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" valleys|strong="H1516"; 
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flatten every|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H2022" and|strong="H2022" every|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022". 
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Make|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" uneven ground|strong="H6121" smooth|strong="H3474", 
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and|strong="H2022" make|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" rough|strong="H6121" places|strong="H7406" smooth|strong="H3474". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3162" known|strong="H1540" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H3519"/great|strong="H1419", 
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and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1320" will|strong="H3068" realize|strong="H7200" it|strong="H3588" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" [MTY] it|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Someone|strong="H0376" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" me|strong="H6963", “Shout|strong="H6963"!” 
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I|strong="H4100" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" shout|strong="H6963"?” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w replied|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Shout|strong="H6963"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H1320" are|strong="H4100" like|strong="H3644" [SIM] grass|strong="H2682"; 
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their|strong="H3605" influence|strong="H4294" fades|strong="H5034" as|strong="H3605" quickly|strong="H4116" as|strong="H3605" flowers|strong="H6731" in|strong="H1320" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{7}Grass|strong="H2682" withers|strong="H3001" and|strong="H3068" flowers|strong="H6731" dry|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001" 
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when|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" hot|strong="H2552" wind|strong="H7307" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H6160" to|strong="H3068" blow|strong="H5380" on|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3588". 
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And|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" [MET|strong="H6298"] like|strong="H7307" that|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H6965" grass|strong="H2682" withers|strong="H3001" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" flowers|strong="H6731" dry|strong="H3001" up|strong="H6965", 
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but|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" promises|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1697" last|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389", you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3063" good|strong="H1319" news|strong="H1319" to|strong="H5927" tell|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5927" people|strong="H5971", 
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so|strong="H5927", shout|strong="H6963" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5927" high|strong="H1364" mountain|strong="H2022"! 
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Shout|strong="H6963" it|strong="H5921" loudly|strong="H6963", and|strong="H3063" do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3372" be|strong="H3389" afraid|strong="H3372"! 
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Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" towns|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" Judah|strong="H3063", 
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“Your|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H2009" coming|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2009"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3069" will|strong="H3069" be|strong="H6440" coming|strong="H2009" with|strong="H6440" power|strong="H2220"; 
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he|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3069" rule|strong="H4910" powerfully [MTY]. 
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And|strong="H6440" when|strong="H2009" he|strong="H6440" comes|strong="H6440", he|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3069" bring|strong="H0935" with|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" has|strong="H2009" freed|strong="H8199" [MET|strong="H6298"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H5763" will|strong="H5739" take|strong="H5375" care|strong="H2436" of|strong="H5739" his|strong="H5375" people|strong="H6908" 
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like|strong="H2220" [SIM] a|strong="H5375" shepherd|strong="H7462" takes|strong="H5375" care|strong="H2436" of|strong="H5739" his|strong="H5375" sheep|strong="H6908", 
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and|strong="H5375" carries|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" young|strong="H5763" lambs|strong="H2922" in|strong="H7462" his|strong="H5375" arms|strong="H2220". 
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He|strong="H5763" carries|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" chest|strong="H0727" 
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and|strong="H5375" he|strong="H5763" gently|strong="H0328" leads|strong="H5095" the|strong="H5375" female|strong="H5347" sheep|strong="H6908" 
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that|strong="H7462" are|strong="H5739" nursing|strong="H5763" their|strong="H5375" young|strong="H5763" lambs|strong="H2922". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w no|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w one|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1389"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}! 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4058" oceans|strong="H2342" in|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4058" palm|strong="H8561" of|strong="H2022" his|strong="H3557" hand|strong="H8168"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4058" oceans|strong="H2342" in|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4058" palm|strong="H8561" of|strong="H2022" his|strong="H3557" hand|strong="H8168"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" sky|strong="H8064" with|strong="H8064" his|strong="H3557" fingers|strong="H0676"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" measured|strong="H4058" the|strong="H4058" sky|strong="H8064" with|strong="H8064" his|strong="H3557" fingers|strong="H0676"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" knows|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4310" much|strong="H7227" the|strong="H4058" earth|strong="H6083" weighs|strong="H8505"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" knows|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4310" much|strong="H7227" the|strong="H4058" earth|strong="H6083" weighs|strong="H8505"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" weighed|strong="H8254" the|strong="H4058" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H8064" hills|strong="H1389" on|strong="H2022" scales|strong="H3976"?/No|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" has|strong="H4310" weighed|strong="H8254" the|strong="H4058" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H8064" hills|strong="H1389" on|strong="H2022" scales|strong="H3976"!► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" ◄who|strong="H4310" else|strong="H5750" can|strong="H4310" advise|strong="H3045" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307"?/No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H3068" else|strong="H5750" can|strong="H4310" advise|strong="H3045" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" teach|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" or|strong="H3068" advise|strong="H3045"/tell|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068"?/No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" teach|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" or|strong="H3068" advise|strong="H3045"/tell|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068"!► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{14}◄Has|strong="H4310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" consulted|strong="H3289" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="H1870" get|strong="H3947" advice|strong="H3289"?/Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H4310" certainly|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3045" consulted|strong="H3289" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="H1870" get|strong="H3947" advice|strong="H3289"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Does|strong="H6213" he|strong="H8394" need|strong="H4270" someone|strong="H4310" to|strong="H1870" tell|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" right|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1870" do|strong="H1870" and|strong="H4941" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1870" act|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941"?/He|strong="H8394" certainly|strong="H3045" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3045" need|strong="H4270" someone|strong="H4310" to|strong="H1870" tell|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" right|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1870" do|strong="H1870" and|strong="H4941" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1870" act|strong="H6213" justly|strong="H4941"!► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w considers|strong="H7919"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1471"\+w*} the|strong="H2803" nations|strong="H1471" are|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w* \+w as|strong="H2803"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] one|strong="H0259" drop|strong="H4752" from|strong="H1471" a|strong="H2803" bucket|strong="H1805" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w full|strong="H4392"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H3976" are|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w* \+w as|strong="H2803"\+w*} dust|strong="H7834" on|strong="H5921" scales|strong="H3976". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3651", to|strong="H1819" whom|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H4100" compare|strong="H1819" God|strong="H4310"? 
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\verseNumber{19}Can|strong="H4310" you|strong="H0859" compare|strong="H1819" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3701" an|strong="H2091" idol|strong="H6459" that|strong="H3701" is|strong="H3701" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3701" a|strong="H3701" mold|strong="H4404", 
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and|strong="H3701" decorated|strong="H5927" with|strong="H2091" silver|strong="H3701" chains|strong="H7577"? 
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and|strong="H6086" he|strong="H3808" gives|strong="H4131" it|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1245" a|strong="H3559" craftsman|strong="H2796" 
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to|strong="H1245" carve|strong="H2710" an|strong="H1245" idol|strong="H6459" that|strong="H6086" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" fall|strong="H4131" down|strong="H4131"! 
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\verseNumber{21}Have|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045"(pl) not|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="H5046"? 
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Do|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3045"? 
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Are|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H8085" long|strong="H8085" ago|strong="H7350"— 
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and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H8064"\+w*} below|strong="H8478" seem|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w*} as|strong="H3427" [SIM] grasshoppers|strong="H2284". 
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He|strong="H5921" spreads|strong="H4969" out|strong="H5186" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" curtain|strong="H1852"; 
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it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3427" like|strong="H5921" [SIM] a|strong="H5921" tent|strong="H0168" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H6213" causes|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5414" no|strong="H6213" more|strong="H6213" power|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" rulers|strong="H7336" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5414" worth|strong="H1929" nothing|strong="H8414". 
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\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H1077" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5375" rule|strong="H4910", like|strong="H3001" small|strong="H1571" plants|strong="H5193" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5375" grow|strong="H6779" and|strong="H1571" form|strong="H8389" roots|strong="H8328"; 
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but|strong="H1571" then|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w gets|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5375"\+w*} 
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as|strong="H1571" though|strong="H1571" [MET|strong="H5375"] they|strong="H1077" withered|strong="H3001" when|strong="H5375" he|strong="H1571" blew|strong="H5398" on|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375", 
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like|strong="H3001" [SIM] chaff|strong="H7179" that|strong="H1571" is|strong="H1571" blown|strong="H8628" away|strong="H5375" by|strong="H1571" the|strong="H5375" wind|strong="H7307". 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H4310" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" asks|strong="H7592", 
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“To|strong="H1819" whom|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" you|strong="H4310" compare|strong="H1819" me|strong="H7737"? 
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Is|strong="H4310" anyone|strong="H3605" equal|strong="H7737" to|strong="H1819" me|strong="H7737"?” 
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\verseNumber{26}Look|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5375" toward|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8034": 
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Consider|strong="H7200" who|strong="H4310" [RHQ] created|strong="H1254" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". 
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he|strong="H3605" calls|strong="H7121" each|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" by|strong="H7121" its|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034". 
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Because|strong="H7230" he|strong="H3605" is|strong="H4310" extremely|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H3581" [DOU], 
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all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556" are|strong="H5869" there|strong="H3605" [LIT|strong="H0215"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w calls|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{27}You|strong="H4100" people|strong="H1696" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" [DOU], why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100" complain|strong="H7378" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1696" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w troubles|strong="H6869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w experiencing|strong="H2896"\+w*}? 
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Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" does|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1696" act|strong="H6213" fairly|strong="H4941" toward|strong="H1870" you|strong="H4100"? 
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\verseNumber{28}Have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3045" never|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" 
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and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3045" never|strong="H3808" understood|strong="H3045" 
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that|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" everlasting|strong="H5769" God|strong="H3068"; 
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he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H8085" earth|strong="H0776", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w*} most|strong="H3068" distant|strong="H7350" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" earth|strong="H0776". 
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He|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" becomes|strong="H3045" weak|strong="H3808" or|strong="H3808" weary|strong="H3021", 
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and|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3045" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" much|strong="H7227" he|strong="H3068" understands|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H5414" strengthens|strong="H5797" [DOU] those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" feel|strong="H4184" weak|strong="H2470" and|strong="H3581" tired|strong="H3021". 
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\verseNumber{30}Even|strong="H1571" youths|strong="H5288" become|strong="H3286" faint|strong="H3286" and|strong="H5288" weary|strong="H3021", 
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and|strong="H5288" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" will|strong="H5288" fall|strong="H3782" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H5288" exhausted|strong="H3286". 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3808" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3286" strong|strong="H3581" again|strong="H3212"; 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" run|strong="H7323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H3286" weary|strong="H3021"; 
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they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H0753"\+w* distances} and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" faint|strong="H3286". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh will help Israel }

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\chapterNumber{41}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H1696"\+w*}, “You|strong="H7126" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3816"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1696"\+w*} [APO] islands|strong="H0339" in|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7126" ocean|strong="H5437", 
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be|strong="H3816" silent|strong="H2790" in|strong="H1696" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4941" me|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w questions|strong="H1697"\+w*}! 
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Then|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7126" can|strong="H4310" be|strong="H3816" courageous|strong="H0553" and|strong="H4941" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696". 
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We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3816" meet|strong="H7122" together|strong="H3162" and|strong="H4941" decide|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3816"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w right|strong="H4941"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}Who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" urged|strong="H6484" this|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5414" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H4217"? 
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Who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" enabled|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H5414" righteously|strong="H6664" defeat|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471" 
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and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5414" trample|strong="H7429" their|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" under|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" feet|strong="H7272"? 
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With|strong="H6440" their|strong="H5414" swords|strong="H2719" they|strong="H7272" cut|strong="H7272" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} into|strong="H2719" tiny pieces|strong="H5409" [HYP]; 
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with|strong="H6440" their|strong="H5414" arrows|strong="H7198" they|strong="H7272" cause|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H5414" scatter|strong="H2219" like|strong="H7272" [SIM] the|strong="H6440" wind|strong="H7307" scatters|strong="H6340" chaff|strong="H7179". 
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\verseNumber{3}Even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" march|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H7965" not|strong="H3808" gone|strong="H5674" previously|strong="H3808", 
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they|strong="H3808" pursue|strong="H7291" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} and|strong="H7965" continue|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5674" march|strong="H1980", and|strong="H7965" nothing|strong="H3808" stops|strong="H0331" them|strong="H5674". 
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\verseNumber{4}Who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" rulers|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" [DOU] mighty|strong="H1368" things|strong="H7223" like|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931"? 
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Who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1931" throughout|strong="H1755" all|strong="H1755" generations|strong="H1755"? 
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It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068"; 
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I|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" first|strong="H7223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w like|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" last|strong="H1755" one|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Idols|strong="H1544" are|strong="H3068" useless|strong="H1892" }

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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7200"\+w*} [PRS] islands|strong="H0339" in|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" ocean|strong="H5437" are|strong="H3117" afraid|strong="H3372" while|strong="H7200" they|strong="H7200" watch|strong="H7200". 
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People|strong="H7200" in|strong="H7200" remote|strong="H3411" areas|strong="H0776" tremble|strong="H2729" and|strong="H7200" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H7126". 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H1992" encourage|strong="H2388" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453" and|strong="H2388" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H2388" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453", 
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“Be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388"!' 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H2388" craftsmen|strong="H2796" encourage|strong="H2388" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" make|strong="H2388" things|strong="H2896" from|strong="H2896" gold|strong="H2091", 
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and|strong="H2388" the|strong="H2388" men|strong="H2388" who|strong="H1931" flatten metal|strong="H2830" encourage|strong="H2388" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" hammer|strong="H6360" metal|strong="H2830" ◄on|strong="H2388" an|strong="H2388" anvil|strong="H6471"/into|strong="H2505" shape|strong="H8478"►. 
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They|strong="H3808" all|strong="H6471" say|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H2388" idol|strong="H6459" has|strong="H1931" been|strong="H3808" well|strong="H2896" made|strong="H2388"!” 
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And|strong="H2388" then|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" carefully|strong="H2388" nail|strong="H3489" down|strong="H1986" the|strong="H2388" idol|strong="H6459" in|strong="H3808" order|strong="H6471" that|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" topple|strong="H5307" over|strong="H2388"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977" Israel|strong="H3478" }

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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" fill|strong="H4390" [HYP] the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057" with|strong="H5921" pools|strong="H1295" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325". 
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Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7200" do|strong="H3190" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3162" cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H5046" to|strong="H7200" be|strong="H3162" amazed|strong="H8539" and|strong="H7200" afraid|strong="H3372"! 
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they|strong="H8441" can|strong="H4310" do|strong="H6467" nothing|strong="H3808", 
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I|strong="H3644" have|strong="H7429" summoned|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7121" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8034"\+w*} east|strong="H4217" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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they|strong="H8034" will|strong="H6828" trample|strong="H7429" those|strong="H3644" leaders|strong="H5461" like|strong="H3644" [SIM] a|strong="H7121" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H7121" makes|strong="H6213" clay|strong="H2563" pots|strong="H5518" first|strong="H7223" tramples|strong="H7429" the|strong="H7121" clay|strong="H2563". 
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\verseNumber{26}◄Who|strong="H4310" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3045" long|strong="H6440" ago|strong="H7350" that|strong="H3045" this|strong="H6440" would|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961"?/No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H6662" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3045" long|strong="H6440" ago|strong="H7350" that|strong="H3045" this|strong="H6440" would|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" predicted|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3045", with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H8085" can|strong="H4310" say|strong="H0559", ‘What|strong="H4310" he|strong="H6440" predicted|strong="H8085" was|strong="H7218" correct|strong="H3256"!’?/No|strong="H3045" one|strong="H6662" predicted|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3045", with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H8085" can|strong="H4310" say|strong="H0559", ‘What|strong="H4310" he|strong="H6440" predicted|strong="H8085" was|strong="H7218" correct|strong="H3256"!’► [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{28}None|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H7200" idols|strong="H1544" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7725" that|strong="H7200" [DOU]. 
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And|strong="H7725" when|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H7725" questions|strong="H1697", none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H7725" was|strong="H1697" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H3289" me|strong="H7725" any|strong="H7200" answers|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{29}Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H3605" it|strong="H7307": Those|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" are|strong="H5262" all|strong="H3605" useless|strong="H1892", worthless|strong="H1100" [DOU] things|strong="H3605". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s special servant }

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I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H5650" chosen|strong="H0977" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4941" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" pleased|strong="H7521" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414". 
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I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H5650" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" Spirit|strong="H7307", 
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and|strong="H4941" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1471" make|strong="H5414" certain|strong="H0259" that|strong="H5315" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" people-groups do|strong="H3318" what|strong="H4941" is|strong="H5315" right|strong="H4941"/just|strong="H4941". 
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or|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3808" talking|strong="H1696" very|strong="H3966" loudly|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" exhausted|strong="H6296" or|strong="H3808" discouraged|strong="H7533" all|strong="H5704" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7760" time|strong="H5704" that|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" is|strong="H4941" causing|strong="H7462" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H7760" justly|strong="H4941" throughout|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7760" earth|strong="H0776". 
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Even|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w islands|strong="H0339"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3808"\+w*} [MTY] the|strong="H7760" oceans|strong="H2342" will|strong="H3808" confidently|strong="H2388" wait|strong="H3176" for|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w teach|strong="H3925"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7760"\+w*} his|strong="H7760" laws|strong="H8451".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" 
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and|strong="H1980" spread|strong="H5186" it|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5186". 
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He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H1980" everything|strong="H3605" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414". 
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He|strong="H3068" gives|strong="H5414" breath|strong="H7307" to|strong="H1980" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064"; he|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" live|strong="H1980" [DOU]. 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" grasp|strong="H2388" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H5341" you|strong="H5414", 
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to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3027" who|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" effect|strong="H1697" my|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H5869" will|strong="H5869" enable|strong="H7980" blind|strong="H5787" [IDM] people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H5869", 
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you|strong="H5869" will|strong="H5869" free|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3318" who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H5869" in|strong="H3427" prison|strong="H1004" (OR|strong="H1004", who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H5869" bound|strong="H0631" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H0817"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}) [MET|strong="H6298"] 
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and|strong="H1004" release|strong="H7971" those|strong="H3318" who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H5869" in|strong="H3427" dark|strong="H2822" dungeons. 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034". 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" anyone|strong="H1931" else|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" receive|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" honor|strong="H3519" that|strong="H1931" only|strong="H0389" I|strong="H5414" deserve|strong="H0376". 
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And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" idols|strong="H6456" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" praised|strong="H1984" like|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0389" I|strong="H5414" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" praised|strong="H1984". 
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\verseNumber{9}Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H7223" prophesied|strong="H5012" has|strong="H2009" happened|strong="H1961", 
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and|strong="H8085" now|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H8085" tell|strong="H5046" about|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H7223" that|strong="H8085" will|strong="H8085" happen|strong="H1961". 
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I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H8085" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046" things|strong="H7223" that|strong="H8085" will|strong="H8085" happen|strong="H1961" before|strong="H2962" they|strong="H2962" happen|strong="H1961".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H8085" song|strong="H7892" of|strong="H8085" praise|strong="H1984" to|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A|strong="H8085" song|strong="H7892" of|strong="H8085" praise|strong="H1984" to|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }
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\verseNumber{10}Sing|strong="H7891" a|strong="H3068" new|strong="H2319" song|strong="H7892" to|strong="H3381" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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Sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3381" praise|strong="H8416" him|strong="H3381" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3068" world|strong="H8398"! 
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All|strong="H4393" you|strong="H3381" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" sail|strong="H5251" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3068" oceans|strong="H2342", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H4393" you|strong="H3381" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" oceans|strong="H2342", 
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and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H4393" you|strong="H3381" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" islands|strong="H0339" far|strong="H5704" away|strong="H5493", sing|strong="H7891"! 
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\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H5375" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5375" desert|strong="H4057", sing|strong="H7442" loudly|strong="H5375"! 
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\verseNumber{12}Even|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H7760" distant|strong="H7350" islands|strong="H0339" should|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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and|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H8416" him|strong="H5046". 
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and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H3318"\+w*} he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" all|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3162"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H3205" remained|strong="H2790" silent|strong="H2790" [DOU] for|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" long|strong="H5769" time|strong="H5769"; 
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I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H3205" restrained|strong="H3607" myself|strong="H0589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H2814"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w do|strong="H2790"\+w*}. 
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But|strong="H2790" now|strong="H6258", like|strong="H3162" [SIM] a|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205" who|strong="H3205" is|strong="H0369" giving|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" baby|strong="H1121", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3162" cry|strong="H6463" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5769" gasp|strong="H5395" and|strong="H5769" pant|strong="H7602". 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H2022" level|strong="H4334" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H1389" and|strong="H2022" mountains|strong="H2022", 
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I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H2022" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3605" rivers|strong="H5104" to|strong="H2022" become|strong="H2717" small|strong="H6996" streams|strong="H5104", and|strong="H2022" little|strong="H4592" islands|strong="H0339" will|strong="H2022" appear|strong="H7200" in|strong="H7760" them|strong="H7760", 
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and|strong="H2022" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H2022" cause|strong="H2600" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" pools|strong="H1295" to|strong="H2022" become|strong="H2717" dry|strong="H3001". 
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and|strong="H3212" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1697" make|strong="H6213" smooth|strong="H3474" the|strong="H6440" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3045" is|strong="H1697" in|strong="H6213" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6440". 
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Those|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6440"; 
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I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5800" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5472" carved|strong="H6459" idols|strong="H6459", 
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and|strong="H1322" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4541" images|strong="H4541", ‘You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H6459" our|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430",’ 
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will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" humiliated|strong="H1322"/disgraced|strong="H0954".” 

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he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" honored|strong="H3513" his|strong="H3068" glorious|strong="H8597" laws|strong="H8451". 
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and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H1931" have|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" 
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and|strong="H7725" taken|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" put|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004". 
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because|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" protect|strong="H8104" them|strong="H7725"; 
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there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" say|strong="H7725" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{23}Who|strong="H4310" among|strong="H4310" you|strong="H8085" will|strong="H4310" listen|strong="H8085" carefully|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" these|strong="H2063" things|strong="H1697"? 
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Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" pay|strong="H7181" attention|strong="H7181" from|strong="H8085" now|strong="H8085" on|strong="H8085"? 
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\verseNumber{24}Who|strong="H4310" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" valuable|strong="H3368" possessions|strong="H7399" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3808" stolen|strong="H1589" [RHQ, DOU]? 
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It|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H1870" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" against|strong="H2398" whom|strong="H4310" we|strong="H8085" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398"; 
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we|strong="H8085" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" conduct|strong="H1870" our|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" like|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980", 
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and|strong="H1980" we|strong="H8085" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" his|strong="H5414" laws|strong="H8451". 
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\verseNumber{25}Therefore|strong="H5921", he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3820" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H4421" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H4229" in|strong="H5921" battles|strong="H4421". 
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but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0587" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7760" attention|strong="H3820" [IDM]. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Israel’s only Savior }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Israel’s only Savior }
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\chapterNumber{43}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258", you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" established|strong="H3559" your|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471". 
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The|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7121" a|strong="H3588" nation|strong="H1471" [DOU] says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": 
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“Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" previously|strong="H8543" rescued|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588". 
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I|strong="H3588" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" personal|strong="H6440" relationship with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7121" [MTY], and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w experience|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w dangerous|strong="H6348"\+w* situations}, 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588". 
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you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" [LIT|strong="H0215"] be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3212" endure|strong="H5975" them|strong="H5674". 
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the|strong="H3588" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" rescues|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5869" cause|strong="H5414" other|strong="H3816" countries|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5315" conquered|strong="H5221", instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H5869" your|strong="H5414" country|strong="H2022"; 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5869" trade|strong="H5503" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H8478" you|strong="H5414", 
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in|strong="H5315" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026", 
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\verseNumber{5}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" with|strong="H2233" you|strong="H3588". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2233" gather|strong="H6908" your|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" from|strong="H2233" the|strong="H3588" east|strong="H4217" and|strong="H3372" from|strong="H2233" the|strong="H3588" west|strong="H4628". 
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\verseNumber{7}Allow|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6213" me|strong="H7121" [MTY] to|strong="H6213" return|strong="H7725", 
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because|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" become|strong="H7121" a|strong="H6213" nation|strong="H1471" in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3519" me|strong="H7121"; 
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I|strong="H3605" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" [DOU].’ 
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\verseNumber{8}Summon|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3426" eyes|strong="H5869" but|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" blind|strong="H5787"; 
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And|strong="H8085" can|strong="H4310" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5414" predict|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319"?’ 
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No|strong="H3808" foreign|strong="H2114" god|strong="H3068" among|strong="H8432" you|strong="H5046" did|strong="H3068" that|strong="H8085"! 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H4310", the|strong="H7725" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" existed|strong="H1961" forever|strong="H3117" and|strong="H7725" who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" exist forever|strong="H3117"; 
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no|strong="H6466" one|strong="H1931" can|strong="H4310" snatch|strong="H1504" people|strong="H1931" from|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7725" hand|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H7725" no|strong="H6466" one|strong="H1931" can|strong="H4310" alter|strong="H8133"/change|strong="H7725" what|strong="H4310" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1571" done|strong="H6466".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H4310" promises|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" rescue|strong="H5337" his|strong="H7725" people|strong="H1931" from|strong="H7725" Babylon|strong="H0894" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God|strong="H4310" promises|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" rescue|strong="H5337" his|strong="H7725" people|strong="H1931" from|strong="H7725" Babylon|strong="H0894" }
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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3605" rescues|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3605"; and|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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“For|strong="H7971" your|strong="H3068" sake|strong="H4616", I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w*} Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3381" flee|strong="H5127" in|strong="H3478" ships|strong="H0591" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" proud|strong="H1343" of|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918", 
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the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3478" nation|strong="H1471", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" your|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" opened|strong="H6605" a|strong="H5414" path|strong="H5410" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325", 
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making|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" road|strong="H1870" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Red|strong="H5488"\+w*} Sea|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H6965" I|strong="H6965" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3318" great|strong="H2428" army|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*} 
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to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3162" their|strong="H3318" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H6965" horses|strong="H5483". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1077"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w pursue|strong="H7291"\+w* \+w my|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="H6965" caused|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3318" waves|strong="H1530" to|strong="H3318" flow|strong="H3318" over|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1077"\+w* \+w drowned|strong="H2883"\+w*}; 
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their|strong="H3318" lives|strong="H5315" ended|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w light|strong="H0216"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w candle|strong="H5216"\+w* \+w ends|strong="H7098"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] snuffs out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" wick|strong="H6594". 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H7223" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2142" think|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} about|strong="H5439" what|strong="H2142" happened|strong="H1961" in|strong="H2142" the|strong="H2142" past|strong="H7223", long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{19}Instead|strong="H3808", consider|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6213" new|strong="H2319" thing|strong="H2319" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
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I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H3045" already|strong="H6258" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H7760"; 
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can|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" see|strong="H2005" it|strong="H7760"? 
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I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" road|strong="H1870" through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6213" desert|strong="H4057". 
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And|strong="H1870" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H6213" there|strong="H6258" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" streams|strong="H5104" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" wasteland|strong="H4057"/desert|strong="H4057". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3588" jackals|strong="H8577"/wolves|strong="H2061" and|strong="H5971" owls|strong="H1323" and|strong="H5971" other|strong="H0312" wild|strong="H7704" creatures|strong="H2416" will|strong="H5971" thank|strong="H3034" me|strong="H5414" 
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for|strong="H3588" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5414" streams|strong="H5104" to|strong="H5414" appear|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" dry|strong="H3004" desert|strong="H4057" 
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in|strong="H5414" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" whom|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" chosen|strong="H0977", will|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" water|strong="H4325"; 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H2098" will|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" for|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5608" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H2098" I|strong="H2098" have|strong="H5971" created|strong="H3335" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w*} to|strong="H5971" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5971" me|strong="H5608", 
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and|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} they|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" cause|strong="H5971" many|strong="H7227" others|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5971" praise|strong="H8416" me|strong="H5608". 

\BibleSectionHeading{God’s|strong="H0430" grievances concerning|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H5971" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God’s|strong="H0430" grievances concerning|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H5971" }
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7121" Jacob|strong="H3290", you|strong="H3588" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" request|strong="H1246" my|strong="H3290" help|strong="H5826". 
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It|strong="H7121" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7121" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7121" tired|strong="H3021" of|strong="H7121" worshiping|strong="H7812" me|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{23}You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H4503" me|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H7716" or|strong="H3808" goats|strong="H5795" for|strong="H3808" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}; 
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you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" honored|strong="H3513" me|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bringing|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4503"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3808"\+w*} sacrifices|strong="H2077", 
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even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5647" offerings|strong="H5930" of|strong="H2077" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H5930" incense|strong="H3828" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*} to|strong="H4503" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H4503" me|strong="H3808" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" burden|strong="H3513" to|strong="H4503" you|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" bought|strong="H7069" for|strong="H3701" me|strong="H3808" fragrant|strong="H5561" reeds|strong="H7070", 
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and|strong="H3701" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" brought|strong="H0935" me|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5647" fat|strong="H2459" from|strong="H3701" your|strong="H3808" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
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But|strong="H3808" these|strong="H0428" have|strong="H5771" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H3190" me|strong="H3808", 
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because|strong="H5771" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" burdened|strong="H5647" me|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H5647" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H2459" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" committed|strong="H6213", 
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and|strong="H3701" made|strong="H5647" me|strong="H3808" weary|strong="H3021" because|strong="H5771" of|strong="H2077" all|strong="H3605" ◄your|strong="H3808" iniquities|strong="H5771"/the|strong="H5647" wrong|strong="H5771" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H2459" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5771" done|strong="H5647"►. 
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\verseNumber{25}I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2142" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4616" forgive|strong="H6588" you|strong="H3808" for|strong="H4616" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H2142" sins|strong="H2403"; 
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I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2142" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" can|strong="H3808" do|strong="H2403" that|strong="H1931", 
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with|strong="H1931" the|strong="H2142" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H1931" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H5439" them|strong="H4616" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{26}Tell|strong="H5608" me|strong="H8199" what|strong="H2142" I|strong="H2142" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4616" you|strong="H6663" do|strong="H6663" not|strong="H2142" like|strong="H3162". 
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Do|strong="H6663" you|strong="H6663" think|strong="H2142" that|strong="H4616" when|strong="H2142" you|strong="H6663" state|strong="H5608" your|strong="H2142" case|strong="H8199", you|strong="H6663" will|strong="H4616" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H4616" you|strong="H6663" ◄are|strong="H8199" innocent|strong="H6663"/have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" nothing|strong="H3808" wrong|strong="H7451"► [IRO]? 
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\verseNumber{27}No|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7223"\+w*} the|strong="H2398" first|strong="H7223" ancestor of|strong="H7223" you|strong="H2398" Israelis sinned|strong="H2398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w me|strong="H2398"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H2398" since|strong="H3588" then|strong="H0227", all|strong="H2398" your|strong="H6586" leaders|strong="H7218" have|strong="H7223" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H2398" me|strong="H2398". 
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\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" why|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" disgraced|strong="H0954"; 
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and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3478" allowed|strong="H5414" others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H3478" destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H5414" people|strong="H2490" of|strong="H8269" Israel|strong="H3478" 
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and|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" despised|strong="H0959".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh promised to bless Israel }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh promised to bless Israel }
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\chapterNumber{44}But|strong="H8085" now|strong="H6258", you|strong="H6258" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H5650" Israel|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3478" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3478" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H8085", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" created|strong="H3335" you|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" helps|strong="H5826" you|strong="H6213", says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H6213": 
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“You|strong="H6213" dear|strong="H3357" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977", 
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you|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" me|strong="H6213", 
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do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372". 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7307" pour|strong="H3332" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" dry|strong="H3004" land|strong="H3004" 
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and|strong="H4325" cause|strong="H2600" streams|strong="H5140" to|strong="H5921" flow|strong="H5140". 
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And|strong="H4325" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7307" pour|strong="H3332" out|strong="H3332" my|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" 
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and|strong="H4325" greatly|strong="H3966" bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4325" grow|strong="H6779" up|strong="H6779" like|strong="H5921" [SIM] grass|strong="H2682" grows|strong="H6779" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325", 
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like|strong="H5921" [SIM] willow|strong="H6851"/poplar|strong="H3839" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*} grow|strong="H6779" well|strong="H3190" along|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" riverbank. 
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\verseNumber{5}Some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H3478", ‘I|strong="H2088" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068",’ 
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and|strong="H3478" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H3478", ‘We|strong="H8034" are|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290",’ 
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and|strong="H3478" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H3068" write|strong="H3789" on|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027", ‘We|strong="H8034" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068",’ 
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and|strong="H3478" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H3478", ‘We|strong="H8034" are|strong="H3478" Israelis.’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Foolish|strong="H3684" worship|strong="H7121" of|strong="H3068" idols|strong="H1544" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Foolish|strong="H3684" worship|strong="H7121" of|strong="H3068" idols|strong="H1544" }
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\verseNumber{6}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H7223" who|strong="H3068" saves|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3541" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397", says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": 
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“I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H7223" who|strong="H3068" begins|strong="H0935" everything|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3068" ends|strong="H7098" everything|strong="H3605"; 
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there|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3478" other|strong="H1107" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{7}If|strong="H3644" there|strong="H5769" is|strong="H4310" anyone|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" me|strong="H5046" [RHQ], 
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he|strong="H7121" should|strong="H4310" proclaim|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7760"! 
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He|strong="H7121" should|strong="H4310" speak|strong="H1696" and|strong="H5971" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H7121"\+w*}! 
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He|strong="H7121" should|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" happened|strong="H1961" since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H7760" caused|strong="H5414" my|strong="H7760" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H7121" become|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7760" nation|strong="H5971" long|strong="H5769" ago|strong="H5769", 
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and|strong="H5971" he|strong="H7121" should|strong="H4310" also|strong="H5971" tell|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4310" things|strong="H3644" will|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961"; 
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he|strong="H7121" should|strong="H4310" predict|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7760" future|strong="H0319". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}, do|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3426" afraid|strong="H6342". 
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Long|strong="H8085" ago|strong="H7350" I|strong="H3045" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3045" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" would|strong="H3426" happen|strong="H1961" [RHQ]; 
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I|strong="H3045" predicted|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5046", and|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3045" can|strong="H3045" testify|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H3045" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045". 
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There|strong="H3426" certainly|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3426" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] any|strong="H3426" other|strong="H1107" God|strong="H6697". 
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I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H1107" God|strong="H6697"!” 
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they|strong="H3808" become|strong="H3286" very|strong="H1571" thirsty|strong="H6771" and|strong="H4325" feel|strong="H4184" exhausted|strong="H3286". 
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Or|strong="H6086", he|strong="H3947" has|strong="H6086" planted|strong="H5193" a|strong="H3947" pine|strong="H1992"/evergreen tree|strong="H6086" 
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either|strong="H1571" to|strong="H1961" warm|strong="H2552" himself|strong="H7812" or|strong="H3899" to|strong="H1961" bake|strong="H0644" bread|strong="H3899". 
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\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H5921" burns|strong="H8313" part|strong="H2677" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tree|strong="H6086" to|strong="H5921" cook|strong="H2876" his|strong="H5921" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H7200" eats|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H7200" his|strong="H5921" stomach|strong="H4578" becomes|strong="H1961" full|strong="H7646", 
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and|strong="H7200" he|strong="H5921" says|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" feel|strong="H7200" warm|strong="H2552" while|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H1961" watching|strong="H8245" the|strong="H5921" flames|strong="H3852" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3588" takes|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" rest|strong="H7611" of|strong="H7611" the|strong="H3588" wood|strong="H6086" 
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and|strong="H6213" makes|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H6459" which|strong="H3588" is|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430". 
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and|strong="H6213" prays|strong="H6419" to|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588" and|strong="H6213" says|strong="H0559", 
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“You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6213" my|strong="H5337" god|strong="H0430", so|strong="H6213" save|strong="H5337" me|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{18}Those|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5869" very|strong="H3045" stupid|strong="H1197" and|strong="H5869" ignorant|strong="H3045" [SAR]. 
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and|strong="H5869" their|strong="H7200" minds|strong="H3820" are|strong="H5869" closed|strong="H5462" and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" think|strong="H5869" well|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H3820" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213", 
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that|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H6213" taking|strong="H3947" a|strong="H6213" block|strong="H4383" of|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086" 
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and|strong="H7725" burning|strong="H8313" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H6086" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" warm|strong="H2552" themselves|strong="H6213" 
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“It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3820" stupid|strong="H1197" [RHQ] to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" detestable|strong="H8441" idol|strong="H6459"! 
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It|strong="H5921" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" sense|strong="H3820" to|strong="H7725" bow|strong="H5456" down|strong="H5456" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H6213" block|strong="H4383" of|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5315" very|strong="H3966" stupid|strong="H1197" to|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5186"\+w*, \+w it|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w becomes|strong="H1961"\+w*} ashes|strong="H0665"! 
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They|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5315" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5315" cannot|strong="H3808" save|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7462"; 
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they|strong="H3808" do|strong="H8267" not|strong="H3808" admit|strong="H8085", “In|strong="H5315" my|strong="H5337" hand|strong="H3225" I|strong="H5315" hold|strong="H2388" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5315" is|strong="H3820" not|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088" a|strong="H5186" god|strong="H3808"! [RHQ]” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H5186" plea|strong="H1779" to|strong="H3820" the|strong="H5186" Israelis }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A|strong="H5186" plea|strong="H1779" to|strong="H3820" the|strong="H5186" Israelis }
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*, “\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5650"\+w*} [MTY] Jacob|strong="H3290", 
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you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5650" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H5650" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" serving|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5650", 
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I|strong="H3588" created|strong="H3335" you|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H5382" you|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H2403" gotten|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6588" your|strong="H7725" sins|strong="H2403" 
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[SIM] that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H2403" blown|strong="H8628" away|strong="H7725". 
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Return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" 
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All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3478" forests|strong="H3293", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" trees|strong="H6086", 
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because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} [MTY] Jacob|strong="H3290"; 
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“I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" created|strong="H3335" everything|strong="H3605". 
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I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". 
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There|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" [RHQ] no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068"/helped|strong="H5826"► me|strong="H6213" 
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when|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3541" created|strong="H3335" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". 
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they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H5104" become|strong="H2717" dry|strong="H3001". 
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he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3389" say|strong="H0559" about|strong="H3605" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
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‘We|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" rebuild|strong="H1129" it|strong="H7999"!’, 
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and|strong="H3389" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3389" also|strong="H3389" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1964"!’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh chose Cyrus to free the Israelis }

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\chapterNumber{45}Cyrus|strong="H3566" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* emperor \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Persia|strong="H6539"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" great|strong="H6440" power|strong="H2388" [IDM]; 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" other|strong="H3541" nations|strong="H1471" 
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and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H2388" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" power|strong="H2388" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428". 
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He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" cities|strong="H8179" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" opened|strong="H6605", 
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“Cyrus|strong="H3566", I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" go|strong="H3212" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" 
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I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H6440" smash|strong="H7665" down|strong="H1438" bronze|strong="H5154" gates|strong="H1817" 
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and|strong="H3212" cut|strong="H1438" through|strong="H3212" iron|strong="H1270" bars|strong="H1280". 
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the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3588" Israelis belong|strong="H1961", 
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the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" calls|strong="H7121" you|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". 
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Even|strong="H5750" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3045" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" me|strong="H2108", 
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I|strong="H3045" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3045" power|strong="H3027" 
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I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3045" other|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" the|strong="H3605" light|strong="H0216" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" darkness|strong="H2822". 
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I|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" there|strong="H7965" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" there|strong="H7965" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" disasters|strong="H7451". 
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I|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605".” 
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or|strong="H0176" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H3205" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3205" its|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517", 
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there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H7812" other|strong="H5750" God|strong="H3068".” ' ” 
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\verseNumber{15}God|strong="H0430", although|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" cannot|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3467", 
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you|strong="H3467" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3467" one|strong="H0259" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H0587"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" belong|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3467" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H3478" saves|strong="H3467" us|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{16}All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" make|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H6736" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H1571" humiliated|strong="H3637". 
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They|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H1571" disgraced|strong="H3637" together|strong="H3162". 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5704", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H3478"\+w*, \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H3808", 
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and|strong="H3478" we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" free|strong="H2670" forever|strong="H5769". 
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Never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" we|strong="H5704" again|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" humiliated|strong="H3637" and|strong="H3478" disgraced|strong="H3637". 
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\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; 
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and|strong="H3068" created|strong="H1254" and|strong="H3068" formed|strong="H3335" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H8064". 
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He|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3068" nothing|strong="H3808" living|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" it|strong="H1931"; 
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he|strong="H1931" wanted|strong="H2654" people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" it|strong="H1931". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w says|strong="H3541"\+w*}, “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; 
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there|strong="H3427" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w What|strong="H6664"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w proclaimed|strong="H1696"\+w*}, I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" speak|strong="H1696" secretly|strong="H5643" 
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or|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hide|strong="H5643"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6664"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1696" dark|strong="H2822" place|strong="H4725". 
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When|strong="H1696" I|strong="H3808" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290", 
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I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5046" 
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‘It|strong="H1696" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" useless|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1696" ◄seek|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3068"/pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H1696"► me|strong="H5046"!’ 
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I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068", speak|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H1245"\+w*} what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6664" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H6664". 
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\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H3045" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H6412" are|strong="H1471" still|strong="H1471" alive|strong="H2416" after|strong="H0310" experiencing|strong="H2896" great|strong="H1419" disasters|strong="H4672", 
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should|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5066" and|strong="H6086" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H3162" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w listen|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5066"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5375"\+w*}: 
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The|strong="H5375" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H6412" carry|strong="H5375" around|strong="H5439" their|strong="H5375" wooden|strong="H6086" idols|strong="H6459" 
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and|strong="H6086" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5066" them|strong="H5375" are|strong="H1471" foolish|strong="H3684", because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H5375" idols|strong="H6459" cannot|strong="H3808" rescue|strong="H3467" them|strong="H5375"! 
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\verseNumber{21}Talk|strong="H5046" among|strong="H4310" yourselves|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H3198" what|strong="H4310" you|strong="H5046" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w praying|strong="H6419"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w*}. 
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‘Who|strong="H4310" predicted|strong="H8085" long|strong="H5750" ago|strong="H6924" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w now|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}? 
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Did|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5750" idol|strong="H6459" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w those|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w things|strong="H6924"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} [RHQ]?’ 
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No|strong="H3808", it|strong="H2063" was|strong="H3068" [RHQ] only|strong="H2108" I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H4310" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046", 
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because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" only|strong="H2108" God|strong="H3068"; there|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H5750" God|strong="H3068". 
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I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H4310" acts|strong="H1697" righteously|strong="H6662" and|strong="H3068" saves|strong="H3467" people|strong="H3808"; 
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there|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H5750" one|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w these|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w things|strong="H6924"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}Everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" should|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H3467" to|strong="H6437" save|strong="H3467" them|strong="H3588", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H3605" can|strong="H5750" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588"; 
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there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" other|strong="H5750" one|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{23}I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" solemnly|strong="H7650" declared|strong="H5046", using|strong="H5927" my|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034"; 
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I|strong="H3588" [SYN] have|strong="H1697" spoken|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571", 
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and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" never|strong="H3808" change|strong="H7725" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697": 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, everyone|strong="H3605" [SYN] will|strong="H1697" bow|strong="H3766" in|strong="H7725" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1697" me|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" declare|strong="H5046", 
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‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" enables us|strong="H6666" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" righteously|strong="H6666" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H5797".’ ” 
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And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" angry|strong="H2734" at|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H3605", 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ashamed|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{25}Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H3478"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3068"\+w*} we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" boast|strong="H1984" about|strong="H3605" what|strong="H2233" he|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The gods of Babylonia are useless }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The gods of Babylonia are useless }
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\chapterNumber{46}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} Bel|strong="H1078" and|strong="H5015" Nebo|strong="H5015", the|strong="H1961" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H2416" the|strong="H1961" gods|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, 
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are|strong="H6091" bowing|strong="H3766" down|strong="H3766" as|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1961" statues|strong="H2088" are|strong="H6091" put|strong="H6006" on|strong="H1961" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H5015" carried|strong="H5375" away|strong="H4853"! 
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The|strong="H1961" statues|strong="H2088" are|strong="H6091" heavy|strong="H3513" burdens|strong="H4853" and|strong="H5015" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" animals|strong="H2416" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" tired|strong="H5889" [SAR]! 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} both|strong="H3162" gods|strong="H1980" are|strong="H5315" bowing|strong="H3766" down|strong="H3766"; 
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not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H3162" can|strong="H3201" they|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" save|strong="H4422" themselves|strong="H5315", 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H5315" are|strong="H5315" being|strong="H5315" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/taken|strong="H7628" to|strong="H1980" another|strong="H3808" country|strong="H2022"►! 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “You|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Jacob|strong="H3290" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" exiled|strong="H1540", 
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since|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H5375" nation|strong="H1004" [MET|strong="H5375"]. 
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I|strong="H8085" carried|strong="H5375" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1571"\+w*} before|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3605" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H5375" nation|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5375" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1931" carry|strong="H5375" you|strong="H5704" for|strong="H5704" many|strong="H5704" years|strong="H7872", 
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until|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w though|strong="H1931"\+w*} [MET|strong="H5375"] your|strong="H5375" nation|strong="H1471" is|strong="H1931" an|strong="H6213" old|strong="H2209" man|strong="H5375" with|strong="H6213" gray|strong="H7872" hair|strong="H7872". 
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I|strong="H5704" caused|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w become|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w nation|strong="H1471"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1931" sustain|strong="H5375" you|strong="H5704" and|strong="H6213" rescue|strong="H4422" you|strong="H5704". 
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\verseNumber{5}There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4310" certainly|strong="H3588" [RHQ] no|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" to|strong="H1819" whom|strong="H4310" I|strong="H1819" can|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1961" compared|strong="H1819". 
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There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4310" [RHQ] no|strong="H4310" one|strong="H4310" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" equal|strong="H7737" to|strong="H1819" me|strong="H7737" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w stupid|strong="H1197"\+w*/ridiculous \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w*} some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701" from|strong="H2091" their|strong="H6213" bags|strong="H2754" 
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and|strong="H3701" weigh|strong="H8254" it|strong="H6213" on|strong="H2091" a|strong="H6213" scale|strong="H7070". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H6213"\+w*} they|strong="H6213" hire|strong="H7936" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H6884" makes|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H2091" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H6459" from|strong="H2091" it|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3808" lift|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H6030" carry|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" shoulders|strong="H3802". 
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They|strong="H3808" put|strong="H3240" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w special|strong="H6381"\+w*} place|strong="H4725", 
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and|strong="H6030" it|strong="H5921" stays|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975". 
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It|strong="H5921" cannot|strong="H3808" move|strong="H4185"! 
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And|strong="H6030" when|strong="H5375" someone|strong="H0376" prays|strong="H6419" to|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", it|strong="H5921" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030". 
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keep|strong="H2142" thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", you|strong="H5921" sinful|strong="H2400" people|strong="H3820"! 
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Only|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430"; I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H5769" there|strong="H5769" is|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H7223" like|strong="H3644" me|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{10}Only|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3808" can|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H5046" what|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" future|strong="H0319" before|strong="H3808" it|strong="H6213" occurs|strong="H6213"; 
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I|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H6213" long|strong="H3605" before|strong="H3808" it|strong="H6213" happens|strong="H6213". 
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he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4217" a|strong="H6213" distant|strong="H4801" country|strong="H2022". 
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He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" accomplish|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6213" want|strong="H4270" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1696". 
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what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1696" planned|strong="H3335". 
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\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H3820" stubborn|strong="H5637" people|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5414", 
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and|strong="H3478" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5414" long|strong="H0753" time|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6726" it|strong="H5414" soon|strong="H7126". 
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I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H5337" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" 
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and|strong="H3478" show|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*} that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" glorious|strong="H8597".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Prediction of the destruction of Babylon }

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you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3381" and|strong="H3381" sit|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" dust|strong="H6083"/dirt|strong="H6083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1330"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3381" rule|strong="H3427" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} is|strong="H3678" almost|strong="H4592" ended|strong="H1961". 
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People|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3254" say|strong="H3254" that|strong="H3588" Babylonia|strong="H3778" is|strong="H3678" beautiful|strong="H3303" 
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and|strong="H3947" grind|strong="H2912" grain|strong="H7058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w slave|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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Take|strong="H3947" off|strong="H2834" your|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w beautiful|strong="H3303"\+w*} veils|strong="H4555" 
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and|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" off|strong="H2834" your|strong="H3947" robes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w prepare|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w cross|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w streams|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5674"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H3947" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H3808" naked|strong="H6174" and|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H1571"\+w*} ashamed|strong="H0954". 
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I|strong="H7200" will|strong="H1571" get|strong="H3947" vengeance|strong="H5359" on|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3947" and|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2347" you|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3068" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" frees us|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H8034" call|strong="H7121" ‘the|strong="H3068" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels’|strong="H0047", 
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is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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sit|strong="H3427" silently|strong="H1748" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" darkness|strong="H2822", 
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because|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3254" say|strong="H3254" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H2822" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" queen|strong="H1404" that|strong="H3588" rules|strong="H4910" many|strong="H3808" kingdoms|strong="H4467". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3027" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H1992" I|strong="H5414" chose|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H5414" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5414". 
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I|strong="H5414" allowed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" conquer|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414". 
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But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w conquered|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, you|strong="H5414" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5971" mercy|strong="H7356" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414". 
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You|strong="H5414" ◄oppressed|strong="H6231"/treated|strong="H3190" cruelly|strong="H7188"► [MET|strong="H6298"] even|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" old|strong="H2205" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*} forever|strong="H5769"; 
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But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*}, 
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or|strong="H3808" think|strong="H2142" about|strong="H1961" what|strong="H2142" would|strong="H0014" result|strong="H6903". 
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\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3045" people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} who|strong="H3427" enjoy|strong="H7200" pleasure|strong="H2656" and|strong="H8085" sex|strong="H7901", 
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listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2063": 
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You|strong="H3045" enjoy|strong="H7200" a|strong="H8085" luxurious|strong="H6027" life|strong="H5750" and|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3045" feel|strong="H3045" secure|strong="H3427". 
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You|strong="H3045" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H8085" are|strong="H3824" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H8085" there|strong="H3427" are|strong="H3824" no|strong="H3808" others|strong="H0312" like|strong="H3808" us|strong="H3045". 
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Our|strong="H8085" women|strong="H0802" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" widows|strong="H0490", 
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and|strong="H8085" our|strong="H8085" children|strong="H7908" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w wars|strong="H4421"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3117" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3117" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H8147" will|strong="H3117" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" suddenly|strong="H7281": 
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and|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7230" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5921" children|strong="H7908" \BibleCharacterStyleBD{\+w will|strong="H3117"\+w*} die|strong="H4191", 
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even|strong="H5921" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5921" perform|strong="H6213" much|strong="H7230" sorcery|strong="H3785" and|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7230" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H3117" magic \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w prevent|strong="H6923"\+w* \+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* happening \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H7725" felt|strong="H4959" protected|strong="H3467" even|strong="H5750" though|strong="H1931" you|strong="H7725" were|strong="H3820" doing|strong="H7451" many|strong="H7200" wicked|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", ‘No|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3820" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7451" we|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w*}!’ 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} you|strong="H7725" were|strong="H3820" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" knew|strong="H1847" many|strong="H7200" things|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H7725" are|strong="H3820" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H7725" are|strong="H3820" no|strong="H7200" others|strong="H0312" like|strong="H3820" us|strong="H7725",’ 
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but|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7725" deceived|strong="H7411" yourselves|strong="H3820". 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" experience|strong="H3045" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" prevent|strong="H6923" them|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" working|strong="H4639" magic. 
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You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" experience|strong="H3045" disasters|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" pay|strong="H3045" anyone|strong="H5307" to|strong="H3201" prevent|strong="H6923" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H7451" from|strong="H5921" happening. 
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◄A|strong="H5921" catastrophe|strong="H7451"/Something|strong="H1697" terrible|strong="H7451"► will|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3201" you|strong="H5921" suddenly|strong="H6597", 
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something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H5975" you|strong="H4994" can|strong="H3201" continue|strong="H5975" to|strong="H3201" perform|strong="H6213" all|strong="H7230" your|strong="H4994" magic spells|strong="H2267" [IRO]! 
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You|strong="H4994" can|strong="H3201" perform|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5975" many|strong="H7230" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H7230" sorcery|strong="H3785" that|strong="H5975" you|strong="H4994" have|strong="H1961" practiced|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5975" many|strong="H7230" years|strong="H8141"! 
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Perhaps|strong="H0194" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3201"\+w*} be|strong="H3201" successful|strong="H6743"; 
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perhaps|strong="H0194" you|strong="H4994" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3201" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" cause|strong="H6206" your|strong="H4994" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3201" afraid|strong="H6206" of|strong="H7230" you|strong="H4994"! 
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The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H5975" look|strong="H4994" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" stars|strong="H3556" every|strong="H5975" month|strong="H2320" and|strong="H8064" predict|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" will|strong="H8064" happen|strong="H1961" 
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should|strong="H3068" come|strong="H4994" forward|strong="H5265" and|strong="H8064" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w disasters|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w experience|strong="H3045"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3027"\+w*} they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3027" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] straw|strong="H7179" that|strong="H5315" is|strong="H5315" burning|strong="H8313" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H1513"; 
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they|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" save|strong="H5337" themselves|strong="H5315" from|strong="H5315" being|strong="H1961" burned|strong="H8313" up|strong="H8313" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3027" flames|strong="H3852". 
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Those|strong="H3427" men|strong="H5315" are|strong="H3027" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3808" [MET|strong="H6298"]; 
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they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1961" useless|strong="H3808" as|strong="H1961" stubble|strong="H7179" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w burns|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w produces|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w heat|strong="H2552"\+w*} for|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5676" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3651" have|strong="H1961" associated|strong="H2270" with|strong="H3651" and|strong="H1961" worked|strong="H3021" with|strong="H3651" since|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3651" were|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3651"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" just|strong="H3512" continue|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H6213" their|strong="H1961" own|strong="H1961" foolish|strong="H3684" things|strong="H1961", 
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and|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H7999" any|strong="H1961" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3651" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w cry|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The people of Israel are stubborn }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The people of Israel are stubborn }
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Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H7121"! 
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You|strong="H3808" make|strong="H8085" solemn|strong="H7650" promises|strong="H7650" using|strong="H5927" my|strong="H8085" name|strong="H8034", Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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\verseNumber{3}Long|strong="H8085" ago|strong="H7350" I|strong="H8085" [MTY] predicted|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H6213" [DOU]. 
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And|strong="H8085" then|strong="H3318" suddenly|strong="H6597", I|strong="H8085" caused|strong="H6213" those|strong="H8085" things|strong="H7223" to|strong="H3318" happen|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H1847" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H7186" very|strong="H3966" stubborn|strong="H7186"; 
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\verseNumber{5}That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H6213" why|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2962" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H6680" those|strong="H8085" things|strong="H1697" long|strong="H8085" ago|strong="H7350". 
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Long|strong="H8085" before|strong="H2962" they|strong="H2962" occurred|strong="H1961", I|strong="H2962" announced|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H2962" would|strong="H6213" occur|strong="H1961", 
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‘Our|strong="H8085" idols|strong="H6459" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213"; 
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our|strong="H8085" statue|strong="H6755" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6213" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H8085" our|strong="H8085" idol|strong="H6459" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6213" metal|strong="H6213" caused|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H6213".’ 
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\verseNumber{6}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3045" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w predicted|strong="H8085"\+w*} 
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and|strong="H8085" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3045" seen|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" occurred|strong="H1961", 
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so|strong="H3808" why|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" admit|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3045" [RHQ]? 
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Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2319" things|strong="H3605", 
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things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" previously|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" causing|strong="H7462" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" happen|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258"; 
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they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117". 
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So|strong="H6435" you|strong="H6440" cannot|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H3117" already|strong="H6258" knew|strong="H3045" about|strong="H8085" those|strong="H8085" things|strong="H3808".’ 
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Even|strong="H1571" long|strong="H8085" ago|strong="H7350" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7121" [IDM]. 
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I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" act|strong="H6213" very|strong="H3045" deceitfully|strong="H4820"/treacherously|strong="H0898"; 
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you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H6586" me|strong="H7121" since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" first|strong="H7223" became|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3588" nation|strong="H1471" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1115", for|strong="H8034" my|strong="H3772" own|strong="H1961" sake|strong="H4616", in|strong="H8034" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4616" I|strong="H3772" will|strong="H8034" be|strong="H8034" honored|strong="H3513", 
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I|strong="H3772" will|strong="H8034" not|strong="H1115" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] you|strong="H3772" immediately|strong="H6965" 
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and|strong="H8034" I|strong="H3772" will|strong="H8034" not|strong="H1115" completely|strong="H3772" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H8034" you|strong="H3772". 
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Instead|strong="H3808", I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3701" suffer|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w impure|strong="H2932"\+w* \+w behavior|strong="H3027"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5414" [MTY] own|strong="H1961" sake|strong="H4616" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" delay|strong="H0309" punishing|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" more|strong="H3808"; 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" sake|strong="H4616" 
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in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5414" reputation|strong="H8034" will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" damaged|strong="H8133" [RHQ]. 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w person|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w any|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w idol|strong="H6459"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" honored|strong="H3519" as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w deserve|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w*} honored|strong="H3519".” 

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\verseNumber{12}“You|strong="H7121" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] of|strong="H8085" Jacob|strong="H3290", you|strong="H7121" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H8085" Israel|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H7121" I|strong="H8085" have|strong="H3478" chosen|strong="H0977", 
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listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7121"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Only|strong="H0389"\+w*} I|strong="H8085" am|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430"; 
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I|strong="H8085" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" begins|strong="H0935" everything|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" who|strong="H1931" causes|strong="H5414" everything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" end|strong="H7093". 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3027" [SYN] am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7121" one|strong="H3225" who|strong="H5975" laid|strong="H3245" the|strong="H7121" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7121" earth|strong="H8064". 
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I|strong="H3027" stretched|strong="H3027" out|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7121" sky|strong="H8064" with|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027". 
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And|strong="H8064" when|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3027" tell|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w stars|strong="H3556"\+w*} to|strong="H3027" appear|strong="H7200", 
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\verseNumber{14}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605", gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" and|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5046". 
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None|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" idols|strong="H1544" has|strong="H3068" [RHQ] told|strong="H5046" this|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605": 
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I|strong="H8085", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" assist|strong="H6677" me|strong="H5046", 
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and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Babylonia|strong="H3778". 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H1870" have|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696" it|strong="H7121"; 
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I|strong="H1870" have|strong="H1696" summoned|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H1870" have|strong="H1696" appointed|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121", 
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and|strong="H1870" he|strong="H7121" will|strong="H1870" accomplish|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7121" he|strong="H7121" attempts|strong="H7972" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{16}Come|strong="H1961" close|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H6258" say|strong="H1696". 
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Long|strong="H7971" ago|strong="H7350" [MTY] I|strong="H6258" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7971" plainly|strong="H5046"/clearly|strong="H3045" [LIT|strong="H0215"] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w would|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{17}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" saves|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3925", the|strong="H3541" Holy|strong="H6918" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H3478"\+w*} Israelis, says|strong="H3541": 
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“I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; 
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I|strong="H3541" teach|strong="H3925" you|strong="H3925" what|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" important|strong="H5704" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3925" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w*}; 
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I|strong="H3541" direct|strong="H3559" you|strong="H3925" and|strong="H3478" lead|strong="H1869" you|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3541" roads|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3925" should|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H3212" on|strong="H1870" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" river|strong="H5104" that|strong="H3863" flows|strong="H2100" gently|strong="H0328"; 
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like|strong="H1961" [SIM] waves|strong="H1530" that|strong="H3863" come|strong="H1961" without|strong="H1961" ceasing|strong="H2308". 
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\verseNumber{19}Your|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" would|strong="H8034" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H6440" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H6440" sand|strong="H2344" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w seashore|strong="H3220"\+w*} 
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I|strong="H3808" would|strong="H8034" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" needed|strong="H1767" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440"; 
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leave|strong="H3318" Babylon|strong="H0894"! 
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Proclaim|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2063" message|strong="H3068" joyfully|strong="H7321"; 
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send|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H8085" most|strong="H3068" remote|strong="H7097"/distant|strong="H7350" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" earth|strong="H0776": 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H3808" were|strong="H4325" not|strong="H3808" thirsty|strong="H6770" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3808" led|strong="H3212" them|strong="H5414" through|strong="H1234" the|strong="H3808" desert|strong="H2723", 
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because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3808" split|strong="H1234" open|strong="H1234" the|strong="H3808" rock|strong="H6697" 
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and|strong="H3212" caused|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3212" gush|strong="H6079"/flow|strong="H5140" out|strong="H5140" for|strong="H4325" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}“But|strong="H7563" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3068" well|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} for|strong="H3068" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H7563",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh appointed his special servant }

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\chapterNumber{49}All|strong="H7121" you|strong="H7121" people|strong="H3816" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H8034" on|strong="H3068" islands|strong="H0339" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w ocean|strong="H5437"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" other|strong="H7121" distant|strong="H7350" areas|strong="H0776", 
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pay|strong="H7181" attention|strong="H7181" [DOU] to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559"! 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121"/chose|strong="H0977" me|strong="H7121" before|strong="H7121" I|strong="H8085" was|strong="H3068" born|strong="H3205"; 
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he|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977"/appointed|strong="H4150" me|strong="H7121" when|strong="H8085" I|strong="H8085" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H2142" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" mother’s|strong="H0517" womb|strong="H4578". 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w grew|strong="H1431"\+w* \+w up|strong="H7760"\+w*}, he|strong="H3027" caused|strong="H5414" my|strong="H7760" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" like|strong="H6738" [SIM] a|strong="H7760" sharp|strong="H2299" sword|strong="H2719". 
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He|strong="H3027" has|strong="H3027" protected|strong="H3467" me|strong="H7760" with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" [SYN]. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w protects|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7760"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] like|strong="H6738" someone|strong="H0376" protects|strong="H8104" sharp|strong="H2299" arrows|strong="H2671" in|strong="H3027" a|strong="H7760" quiver|strong="H0827". 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5650", “You|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" serve|strong="H5647" my|strong="H5650" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" honor|strong="H6286" me|strong="H5650".” 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3068" work|strong="H6468" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3615" useless|strong="H1892"; 
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I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" used|strong="H3615" my|strong="H3068" strength|strong="H3581", but|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" accomplished|strong="H3615" nothing|strong="H8414" worthwhile; 
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everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3615" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3615" ◄in|strong="H3068" vain|strong="H1892"/useless|strong="H1892"►. 
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However|strong="H0389", Yahweh|strong="H3068" can|strong="H4310" honor|strong="H3519" me|strong="H3615" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" pleases|strong="H2654"; 
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my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" reward|strong="H6468" me|strong="H3615" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w deserve|strong="H4941"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" formed|strong="H3335" me|strong="H7725" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H6258" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w mother’s|strong="H0517"\+w*} womb|strong="H7358" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" would|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H1961" him|strong="H7725"; 
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he|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" bring|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" himself|strong="H3513" [DOU]. 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" honored|strong="H3513" me|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H5797". 
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H5704" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H5414", 
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“It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3478" not|strong="H5414" enough|strong="H1767" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" serve|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5414" 
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by|strong="H6965" bringing|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7626" Jacob|strong="H3290" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" again|strong="H7725" [DOU]; 
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I|strong="H5414" also|strong="H3478" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H1961" light|strong="H7043" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" non-Jews; 
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I|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" take|strong="H7725" my|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*} about|strong="H1961" how|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" saved|strong="H3467" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w*} all|strong="H5704" over|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" world|strong="H8398".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" saves|strong="H3467" us|strong="H7200", 
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the|strong="H7200" Holy|strong="H6918" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H7200" Israeli \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w*}, 
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says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" despised|strong="H0959" and|strong="H6965" rejected|strong="H8581" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7200"\+w*} nations|strong="H1471", 
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the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" slave|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" rulers|strong="H8269", 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3478" respect|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200", 
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and|strong="H6965" princes|strong="H8269" will|strong="H3068" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" before|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" 
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because|strong="H4616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H5647"\+w*} me|strong="H5315", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w promise|strong="H1350"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" Holy|strong="H6918" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H7200" Israelis belong|strong="H1961", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H6918" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" you|strong="H7200".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H7200" promise|strong="H1350" to|strong="H3478" restore|strong="H6965" Israel|strong="H3478" }

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\verseNumber{8}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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“At|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5414" pleases|strong="H7522" me|strong="H5414", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H6030" your|strong="H3068" prayers|strong="H8605". 
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On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w oppressors|strong="H3905"\+w*}, I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" you|strong="H5414". 
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I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H5341" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H6965" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" establish|strong="H6965" an|strong="H5414" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3541" nations|strong="H5971". 
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And|strong="H6965" by|strong="H3117" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" re-establish your|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H5971" 
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and|strong="H6965" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3117"/settle|strong="H3427" again|strong="H6965" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800". 
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2822" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5921" captured|strong="H3920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1870"\+w* ◄\+w exiled|strong="H1540"\+w*/\+w taken|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*►}, 
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‘Leave|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} and|strong="H1870" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022"!’ 
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And|strong="H1870" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2822" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1870" in|strong="H5921" dark|strong="H2822" prisons|strong="H3608", 
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‘Come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H1540" the|strong="H3605" light|strong="H0216"!’ 
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When|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3605" happens|strong="H1961", they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2822" again|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1870" like|strong="H3318" [MET|strong="H6298"] sheep|strong="H6629" 
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that|strong="H3605" eat|strong="H7462" grass|strong="H2682" in|strong="H5921" green|strong="H7488" pastures|strong="H7462", 
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on|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H1389" where|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1870" no|strong="H3605" grass|strong="H2682". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" hungry|strong="H7456" or|strong="H3808" thirsty|strong="H6770" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anymore|strong="H5750"\+w*}; 
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the|strong="H5921" hot|strong="H2552" sun|strong="H8121" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" beat|strong="H5221" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725" [DOU]. 
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I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", will|strong="H3808" act|strong="H6213" mercifully toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4325" lead|strong="H5090" them|strong="H5921"; 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" lead|strong="H5090" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H4325" springs|strong="H4002" of|strong="H4325" cool|strong="H6315" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1870" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H2022" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" to|strong="H1870" become|strong="H7311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H2022"\+w*} level|strong="H4334" roads|strong="H1870", 
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and|strong="H1870" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H2022" prepare|strong="H7760" good|strong="H2896" highways|strong="H4546" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w travel|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w on|strong="H1870"\+w*, \+w to|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}My|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H6828" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7350" far|strong="H7350" away|strong="H7350"; 
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some|strong="H2009" will|strong="H6828" come|strong="H7350" from|strong="H7350" the|strong="H2009" north|strong="H6828", some|strong="H2009" from|strong="H7350" the|strong="H2009" west|strong="H3220", 
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some|strong="H2009" from|strong="H7350" southern|strong="H5045" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
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everything|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" shout|strong="H7442" joyfully|strong="H7442"— 
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the|strong="H3588" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" mountains|strong="H2022" should|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7442", 
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because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" comforts|strong="H5162" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" pity|strong="H7355" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" suffering|strong="H6040". 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" say|strong="H0559", 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" us|strong="H7911"; 
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he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" forgotten|strong="H7911" about|strong="H5439" us|strong="H7911".” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w replies|strong="H0559"\+w*}, 
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“That|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571"! ◄Can|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" forget|strong="H7911" the|strong="H7911" infant|strong="H5764" that|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1571" is|strong="H1571" nursing|strong="H5764"?/A|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" certainly|strong="H1571" cannot|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" the|strong="H7911" infant|strong="H5764" that|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1571" is|strong="H1571" nursing|strong="H5764"!► [RHQ] 
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◄Can|strong="H3808" she|strong="H1571" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H1121" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7911" child|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1571" has|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808"?/She|strong="H1571" certainly|strong="H1571" cannot|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" being|strong="H1121" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7911" child|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1571" has|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808"!► [RHQ] 
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But|strong="H3808" even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121", 
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I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" you|strong="H3808"! 
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\verseNumber{16}Note|strong="H2710" that|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H5921" written|strong="H3789" your|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w names|strong="H8034"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palms|strong="H3709" of|strong="H2346" my|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3709"; 
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in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" mind|strong="H3820" I|strong="H2005" can|strong="H4310" always|strong="H8548" see|strong="H2005" the|strong="H5921" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" your|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{17}Soon|strong="H4116" your|strong="H4480" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" returning|strong="H7725" there|strong="H4480" (OR|strong="H1121", Those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1121" rebuild|strong="H1129" your|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1121" work|strong="H4399" more|strong="H4480" quickly|strong="H4116" than|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H2040" it|strong="H2040"), 
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and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H2040" your|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" will|strong="H1121" leave|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{18}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" around|strong="H5439" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" 
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all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" coming|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". 
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As|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" live|strong="H2416", 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" around|strong="H5439" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5869"\+w*} 
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like|strong="H3068" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" bride|strong="H3618" shows|strong="H7200" her|strong="H3605" wedding|strong="H1984" ornaments|strong="H5716"! 
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\verseNumber{19}Your|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" has|strong="H3588" been|strong="H6258" ruined|strong="H2723" and|strong="H3427" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3427" become|strong="H8074" desolate|strong="H8074"/abandoned|strong="H5800" [DOU], 
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but|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H7368"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2723" be|strong="H6258" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H3427" people|strong="H3427", 
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and|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" conquered|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2723" be|strong="H6258" far|strong="H7368" away|strong="H7368". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H5066" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H1121" while|strong="H5750" you|strong="H4725" were|strong="H1121" ◄exiled|strong="H1540"/in|strong="H3427" Babylonia|strong="H0894"► [MET|strong="H6298"] will|strong="H1121" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559", 
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‘This|strong="H1121" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H1121" too|strong="H5750" small|strong="H6862" for|strong="H3427" us|strong="H5414"; 
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We|strong="H0587" need|strong="H4270" more|strong="H5750" space|strong="H4725" to|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427"!’ 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H0227" you|strong="H3205" will|strong="H4310" think|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3205" yourselves|strong="H1431" [MTY], 
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‘It|strong="H1992" is|strong="H4310" amazing|strong="H6381" that|strong="H4310" we|strong="H2005" have|strong="H7604" [RHQ] all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H1992" children|strong="H7921"! 
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Most|strong="H6944" of|strong="H3205" our|strong="H3068" children|strong="H7921" were|strong="H1992" dead|strong="H4191", 
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and|strong="H3824" the|strong="H3205" rest|strong="H7604" were|strong="H1992" exiled|strong="H1540". 
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We|strong="H2005" were|strong="H1992" left|strong="H7604" here|strong="H2005" alone|strong="H7604"; 
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so|strong="H5493" we|strong="H2005" do|strong="H4310" not|strong="H7604" know|strong="H3045" [RHQ] where|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H1992" children|strong="H7921" have|strong="H7604" come|strong="H3205" from|strong="H5493"! 
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Who|strong="H4310" raised|strong="H1431" them|strong="H1992"?' ” 
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\verseNumber{22}This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3069" says|strong="H3541": 
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“Watch|strong="H2009"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H1471" lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" my|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" signal|strong="H5251" to|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5375" Israelis. 
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And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" carry|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5921" little|strong="H4592" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" shoulders|strong="H3802" 
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and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{23}Kings|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" tutor/teach|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121", 
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and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" queens|strong="H8282" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288" children|strong="H1121". 
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They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" prostrate|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588" 
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and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w humble|strong="H6035"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} licking the|strong="H3588" dust|strong="H6083" off|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3068" feet|strong="H7272". 
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When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}; 
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and|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" disappointed|strong="H0954".” 
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\verseNumber{24}There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H6662" no|strong="H3947" one|strong="H6662" [RHQ] who|strong="H1368" can|strong="H3947" snatch|strong="H1504" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" soldier|strong="H6635" who|strong="H1368" has|strong="H3947" captured|strong="H3947" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w war|strong="H4421"\+w*}; 
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there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H6662" no|strong="H3947" one|strong="H6662" [RHQ] who|strong="H1368" can|strong="H3947" force|strong="H2394" a|strong="H3947" ◄tyrant|strong="H6184"/cruel|strong="H0394" man|strong="H1368"► to|strong="H4422" free|strong="H2670" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H1368" he|strong="H3947" has|strong="H3947" captured|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": 
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“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}, those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3947" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" freed|strong="H8199", 
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and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" ◄tyrants|strong="H6184"/cruel|strong="H0394" men|strong="H1368"► have|strong="H3068" snatched|strong="H5337" from|strong="H1121" others|strong="H0312" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725", 
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because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H7378" against|strong="H7378" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H7378" against|strong="H7378" you|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3238" themselves|strong="H3045" [MET|strong="H6298"] 
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instead|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" murdering others|strong="H0312". 
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When|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" happens|strong="H1961", everyone|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saves|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3588", 
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the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" rescues|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341"; 
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everyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} [MTY] Jacob|strong="H3290" belong|strong="H1961".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s power }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh’s power }
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\chapterNumber{50}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3068"\+w*} what|strong="H4310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": 
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“You|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}, do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" think|strong="H2803" [RHQ] that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w parents|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w exiled|strong="H1540"\+w*/\+w taken|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] 
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like|strong="H3541" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" send|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" their|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802" 
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after|strong="H7971" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" paper 
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on|strong="H3068" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" state|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5612" divorcing them|strong="H7971"! 
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I|strong="H2005" certainly|strong="H7971" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" [RHQ] get|strong="H7971" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" like|strong="H3541" a|strong="H7971" man|strong="H2088" who|strong="H4310" sells|strong="H4376" his|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H7971" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H7999" what|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3068" owes|strong="H0854". 
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No|strong="H4310", the|strong="H3541" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2005" forced|strong="H4522" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" exiled|strong="H1540" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w*} because|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" sins|strong="H6588" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H7114" I|strong="H2005" came|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w rescue|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7760"\+w*}, 
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why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H4069" no|strong="H7760" one|strong="H3027" answer|strong="H6030" when|strong="H7114" I|strong="H2005" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5337" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H7760" [RHQ]? 
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Was|strong="H3027" there|strong="H8033" no|strong="H7760" one|strong="H3027" there|strong="H8033" [RHQ]? 
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Or|strong="H4191", did|strong="H4069" you|strong="H7760" think|strong="H7760" that|strong="H7121" I|strong="H2005" do|strong="H4057" not|strong="H7760" have|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7760" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] to|strong="H4191" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H7760" [DOU]? 
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Think|strong="H7760" about|strong="H3027" this|strong="H7121": 
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I|strong="H2005" can|strong="H4310" speak|strong="H6030" to|strong="H4191" a|strong="H7760" sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H6030" cause|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H2717" dry|strong="H2717"! 
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I|strong="H2005" can|strong="H4310" cause|strong="H7121" rivers|strong="H5104" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H2717" deserts|strong="H4057", 
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with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7760" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7760" fish|strong="H1710" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H7760" rivers|strong="H5104" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3027" thirst|strong="H6772" and|strong="H6030" they|strong="H1606" rot|strong="H4743". 
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\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H7760" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H7760" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H8064" become|strong="H1961" dark|strong="H2822", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H8064" wearing|strong="H2296" black|strong="H7838" clothes|strong="H3847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w mourning|strong="H0060"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3069" has|strong="H1697" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" wise|strong="H2450" message|strong="H1697" [MTY] 
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in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5414" may|strong="H5414" encourage|strong="H2388" those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3045" are|strong="H1697" weary|strong="H3287". 
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Each|strong="H5414" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H5414" awakens|strong="H5782" me|strong="H5414", 
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in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" I|strong="H5414" [SYN] may|strong="H5414" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5414" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H5414" teaches|strong="H3925" [SIM] me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H6605" God|strong="H3069" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3808" me|strong="H3808" [IDM], 
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and|strong="H6605" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" rejected|strong="H3988" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H3808"; 
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I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" accepted|strong="H7521" [LIT|strong="H0215"] it|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H5414" allowed|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5414" beat|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5414" on|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" back|strong="H1460" 
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and|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5414" pull|strong="H2040" out|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" whiskers in|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" beard|strong="H4803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w hated|strong="H8130"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5414" away|strong="H5414" [MTY] from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5414" 
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when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" made|strong="H5414" fun of|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H6440" spat on|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3069" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3069" helps|strong="H5826" me|strong="H6440", 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" humiliated|strong="H3637". 
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Therefore|strong="H3651", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" strongly|strong="H3966" determined|strong="H7760" [IDM] to|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440"/endure|strong="H6440" difficulties, 
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and|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" nothing|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H3651" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" ashamed|strong="H3637". 
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\verseNumber{8}God|strong="H4310", the|strong="H5975" one|strong="H3162" who|strong="H4310" vindicates|strong="H6663" me|strong="H5975", is|strong="H4310" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5066" me|strong="H5975"; 
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so|strong="H5066" if|strong="H0518" anyone|strong="H3605" [RHQ] stands|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1167" me|strong="H5975" and|strong="H4941" accuses|strong="H6965" me|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" a|strong="H5975" court|strong="H4941", 
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he|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" not|strong="H5975" be|strong="H3162" able|strong="H3201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5066"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w have|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H4941"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3069" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3069" defends|strong="H1755" me|strong="H7561" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w court|strong="H2691"\+w*}, 
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so|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" [RHQ] will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H3069" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3605" ◄condemn|strong="H7561" me|strong="H7561"/declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" guilty|strong="H7561"►. 
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All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" accuse|strong="H7378" me|strong="H7561" will|strong="H4310" disappear|strong="H0622" 
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like|strong="H6211" [SIM] old|strong="H1086" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3605" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H3605" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{larvae \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w*} moths/cockroaches►. 
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\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6963" revere|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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and|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4310" his|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H6963" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068", 
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even|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6963" are|strong="H3068" ◄walking|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" darkness|strong="H2825"/enduring|strong="H0539" suffering|strong="H6040"►, and|strong="H1980" it|strong="H8034" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H8085" [MET|strong="H6298"] there|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H4310" light|strong="H5051", 
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trust|strong="H8172" in|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" [DOU] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6963"\+w*}. 
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walk|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" fires|strong="H1197" 
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and|strong="H3027" burn|strong="H1197" yourselves|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" torches|strong="H3940"! 
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This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H2063" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3605": 
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You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" enduring|strong="H0539" great|strong="H1419" torment|strong="H4620" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191" [EUP]! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh will bless the descendants of Abraham }

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who|strong="H3068" want|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6664" I|strong="H8085" want|strong="H1245" you|strong="H7291" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", 
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listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7291"! 
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Think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H8085" Abraham|strong="H0085"! 
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he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121". 
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But|strong="H3588" after|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H7121", he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" huge|strong="H1995" number|strong="H7235" of|strong="H7121" descendants|strong="H2233". 
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The|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H6160" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" area|strong="H1508" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H5162" like|strong="H4057" Eden|strong="H5731", 
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like|strong="H4057" the|strong="H3605" garden|strong="H1588" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H7760"\+w*/\+w planted|strong="H5193"\+w*}. 
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All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H4672" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" joyful|strong="H8342" and|strong="H3068" happy|strong="H8057"; 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" thank|strong="H8426" me|strong="H6963" and|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891". 
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\verseNumber{4}My|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H8451" Judah|strong="H3063", listen|strong="H7181" carefully|strong="H6213" [DOU] to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H3318", 
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the|strong="H3588" just|strong="H4941"/right|strong="H4941" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3318" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3816" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" light|strong="H0216" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H8451" the|strong="H3588" nations|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" soon|strong="H7138"/quickly|strong="H4116" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5971" [DOU]; 
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by|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3318" power|strong="H2220" [MTY] I|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H3318" you|strong="H5971" back|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w being|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w exiled|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} [DOU]. 
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The|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" live|strong="H7138" on|strong="H3318" islands|strong="H0339" in|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3318" ocean|strong="H5437" will|strong="H5971" wait|strong="H3176" for|strong="H6960" me|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3318"\+w*}, 
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confidently|strong="H2388" expecting for|strong="H6960" me|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" use|strong="H4399" my|strong="H3318" power|strong="H2220" [MTY]. 
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\verseNumber{6}Look|strong="H5027" up|strong="H5375" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" sky|strong="H8064", 
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and|strong="H8064" look|strong="H5027" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H8064", 
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because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" sky|strong="H8064" will|strong="H1961" disappear|strong="H2865" like|strong="H3644" [SIM] smoke|strong="H6227", 
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and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H8064" will|strong="H1961" wear|strong="H1086" out|strong="H3427" like|strong="H3644" [SIM] old|strong="H5769" clothes|strong="H0899" wear|strong="H1086" out|strong="H3427", 
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and|strong="H8064" people|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H8064" will|strong="H1961" die|strong="H4191" like|strong="H3644" gnats|strong="H3651"/flies|strong="H6157". 
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But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" rescue|strong="H5337"/save|strong="H3444" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H8064" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" remain|strong="H3427" free|strong="H2670" forever|strong="H5769", 
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and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H3427" you|strong="H3588" righteously|strong="H6666"/fairly|strong="H6666" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H3045" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" things|strong="H3372" are|strong="H5971" right|strong="H6664" to|strong="H3820" do|strong="H8085", 
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and|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" know|strong="H3045" in|strong="H8085" your|strong="H8085" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w written|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8085"\+w*} my|strong="H8085" laws|strong="H8451", 
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listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3820" me|strong="H3372"! 
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Do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3045" be|strong="H3820" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H8451" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" taunt|strong="H8148"/insult|strong="H2781" you|strong="H3045"; 
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do|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3045" be|strong="H3820" disturbed|strong="H1993"/upset|strong="H2865" when|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" revile|strong="H2778" you|strong="H3045", 
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\verseNumber{8}because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w*} 
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like|strong="H1961" [MET|strong="H6298"] clothing|strong="H3830" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H1961" ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{larvae \+w of|strong="H3444"\+w*} moths/cockroaches►, 
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like|strong="H1961" wool|strong="H6785" garments|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H1961" worms|strong="H8438". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" save|strong="H3444" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H5769" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" saved|strong="H3467" forever|strong="H5769".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H1961" prayer|strong="H8605" for|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" help|strong="H3444" }

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Show|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3068" power|strong="H5797"! 
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Do|strong="H3068" mighty|strong="H5797" things|strong="H2490" 
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like|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3068" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H5769", 
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when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" stabbed|strong="H1856" [RHQ] that|strong="H3117" sea|strong="H8577" monster|strong="H8577"/dragon|strong="H8577" Rahab|strong="H7294" and|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H2672" it|strong="H1931" into|strong="H5797" pieces|strong="H2672". 
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\verseNumber{10}Surely|strong="H2717" you|strong="H7760" are|strong="H1870" [RHQ] the|strong="H7760" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" caused|strong="H5674" the|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Red|strong="H5488"\+w*} Sea|strong="H3220" to|strong="H1870" become|strong="H2717" dry|strong="H2717" 
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and|strong="H1870" made|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" path|strong="H1870" through|strong="H5674" that|strong="H1931" deep|strong="H8415" water|strong="H4325" 
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in|strong="H7227" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1931" your|strong="H7760" people|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" cross|strong="H5674" it|strong="H7760"! 
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\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H6299" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w exiled|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} 
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will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w similarly|strong="H2088"\+w*} return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", singing|strong="H7440". 
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Their|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" joyful|strong="H7440" forever|strong="H5769" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H7725"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3068" crown|strong="H5850" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H7218". 
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They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3068" sad|strong="H7451" or|strong="H7218" mourn|strong="H5921" anymore|strong="H5750"; 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*}, 
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“I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H5162" the|strong="H5414" one|strong="H1931" who|strong="H4310" encourages|strong="H2388" you|strong="H5414". 
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So|strong="H5414" ◄why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414"/you|strong="H5414" should|strong="H4310" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H4191"► [RHQ] afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" humans 
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\verseNumber{13}◄Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440"/You|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3068"► [RHQ] forgotten|strong="H7911" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" created|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471", 
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the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" stretched|strong="H5186" out|strong="H5186" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" 
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and|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H3245" the|strong="H3605" foundations|strong="H3245" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". 
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◄Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H6440"/You|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3068"► [RHQ] continually|strong="H8548" afraid|strong="H6342" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" ◄oppress|strong="H6693" you|strong="H6440"/treat|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" cruelly|strong="H7188"► 
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and|strong="H3068" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440". 
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because|strong="H6440" those|strong="H3605" angry|strong="H2534" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3117" disappeared|strong="H0369"! 
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\verseNumber{14}Soon|strong="H4116" you|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" caused|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" slaves|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" freed|strong="H8199"! 
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You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" remain|strong="H3808" in|strong="H4191" prison|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3899" you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" of|strong="H3899" hunger|strong="H7458", 
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\verseNumber{15}because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
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the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H8034" who|strong="H3068" stirs|strong="H7280" up|strong="H3220" the|strong="H3068" sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H3068" causes|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3068" waves|strong="H1530" to|strong="H3068" roar|strong="H1993"; 
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I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397"! 
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\verseNumber{16}I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H5971" given|strong="H3027" you|strong="H7760" my|strong="H7760" message|strong="H1697" [MTY] to|strong="H3027" proclaim|strong="H7121", 
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and|strong="H8064" I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H5971" protected|strong="H3467" you|strong="H7760" with|strong="H1697" my|strong="H7760" hand|strong="H3027" [MTY]. 
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I|strong="H7760" stretched|strong="H3027" out|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7760" sky|strong="H8064" 
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and|strong="H8064" laid|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7760" earth|strong="H8064". 
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And|strong="H8064" I|strong="H7760" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7760" one|strong="H6310" who|strong="H5971" says|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3027" you|strong="H7760" Israeli people|strong="H5971", 
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‘You|strong="H7760" are|strong="H5971" my|strong="H7760" people|strong="H5971"!’” 

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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A|strong="H7760" warning|strong="H2094" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7760" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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You|strong="H3027" have|strong="H3068" experienced|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" severely|strong="H5953" punishing|strong="H7725" [MTY] you|strong="H3027". 
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the|strong="H3947" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H5971" argues/pleads|strong="H7378" your|strong="H3068" case|strong="H7378", says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": 
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I|strong="H3541" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3068" suffer|strong="H3947" anymore|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{23}Instead|strong="H8478", I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H5315" cause|strong="H2600" those|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3027" tormented|strong="H1204" you|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3027" suffer|strong="H5414"; 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jerusalem’s suffering will end }

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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3045" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" then|strong="H1696" have|strong="H5971" a|strong="H3588" close|strong="H5980" relationship with|strong="H1696" [MTY] me|strong="H1696", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{A|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" encouragement|strong="H2388" for|strong="H3588" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }

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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" returning|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{9}Jerusalem|strong="H3389" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5971" ruined|strong="H2723", 
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because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" ◄go|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068"/lead|strong="H1980"► you|strong="H3588"; 
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and|strong="H5650" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5650" highly|strong="H3966" exalt|strong="H7311" him|strong="H5375".” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3651" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" appalled|strong="H8074" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" see|strong="H4758" what|strong="H4758" has|strong="H1121" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
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people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" hardly|strong="H0389" recognize|strong="H5234" that|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" a|strong="H5921" human|strong="H0120". 
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\chapterNumber{53}◄Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H3068" believe|strong="H0539" what|strong="H4310" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w*}?/Hardly|strong="H0389" anyone|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" believe|strong="H0539" what|strong="H4310" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w*}.► [RHQ] 
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◄Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H2220"?/Very|strong="H3966" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H2220".► [MTY, RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{2}While|strong="H7200" God|strong="H3808" watches|strong="H7200", his|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" will|strong="H3808" grow|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appearing|strong="H7200"\+w*/seeming \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w*/unimportant}, 
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like|strong="H4758" a|strong="H7200" weak|strong="H3808" young|strong="H5288" plant|strong="H3126" that|strong="H7200" shoots|strong="H3127" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H6440" a|strong="H7200" root|strong="H8328" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w tree|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w is|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w growing|strong="H5927"\+w*} in|strong="H6440" dry|strong="H6723" ground|strong="H6440". 
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There|strong="H5927" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" nothing|strong="H3808" beautiful|strong="H8389" or|strong="H3808" majestic|strong="H1926" about|strong="H5439" him|strong="H6440", 
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nothing|strong="H3808" that|strong="H7200" would|strong="H0014" cause|strong="H2600" us|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5927" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{3}People|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" despise|strong="H3988" and|strong="H6440" reject|strong="H3988" him|strong="H6440". {He|strong="H4480" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" despised|strong="H0959" and|strong="H6440" rejected|strong="H2310".} 
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He|strong="H4480" will|strong="H3808" endure|strong="H6440" much|strong="H7227" pain|strong="H4341", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H4480" will|strong="H3808" suffer|strong="H5414" much|strong="H7227". 
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people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" despise|strong="H3988" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H4480" is|strong="H6440" not|strong="H3808" worth|strong="H1929" paying|strong="H1576" any|strong="H4480" attention|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440". 
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he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" endure|strong="H5375" great|strong="H1419" pain|strong="H4341" for|strong="H1931" us|strong="H6031". 
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But|strong="H5221" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1931" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" being|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" by|strong="H6031" God|strong="H0430", 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1931" his|strong="H5921" body|strong="H1320" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H7965" bruised|strong="H1792" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H5771" things|strong="H2490" that|strong="H1931" we|strong="H0587" did|strong="H7965", 
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He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1931" be|strong="H7965" beaten|strong="H5221" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1931" things|strong="H2490" will|strong="H1931" go|strong="H2490" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w souls|strong="H5315"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" abused|strong="H5953" and|strong="H6440" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6440" suffer|strong="H5414", 
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And|strong="H6440" like|strong="H3808" a|strong="H6440" sheep|strong="H7716" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ◄bleat/make|strong="H6605" any|strong="H6440" noise|strong="H6963"► when|strong="H6310" the|strong="H6440" shearer \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cuts|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H1494"\+w* \+w its|strong="H6605"\+w* \+w wool|strong="H6785"\+w*}, 
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he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H6310" anything|strong="H3808" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H1598"\+w* \+w himself|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w when|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4310" arrested|strong="H8610" and|strong="H4941" put|strong="H3947" on|strong="H5971" trial|strong="H4941", 
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And|strong="H4941" no|strong="H3947" one|strong="H2416" [RHQ] will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H5061" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1755" talk|strong="H7878" about|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H2233", 
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because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4310" die|strong="H4191" [EUP] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w being|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w having|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H5061" ◄afflicted|strong="H6041"/caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1755" suffer|strong="H3947"► for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" wrong|strong="H4941" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{9}Although|strong="H3808" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H7563" never|strong="H3808" have|strong="H7563" done|strong="H6213" any|strong="H6213" wrong|strong="H2555" or|strong="H3808" deceived|strong="H7411" [MTY] anyone|strong="H3605", 
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people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7563" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H6213" bury|strong="H6912" his|strong="H5414" corpse|strong="H5038" where|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" are|strong="H7563" buried|strong="H6213", 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3027" afflicted|strong="H2470" and|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" suffer|strong="H5414". 
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But|strong="H7200" later|strong="H0310" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spiritual|strong="H7307"\+w*} children|strong="H2233", 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3117" ◄a|strong="H7760" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117"/forever|strong="H3117"► after|strong="H2233" he|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} becomes|strong="H3027" alive|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" [MTY] will|strong="H3068" accomplish|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" planned|strong="H3289". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1931" sees|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5650" accomplish|strong="H6213" because|strong="H5771" of|strong="H5650" his|strong="H7200" suffering|strong="H6040", 
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he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H5315" satisfied|strong="H7646". 
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And|strong="H5650" because|strong="H5771" of|strong="H5650" what|strong="H7200" will|strong="H5650" have|strong="H5650" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5650" him|strong="H7200", 
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Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6662" servant|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H7200" guilt|strong="H5771" of|strong="H5650" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5650" be|strong="H5315" ended|strong="H1961", 
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because|strong="H5771" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5650" remove|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w guilt|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5650"\+w*} their|strong="H7200" sins|strong="H5771". 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H5315" consider|strong="H5375" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5375" truly|strong="H3588" great|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5315"; 
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because|strong="H8478" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5315" sacrifice|strong="H2077" himself|strong="H5315" and|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4194". 
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and|strong="H5315" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5315" intercede|strong="H6293"/pray|strong="H5375" that|strong="H1931" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" have|strong="H5375" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7227" that|strong="H1931" are|strong="H7227" wrong|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w forgiven|strong="H5375"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{54}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7442"! 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The future glory of Jerusalem }

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and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H5927" I|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" remind|strong="H5046" everyone|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God will bless all the nations }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God will bless all the nations }
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H6213" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" about|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676"/rest|strong="H5117" days|strong="H3117". 
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I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" bless|strong="H1288" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄keep|strong="H8104" sacred|strong="H6944"/honor|strong="H3519"► my|strong="H8104" Sabbath|strong="H7676"/rest|strong="H5117" days|strong="H3117", 
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\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" foreigners|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" have|strong="H3068" believed|strong="H0539" in|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5971" say|strong="H0559", 
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I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3068" tree|strong="H6086" that|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" withered|strong="H3002".’ 
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'I will|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} many|strong="H7227" more|strong="H5750" people|strong="H6908" to|strong="H3478" join|strong="H2266" those|strong="H5921" Israelis whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H3478" back|strong="H5750".' ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{God|strong="H3069" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5002" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{God|strong="H3069" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5002" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" }
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they|strong="H1992" never|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H1992" want|strong="H3808". 
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but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" ignorant|strong="H3045", 
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and|strong="H1870" they|strong="H1992" each|strong="H3605" do|strong="H1870" whatever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1992" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1870" do|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3117" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" each|strong="H3117" other|strong="H2088", ‘Come|strong="H1961", let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3117" get|strong="H3947" some|strong="H3117" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} alcoholic/strong|strong="H7941" drinks|strong="H8354", 
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and|strong="H3117" let’s|strong="H1980" become|strong="H1961" drunk|strong="H3196"! 
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And|strong="H3117" tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" enjoy|strong="H7200" drinking|strong="H8354" even|strong="H1571" more|strong="H1419"!’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Israel’s idolatry condemned }

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\chapterNumber{57}Righteous|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6662"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w young|strong="H5288"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H6440" no|strong="H7760" one|strong="H6662" is|strong="H2617" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760". 
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Godly|strong="H6662" people|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sometimes|strong="H3426"\+w*} die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6440" disasters|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H6440" no|strong="H7760" one|strong="H6662" understands|strong="H0995" why|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6662" taken|strong="H7760" away|strong="H7451" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6662" not|strong="H3588" endure|strong="H6440" more|strong="H3588" calamities|strong="H7451", 
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\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H1980" now|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H7965" peace|strong="H7965". 
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They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continually|strong="H1980"\+w*} lived|strong="H3427" righteously|strong="H6664", 
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and|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H5921"\+w*} they|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w peacefully|strong="H7965"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" graves|strong="H6913". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w says|strong="H0559"\+w*,} “But|strong="H7126" you|strong="H7126" who|strong="H1121" practice|strong="H6049" sorcery|strong="H3784", come|strong="H7126" here|strong="H2008"! 
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You|strong="H7126" who|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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and|strong="H6310" whom|strong="H4310" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H6588" insulting? 
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Do|strong="H8267" you|strong="H5921" realize|strong="H3045" [RHQ] to|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H4310" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H6588" sticking out|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" tongues|strong="H3956"? 
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You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H6588" [RHQ] always|strong="H3605" rebelling|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6310" always|strong="H3605" lying|strong="H8267". 
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and|strong="H5927" worship|strong="H7812" them|strong="H1992" as|strong="H1571" your|strong="H5921" gods|strong="H0430". 
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Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H5162" that|strong="H5927" I|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1571" punish|strong="H6485" you|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5921" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1992"? 
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\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3027" put|strong="H7760" ◄fetishes/pagan|strong="H5869" symbols|strong="H2903"► behind|strong="H0310" your|strong="H7760" doors|strong="H1817" and|strong="H3027" doorposts|strong="H4201", 
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and|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3027" deserted|strong="H5307" me|strong="H7760". 
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You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3027" taken|strong="H5927" off|strong="H3772" your|strong="H7760" clothes|strong="H0899" [EUP] 
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and|strong="H3027" climbed|strong="H5927" into|strong="H1540" your|strong="H7760" bed|strong="H4904" 
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You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3027" paid|strong="H7760" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H5927" have|strong="H3027" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588", 
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\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H5921" became|strong="H2470" weary|strong="H3021" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H1870" all|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H7230", 
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You|strong="H5921" found|strong="H4672" new|strong="H2319" strength|strong="H3027" for|strong="H5921" worshiping|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544", 
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so|strong="H3651" you|strong="H5921" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3651" [LIT|strong="H0215"]. 
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but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5046" truth|strong="H3808". 
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It|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" help|strong="H3276" you|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5046" do|strong="H4639" any|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4639" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H4639". 
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they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H7307" not|strong="H5375" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3605". 
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The|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307" will|strong="H7307" blow|strong="H8628" them|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" [DOU]. 
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But|strong="H3947" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" trust|strong="H2620" in|strong="H3947" me|strong="H3947" will|strong="H7307" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w Zion|strong="H6726"\+w*}, my|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" hill|strong="H2022".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H7307" rescue|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H2199". }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H7307" rescue|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H2199". }
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\BibleSectionHeading{True worship }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{True worship }
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I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H3068" healthy|strong="H1277". 
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You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" garden|strong="H1588" that|strong="H5315" is|strong="H3068" well|strong="H3190" watered|strong="H7302", 
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like|strong="H1961" [SIM] a|strong="H1961" spring|strong="H4161" that|strong="H5315" never|strong="H3808" dries|strong="H3001" up|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w*} will|strong="H7725" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H4480" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H7121" were|strong="H3427" destroyed|strong="H2723" long|strong="H5769" ago|strong="H5769"; 
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People|strong="H3427" will|strong="H7725" say|strong="H7725" that|strong="H7121" you|strong="H7725" are|strong="H5410" the|strong="H4480" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H5410" repairing|strong="H3247" the|strong="H4480" holes|strong="H2356" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w*}, 
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\verseNumber{13}Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" travel|strong="H1980" [MTY] long|strong="H3117" distances on|strong="H3117" Sabbath|strong="H7676"/rest|strong="H5117" days|strong="H3117", 
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and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" delight|strong="H2656" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". 
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Enjoy|strong="H3513" the|strong="H6213" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" consider|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1697" delightful|strong="H2656". 
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The|strong="H6213" Sabbath|strong="H7676" days|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3068" holy|strong="H6944" days|strong="H3117". 
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Honor|strong="H3513" me|strong="H7725", Yahweh|strong="H3068", in|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\+w* \+w days|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" talk|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1697" and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" please|strong="H4994" yourselves|strong="H3068". 
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If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" just|strong="H1697" now|strong="H3117" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213", 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" joyful|strong="H7440". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966" honor|strong="H3519" you|strong="H3588"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w everywhere|strong="H5921"\+w*!} 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w blessings|strong="H1293"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3068" ancestor Jacob|strong="H3290". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" it|strong="H5921".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh will rescue the people of Judah in spite of the evil things they have done }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh will rescue the people of Judah in spite of the evil things they have done }
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\chapterNumber{59}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068"! Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" ended|strong="H1961"/gone|strong="H3068", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3068" cannot|strong="H3808" save|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H3027" deaf|strong="H3513" [MTY], with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3068" cannot|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w when|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w call|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" separated|strong="H6504" yourselves|strong="H5315" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" by|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H1961". 
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Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403", he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H1961" turned|strong="H1961" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588", 
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with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6440" not|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" what|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3588" request|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{3}You|strong="H3588" do|strong="H8267" violent|strong="H1818" things|strong="H1697" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*}, 
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with|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" hands|strong="H3709" are|strong="H8193" stained|strong="H1351" with|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3588" blood|strong="H1818". 
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You|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w constantly|strong="H8548"\+w*} tell|strong="H1696" [MTY] lies|strong="H8267", 
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and|strong="H1818" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1696" [MTY] evil|strong="H5766" things|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921" accuse|strong="H7378" someone|strong="H0376" in|strong="H5921" court|strong="H2691", what|strong="H6664" you|strong="H5921" say|strong="H1696" is|strong="H6664" not|strong="H1696" fair|strong="H1696" and|strong="H5999" it|strong="H7121" is|strong="H6664" not|strong="H1696" true|strong="H0571". 
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You|strong="H5921" accuse|strong="H7378" people|strong="H1696" falsely|strong="H7723". 
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You|strong="H5921" are|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w constantly|strong="H8548"\+w*} planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1696" cause|strong="H6664" trouble|strong="H5999" for|strong="H5921" others|strong="H0312", 
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and|strong="H5999" then|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H8414" that|strong="H7121" you|strong="H5921" planned|strong="H3289". 
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\verseNumber{5}What|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" plan|strong="H6098" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" harm|strong="H7463" people|strong="H5971" [MET|strong="H6298"] is|strong="H4191" as|strong="H0834" dangerous|strong="H6348" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H4191" eggs|strong="H1000" of|strong="H4191" a|strong="H4191" ◄cobra|strong="H6620"/poisonous|strong="H7219" snake|strong="H5175"►, 
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because|strong="H3588" cobras|strong="H6620" will|strong="H4191" hatch|strong="H1234" from|strong="H4191" those|strong="H1992" eggs|strong="H1000". 
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You|strong="H0859" trap|strong="H4170" people|strong="H5971" like|strong="H4191" [MET|strong="H6298"] spiders trap|strong="H4170"/catch|strong="H3920" insects|strong="H8318" in|strong="H4191" their|strong="H4191" webs|strong="H6980". 
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\verseNumber{6}We|strong="H0587" people|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" hide|strong="H3680"/cover|strong="H3680" our|strong="H1961" skin|strong="H5785" with|strong="H3680" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H4639" of|strong="H3709" spider|strong="H8079" webs|strong="H6980" [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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and|strong="H2555" similarly|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" hide|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3680" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H4639" that|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961". 
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You|strong="H3808" are|strong="H4639" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w constantly|strong="H8548"\+w*} acting|strong="H4603" [MTY] violently|strong="H3966". 
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\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H0859" [SYN] are|strong="H4284" very|strong="H7323" quick|strong="H4116" to|strong="H7323" go|strong="H7272" and|strong="H1818" do|strong="H4116" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451", 
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and|strong="H1818" you|strong="H0859" hurry|strong="H4116" to|strong="H7323" murder|strong="H7523" people|strong="H1818" [MTY] who|strong="H7323" are|strong="H4284" innocent|strong="H5355". 
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You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H4284" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continually|strong="H8548"\+w*} thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H5439" sinning|strong="H2398". 
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Wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0859" go|strong="H7272", you|strong="H0859" destroy|strong="H7843" things|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1818" cause|strong="H2600" people|strong="H1818" to|strong="H7323" suffer|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3605" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1870" act|strong="H6213" peacefully|strong="H7965" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1870" treat|strong="H4941" others|strong="H1992" fairly|strong="H4941". 
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You|strong="H3605" always|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" ◄dishonest|strong="H1215"/deceiving|strong="H8267" others|strong="H1992"► [MET|strong="H6298"], 
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and|strong="H4941" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" imitate|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" behavior|strong="H1870" never|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" any|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" peace|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{9}Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3651", God|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" rescue|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w our|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w*} he|strong="H3651" is|strong="H2009" not|strong="H3808" acting|strong="H1980" fairly|strong="H4941"/righteously|strong="H6666" toward|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". 
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We|strong="H1980" expect|strong="H6960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*} light|strong="H0216", 
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but|strong="H3808" all|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w gives|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*} is|strong="H2009" darkness|strong="H2822" [DOU]. 
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\verseNumber{10}We|strong="H4191" are|strong="H5869" like|strong="H4191" [SIM] blind|strong="H5787" people|strong="H5869" who|strong="H5787" have|strong="H5869" to|strong="H4191" feel|strong="H5869" along|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4191" wall|strong="H7023" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4191" walk|strong="H1980" anywhere|strong="H3605". 
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We|strong="H4191" stumble|strong="H3782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w trip|strong="H1760"\+w*} at|strong="H4191" noontime like|strong="H4191" [SIM] we|strong="H4191" would|strong="H0014" when|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5869" is|strong="H5869" dark|strong="H5399". 
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We|strong="H4191" are|strong="H5869" like|strong="H4191" [SIM] dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5869" who|strong="H5787" are|strong="H5869" among|strong="H8432" healthy|strong="H1277" people|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{11}We|strong="H3605" growl|strong="H1993" like|strong="H1993" [SIM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hungry|strong="H7457"\+w*} bears|strong="H1677"; 
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we|strong="H3605" continually|strong="H3605" moan|strong="H1897" like|strong="H1993" [SIM] doves|strong="H3123". 
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We|strong="H3605" seek|strong="H1245" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w*} what|strong="H4941" is|strong="H3605" just|strong="H4941"/fair|strong="H3303", 
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but|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" cannot|strong="H4480" find|strong="H4672" any|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w anywhere|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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and|strong="H6030" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" testify|strong="H6030" [PRS] against|strong="H5048" us|strong="H3045". 
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We|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3045" deny|strong="H3584" it|strong="H3588"; 
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we|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" done|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7235" wrong|strong="H5771" things|strong="H1697". 
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we|strong="H1697" have|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H3068" away|strong="H5253" from|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1697". 
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We|strong="H1697" ◄oppress|strong="H6231" people|strong="H1696"/treat|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1696" cruelly|strong="H6233"► by|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H1697" testify|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1697"\+w*}; 
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We|strong="H1697" [SYN] think|strong="H3820" about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3068" lies|strong="H8267" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H1697" can|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H1696", 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4941" acting|strong="H4603" righteously|strong="H6666". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Israel’s future glory }

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\BibleSectionHeading{Good news for oppressed people }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Good news for oppressed people }
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" repay|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" 
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\verseNumber{9}Their|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" honored|strong="H3513" by|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" [DOU]. 
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Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" sees|strong="H7200" them|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" a|strong="H3588" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288".” 
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or|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" bride|strong="H3618" wearing|strong="H2296" jewels|strong="H3627". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Isaiah’s prayer for Jerusalem }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Isaiah’s prayer for Jerusalem }
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I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3389" do|strong="H3318" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" help|strong="H3444" them|strong="H3318". 
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I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3389" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" praying|strong="H6419" for|strong="H5704" them|strong="H3318" 
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until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H6726" rescued|strong="H5337"/freed|strong="H8199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w oppressors|strong="H3905"\+w*}, 
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until|strong="H5704" people|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" clearly|strong="H3045" as|strong="H5704" [SIM] they|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3318" torch|strong="H3940" shining|strong="H5051" brightly|strong="H5051" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}. 
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Their|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w*} great|strong="H1419"/glorious|strong="H3519". 
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And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY] will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} a|strong="H7200" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" hold|strong="H2388" you|strong="H3027" up|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3027". 
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Under|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" authority|strong="H3027" [MTY], you|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" glorious|strong="H8597" headband/turban|strong="H6797" worn|strong="H1086" by|strong="H3027" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4410". 
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\verseNumber{4}Your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121" “the|strong="H3588" deserted|strong="H5800"/abandoned|strong="H5800" city|strong="H5892"” and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" country|strong="H2022" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" be|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121" “the|strong="H3588" desolate|strong="H8077" land|strong="H0776"”; 
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it|strong="H7121" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121" “the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" delights|strong="H2654" in|strong="H3068"”, 
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and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w also|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} “married|strong="H1166" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"”. 
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It|strong="H7121" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" delighted|strong="H2654" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" bride|strong="H3618" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{5}You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" 
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like|strong="H1121" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" young|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121" lives|strong="H5315" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bride|strong="H3618". 
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And|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" happy|strong="H0835" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} him|strong="H5921" 
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like|strong="H1121" [SIM] a|strong="H3588" bridegroom|strong="H2860" is|strong="H1121" happy|strong="H0835" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" bride|strong="H3618" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w belongs|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389", I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" watchmen|strong="H8104" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" walls|strong="H2346"; 
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they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" [LIT|strong="H0215"] earnestly|strong="H2142" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915". 
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You|strong="H3605" watchmen|strong="H8104", you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w praying|strong="H6485"\+w*} 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} reminding Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3389" tell|strong="H5046" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5704" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" rest|strong="H1824" 
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until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" causes|strong="H5414" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3389"\+w*} famous|strong="H8034" throughout|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" world|strong="H8398". 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" to|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, 
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“I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" use|strong="H4399" my|strong="H5414" power|strong="H5797" [MTY] and|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414"; 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w other|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w never|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5750"\+w* \+w again|strong="H5750"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7650" away|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" 
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and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" wine|strong="H8492" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" worked|strong="H3021" hard|strong="H7186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w produce|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H3068" grew|strong="H1431" the|strong="H3588" grain|strong="H1715", 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H6944" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H1984"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", while|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w bread|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w made|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3068"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" grain|strong="H1715". 
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Inside|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" courtyards|strong="H2691" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" 
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you|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H3588" wine|strong="H3196" made|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" grapes|strong="H6025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w harvested|strong="H1219"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{10}Go|strong="H5674" out|strong="H5921" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*} gates|strong="H8179"! 
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Prepare|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5921" highway|strong="H4546" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w return|strong="H6437"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}! 
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Cause|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H7311" smooth|strong="H3474"; 
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clear|strong="H6437" off|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H5619"; 
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set|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" signal|strong="H5251" flags|strong="H5488" to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" people-groups to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1870"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" message|strong="H3068" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} every|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471": 
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“Tell|strong="H8085" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", ‘The|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337"/save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H2009"! 
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Look|strong="H2009"! He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" bringing|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" ◄your|strong="H3068" reward|strong="H7939"/what|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" deserve|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w good|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}►; 
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those|strong="H8085" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" setting|strong="H5414" free|strong="H2670" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121" “Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971", 
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the|strong="H3068" ones|strong="H6944" whom|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337"”. 
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And|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} loves|strong="H0157", 
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the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w longer|strong="H3808"\+w*} abandoned|strong="H5800". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s punishment on the nations }

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\chapterNumber{63}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w*}, “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" coming|strong="H0935" from|strong="H3581" Bozrah|strong="H1224" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H1696" Edom|strong="H0112", 
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whose|strong="H4310" clothes|strong="H3830" are|strong="H7227" stained|strong="H1351" red|strong="H5488" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3581"\+w* \+w blood|strong="H1818"\+w*}? 
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Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" wearing|strong="H1921" beautiful|strong="H3303" robes|strong="H3830"?” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w replies|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “It|strong="H1696" is|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, declaring|strong="H5046" that|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H1696" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H6666" I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3581" to|strong="H1696" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3467"!” 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}, “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4069" those|strong="H1992" red|strong="H5488" spots|strong="H0934" on|strong="H1869" your|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H3830"? 
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It|strong="H3830" appears|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" [SIM] you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H4069" been|strong="H1961" treading|strong="H1869"/tramping on|strong="H1869" grapes|strong="H6025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H1660"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w replies|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" treading|strong="H1869" on|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*, \+w not|strong="H5971"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" grapes|strong="H6025". 
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I|strong="H5921" did|strong="H5971" it|strong="H5921" myself|strong="H0589"; no|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5921". 
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I|strong="H5921" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", 
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and|strong="H5971" my|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" became|strong="H3205" stained|strong="H1351" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H5332". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3820" time|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3117" [SYN] to|strong="H3820" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5359"; 
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it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3820" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3820" rescue|strong="H1350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w oppressed|strong="H6231"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H0589" searched|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1931" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0014" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H3467" to|strong="H2534" help|strong="H5826" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H1931" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H1931" amazed|strong="H8074"/shocked|strong="H8074" that|strong="H1931" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H1931" to|strong="H2534" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H3467". 
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So|strong="H1931" I|strong="H0589" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5564"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} with|strong="H2534" my|strong="H3467" own|strong="H1961" power|strong="H2220"/strength|strong="H2220" [MTY]; 
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I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H1931" able|strong="H3201" [PRS] to|strong="H2534" do|strong="H5826" that|strong="H1931" because|strong="H8074" of|strong="H2534" my|strong="H3467" being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534". 
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\verseNumber{6}Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5971" was|strong="H5971" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534", I|strong="H5971" punished|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3381" nations|strong="H5971"; 
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I|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w stagger|strong="H5128"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3381"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] drunk|strong="H7937" men|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3381" blood|strong="H5332" to|strong="H3381" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H3381" on|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3381" ground|strong="H0776".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H3381" people|strong="H5971" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H3381" people|strong="H5971" }
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H3605" about|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" loving|strong="H0157" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", 
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\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “These|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971"; 
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to|strong="H5927" be|strong="H5769" among|strong="H7130" our|strong="H7760" ancestors|strong="H0001"? 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" a|strong="H6213" place|strong="H5117" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3651" could|strong="H5971" rest|strong="H5117". 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6213" led|strong="H5090" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" caused|strong="H6213" yourself|strong="H6213" [MTY] to|strong="H3381" ◄get|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" wonderful|strong="H6381" reputation|strong="H8034"/be|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966" honored|strong="H3513"►.” 

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\verseNumber{16}You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" our|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001". 
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you|strong="H3588" rescued|strong="H5337" us|strong="H3045" long|strong="H5769" ago|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{17}Yahweh|strong="H3068", why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H7725" us|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" wander|strong="H8582" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" road|strong="H1870" [RHQ]? 
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I|strong="H2962" will|strong="H1961" answer|strong="H6030" their|strong="H8085" prayers|strong="H8605" while|strong="H5750" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" still|strong="H5750" praying|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}. 
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Snakes|strong="H5175" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w hurt|strong="H7489"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w*; \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w lie|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H6083"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} eat|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3605"\+w*} dirt|strong="H6083". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3808"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" it|strong="H3808".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh will judge all the nations }

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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H5921" [MTY] have|strong="H1961" created|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605"; 
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all|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" exist because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921". 
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You|strong="H1288" offer|strong="H5927" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H5927" me|strong="H5315", 
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You|strong="H1288" burn|strong="H5927" incense|strong="H3828" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5315"\+w*}, 
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but|strong="H1571" you|strong="H1288" also|strong="H1571" praise|strong="H1288" your|strong="H2142" idols|strong="H8251". 
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You|strong="H1288" enjoy|strong="H7200" doing|strong="H1870" those|strong="H1992" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H8251". 
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you|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030". 
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When|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3282" spoke|strong="H1696", you|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085". 
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You|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H3808"\+w*} things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3282" say|strong="H1696" are|strong="H1992" evil|strong="H7451"; 
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you|strong="H6213" chose|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*} things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3282" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808". 
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So|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H1571"\+w*} I|strong="H3282" will|strong="H1571" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" by|strong="H7121" causing|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" experience|strong="H7200" the|strong="H8085" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w*} afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H5869".” 

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