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Jesus Revealed Pt. 13 - No Greater Love

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TheLionWithin.Us: Choosing Your Circle: The Power of Influence

New International Version

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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you scoffers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.28.14"><span class="content">who rule this people in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You boast, &#8220;We have entered into a covenant with death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.28.15"><span class="content">with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.28.15"><span class="content">When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.28.15"><span class="content">it cannot touch us,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.28.15"><span class="content">for we have made a lie our refuge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.28.15"><span class="content">and falsehood</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">false gods</span></span></span><span class="content"> our hiding place.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.28.16"><span class="content">&#8220;See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.28.16"><span class="content">a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.28.16"><span class="content">the one who relies on it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.28.16"><span class="content">will never be stricken with panic.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will make justice the measuring line</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.28.17"><span class="content">and righteousness the plumb line;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.28.17"><span class="content">hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.28.17"><span class="content">and water will overflow your hiding place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Your covenant with death will be annulled;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.28.18"><span class="content">your agreement with the realm of the dead will not stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.28.18"><span class="content">When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.28.18"><span class="content">you will be beaten down by it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">As often as it comes it will carry you away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.28.19"><span class="content">morning after morning, by day and by night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.28.19"><span class="content">it will sweep through.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.28.19"><span class="content">The understanding of this message</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.28.19"><span class="content">will bring sheer terror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The bed is too short to stretch out on,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.28.20"><span class="content">the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.28.20"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.28.21"><span class="content">he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.28.21"><span class="content">to do his work, his strange work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.28.21"><span class="content">and perform his task, his alien task.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Now stop your mocking,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.28.22"><span class="content">or your chains will become heavier;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.28.22"><span class="content">the Lord, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, has told me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.28.22"><span class="content">of the destruction decreed against the whole land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Listen and hear my voice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.28.23"><span class="content">pay attention and hear what I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.28.24"><span class="content">Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When he has leveled the surface,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.28.25"><span class="content">does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.28.25"><span class="content">Does he not plant wheat in its place,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:25 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.28.25"><span class="content">barley in its plot,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:25 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.28.25"><span class="content">and spelt in its field?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">His God instructs him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.28.26"><span class="content">and teaches him the right way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.28.26"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Caraway is not threshed with a sledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.28.27"><span class="content">nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.28.27"><span class="content">caraway is beaten out with a rod,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.28.27"><span class="content">and cumin with a stick.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.28.27"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Grain must be ground to make bread;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.28.28"><span class="content">so one does not go on threshing it forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.28.28"><span class="content">The wheels of a threshing cart may be rolled over it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.28.28"><span class="content">but one does not use horses to grind grain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.28.28"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.28.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">All this also comes from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.28.29"><span class="content">whose plan is wonderful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.28.29"><span class="content">whose wisdom is magnificent.</span></span></div>
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The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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            <div class="label">29</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Woe to David&#8217;s City</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.29.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to you, Ariel, Ariel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.29.1"><span class="content">the city where David settled!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.29.1"><span class="content">Add year to year</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.29.1"><span class="content">and let your cycle of festivals go on.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.29.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.29.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Yet I will besiege Ariel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.29.2"><span class="content">she will mourn and lament,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.29.2"><span class="content">she will be to me like an altar hearth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">altar hearth </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">Ariel</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.29.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.29.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will encamp against you on all sides;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.29.3"><span class="content">I will encircle you with towers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.29.3"><span class="content">and set up my siege works against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.29.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.29.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Brought low, you will speak from the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.29.4"><span class="content">your speech will mumble out of the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.29.4"><span class="content">Your voice will come ghostlike from the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.29.4"><span class="content">out of the dust your speech will whisper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.29.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.29.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But your many enemies will become like fine dust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.29.5"><span class="content">the ruthless hordes like blown chaff.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.29.5"><span class="content">Suddenly, in an instant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.29.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.29.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will come</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.29.6"><span class="content">with thunder and earthquake and great noise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.29.6"><span class="content">with windstorm and tempest and flames of a devouring fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.29.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.29.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the hordes of all the nations that fight against Ariel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.29.7"><span class="content">that attack her and her fortress and besiege her,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.29.7"><span class="content">will be as it is with a dream,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.29.7"><span class="content">with a vision in the night&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.29.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">as when a hungry person dreams of eating,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">but awakens hungry still;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">but awakens faint and thirsty still.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">So will it be with the hordes of all the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">that fight against Mount Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.29.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Be stunned and amazed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.29.9"><span class="content">blind yourselves and be sightless;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.29.9"><span class="content">be drunk, but not from wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.29.9"><span class="content">stagger, but not from beer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.29.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.29.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has brought over you a deep sleep:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.29.10"><span class="content">He has sealed your eyes (the prophets);</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.29.10"><span class="content">he has covered your heads (the seers).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.29.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.29.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For you this whole vision is nothing but words sealed in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, &#8220;Read this, please,&#8221; they will answer, &#8220;I can&#8217;t; it is sealed.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.29.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, &#8220;Read this, please,&#8221; they will answer, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to read.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.29.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The Lord says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">&#8220;These people come near to me with their mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">and honor me with their lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">but their hearts are far from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">Their worship of me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">is based on merely human rules they have been taught.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:13 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.29.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore once more I will astound these people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.29.14"><span class="content">with wonder upon wonder;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.29.14"><span class="content">the wisdom of the wise will perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.29.14"><span class="content">the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.29.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.29.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Woe to those who go to great depths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.29.15"><span class="content">to hide their plans from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.29.15"><span class="content">who do their work in darkness and think,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.29.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Who sees us? Who will know?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.29.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You turn things upside down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">&#8220;You did not make me&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">Can the pot say to the potter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">&#8220;You know nothing&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.29.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In a very short time, will not Lebanon be turned into a fertile field</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.29.17"><span class="content">and the fertile field seem like a forest?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.29.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.29.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.29.18"><span class="content">and out of gloom and darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.29.18"><span class="content">the eyes of the blind will see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.29.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.29.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Once more the humble will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.29.19"><span class="content">the needy will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.29.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.29.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The ruthless will vanish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.29.20"><span class="content">the mockers will disappear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.29.20"><span class="content">and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.29.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.29.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">those who with a word make someone out to be guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.29.21"><span class="content">who ensnare the defender in court</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.29.21"><span class="content">and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.29.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.29.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who redeemed Abraham, says to the descendants of Jacob:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.29.22"><span class="content">&#8220;No longer will Jacob be ashamed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.29.22"><span class="content">no longer will their faces grow pale.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.29.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When they see among them their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="content">the work of my hands,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="content">they will keep my name holy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="content">they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="content">and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.29.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.29.24"><span class="content">those who complain will accept instruction.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bkMIC">
        <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="MIC.2">
            <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Human Plans and God&#8217;s Plans</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to those who plan iniquity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.2.1"><span class="content">to those who plot evil on their beds!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.2.1"><span class="content">At morning&#8217;s light they carry it out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.2.1"><span class="content">because it is in their power to do it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MIC.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They covet fields and seize them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.2.2"><span class="content">and houses, and take them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.2.2"><span class="content">They defraud people of their homes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.2.2"><span class="content">they rob them of their inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MIC.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"><span class="content">&#8220;I am planning disaster against this people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"><span class="content">from which you cannot save yourselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"><span class="content">You will no longer walk proudly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"><span class="content">for it will be a time of calamity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MIC.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In that day people will ridicule you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="content">they will taunt you with this mournful song:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="content">&#8216;We are utterly ruined;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="content">my people&#8217;s possession is divided up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="content">He takes it from me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="content">He assigns our fields to traitors.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MIC.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.2.5"><span class="content">to divide the land by lot.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">False Prophets</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MIC.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not prophesy,&#8221; their prophets say.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.2.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not prophesy about these things;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.2.6"><span class="content">disgrace will not overtake us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MIC.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Does the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> become</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Is the Spirit of the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> impatient?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"><span class="content">Does he do such things?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not my words do good</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"><span class="content">to the one whose ways are upright?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MIC.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Lately my people have risen up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"><span class="content">like an enemy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"><span class="content">You strip off the rich robe</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"><span class="content">from those who pass by without a care,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"><span class="content">like men returning from battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MIC.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You drive the women of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.2.9"><span class="content">from their pleasant homes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.2.9"><span class="content">You take away my blessing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.2.9"><span class="content">from their children forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MIC.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Get up, go away!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.2.10"><span class="content">For this is not your resting place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.2.10"><span class="content">because it is defiled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.2.10"><span class="content">it is ruined, beyond all remedy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MIC.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If a liar and deceiver comes and says,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.2.11"><span class="content">&#8216;I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.2.11"><span class="content">that would be just the prophet for this people!</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Deliverance Promised</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MIC.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will surely gather all of you, Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"><span class="content">I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"><span class="content">I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"><span class="content">like a flock in its pasture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"><span class="content">the place will throng with people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MIC.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The One who breaks open the way will go up before them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.2.13"><span class="content">they will break through the gate and go out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.2.13"><span class="content">Their King will pass through before them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MIC.2.13"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> at their head.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bk2KI">
        <div class="chapter ch17" data-usfm="2KI.17.1">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2KI.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years. </span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bk2KI">
        <div class="chapter ch17" data-usfm="2KI.17.2">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch17" data-usfm="2KI.17.3">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser&#8217;s vassal and had paid him tribute. </span></span></div>
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