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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch46" data-usfm="ISA.46">
            <div class="label">46</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Gods of Babylon</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">their idols are borne by beasts of burden.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">46:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">are but beasts and cattle</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">The images that are carried about are burdensome,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">a burden for the weary.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.46.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They stoop and bow down together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="content">unable to rescue the burden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="content">they themselves go off into captivity.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.46.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">all the remnant of the people of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">you whom I have upheld since your birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">and have carried since you were born.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even to your old age and gray hairs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I am he, I am he who will sustain you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I have made you and I will carry you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I will sustain you and I will rescue you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;With whom will you compare me or count me equal?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="content">To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Some pour out gold from their bags</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">and weigh out silver on the scales;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">and they bow down and worship it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They lift it to their shoulders and carry it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">they set it up in its place, and there it stands.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">From that spot it cannot move.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">it cannot save them from their troubles.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Remember this, keep it in mind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="content">take it to heart, you rebels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Remember the former things, those of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">I am God, and there is no other;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">I am God, and there is none like me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I make known the end from the beginning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">from ancient times, what is still to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">I say, &#8216;My purpose will stand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">and I will do all that I please.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">From the east I summon a bird of prey;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">What I have said, that I will bring about;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">what I have planned, that I will do.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.46.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.46.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.46.12"><span class="content">you who are now far from my righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.46.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am bringing my righteousness near,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">it is not far away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">and my salvation will not be delayed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">I will grant salvation to Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.46.13"><span class="content">my splendor to Israel.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch47" data-usfm="ISA.47">
            <div class="label">47</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Fall of Babylon</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.47.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go down, sit in the dust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.47.1"><span class="content">Virgin Daughter Babylon;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.47.1"><span class="content">sit on the ground without a throne,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.47.1"><span class="content">queen city of the Babylonians.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">47:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 5</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.47.1"><span class="content">No more will you be called</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.47.1"><span class="content">tender or delicate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.47.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.47.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Take millstones and grind flour;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.47.2"><span class="content">take off your veil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.47.2"><span class="content">Lift up your skirts, bare your legs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.47.2"><span class="content">and wade through the streams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.47.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.47.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your nakedness will be exposed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.47.3"><span class="content">and your shame uncovered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.47.3"><span class="content">I will take vengeance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.47.3"><span class="content">I will spare no one.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.47.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.47.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Our Redeemer&#8212;the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is his name&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.47.4"><span class="content">is the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.47.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.47.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sit in silence, go into darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.47.5"><span class="content">queen city of the Babylonians;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.47.5"><span class="content">no more will you be called</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.47.5"><span class="content">queen of kingdoms.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.47.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.47.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I was angry with my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.47.6"><span class="content">and desecrated my inheritance;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.47.6"><span class="content">I gave them into your hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.47.6"><span class="content">and you showed them no mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.47.6"><span class="content">Even on the aged</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.47.6"><span class="content">you laid a very heavy yoke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.47.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.47.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You said, &#8216;I am forever&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.47.7"><span class="content">the eternal queen!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.47.7"><span class="content">But you did not consider these things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.47.7"><span class="content">or reflect on what might happen.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.47.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.47.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.47.8"><span class="content">lounging in your security</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.47.8"><span class="content">and saying to yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.47.8"><span class="content">&#8216;I am, and there is none besides me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.47.8"><span class="content">I will never be a widow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.47.8"><span class="content">or suffer the loss of children.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.47.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.47.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Both of these will overtake you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.47.9"><span class="content">in a moment, on a single day:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.47.9"><span class="content">loss of children and widowhood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.47.9"><span class="content">They will come upon you in full measure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.47.9"><span class="content">in spite of your many sorceries</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.47.9"><span class="content">and all your potent spells.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.47.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.47.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You have trusted in your wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.47.10"><span class="content">and have said, &#8216;No one sees me.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.47.10"><span class="content">Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.47.10"><span class="content">when you say to yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.47.10"><span class="content">&#8216;I am, and there is none besides me.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.47.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.47.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Disaster will come upon you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.47.11"><span class="content">and you will not know how to conjure it away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.47.11"><span class="content">A calamity will fall upon you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.47.11"><span class="content">that you cannot ward off with a ransom;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.47.11"><span class="content">a catastrophe you cannot foresee</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.47.11"><span class="content">will suddenly come upon you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.47.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.47.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Keep on, then, with your magic spells</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.47.12"><span class="content">and with your many sorceries,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.47.12"><span class="content">which you have labored at since childhood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.47.12"><span class="content">Perhaps you will succeed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.47.12"><span class="content">perhaps you will cause terror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.47.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.47.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.47.13"><span class="content">Let your astrologers come forward,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.47.13"><span class="content">those stargazers who make predictions month by month,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.47.13"><span class="content">let them save you from what is coming upon you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.47.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.47.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Surely they are like stubble;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.47.14"><span class="content">the fire will burn them up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.47.14"><span class="content">They cannot even save themselves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.47.14"><span class="content">from the power of the flame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.47.14"><span class="content">These are not coals for warmth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.47.14"><span class="content">this is not a fire to sit by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.47.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.47.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">That is all they are to you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.47.15"><span class="content">these you have dealt with</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.47.15"><span class="content">and labored with since childhood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.47.15"><span class="content">All of them go on in their error;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.47.15"><span class="content">there is not one that can save you.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch48" data-usfm="ISA.48">
            <div class="label">48</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Stubborn Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">you who are called by the name of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">and come from the line of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">you who take oaths in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">and invoke the God of Israel&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">but not in truth or righteousness&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.48.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.48.2"><span class="content">and claim to rely on the God of Israel&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.48.2"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is his name:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.48.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I foretold the former things long ago,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.48.3"><span class="content">my mouth announced them and I made them known;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.48.3"><span class="content">then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.48.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For I knew how stubborn you were;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.48.4"><span class="content">your neck muscles were iron,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.48.4"><span class="content">your forehead was bronze.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.48.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore I told you these things long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="content">before they happened I announced them to you</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="content">so that you could not say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="content">&#8216;My images brought them about;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="content">my wooden image and metal god ordained them.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.48.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You have heard these things; look at them all.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.48.6"><span class="content">Will you not admit them?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.48.6"><span class="content">&#8220;From now on I will tell you of new things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.48.6"><span class="content">of hidden things unknown to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.48.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They are created now, and not long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.48.7"><span class="content">you have not heard of them before today.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.48.7"><span class="content">So you cannot say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.48.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Yes, I knew of them.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.48.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You have neither heard nor understood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.48.8"><span class="content">from of old your ears have not been open.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.48.8"><span class="content">Well do I know how treacherous you are;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.48.8"><span class="content">you were called a rebel from birth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.48.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For my own name&#8217;s sake I delay my wrath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.48.9"><span class="content">for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.48.9"><span class="content">so as not to destroy you completely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.48.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">See, I have refined you, though not as silver;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.48.10"><span class="content">I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.48.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="content">How can I let myself be defamed?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="content">I will not yield my glory to another.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Freed</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to me, Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">Israel, whom I have called:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">I am he;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">I am the first and I am the last.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="content">and my right hand spread out the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="content">when I summon them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="content">they all stand up together.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come together, all of you, and listen:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="content">Which of the idols has foretold these things?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s chosen ally</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="content">will carry out his purpose against Babylon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="content">his arm will be against the Babylonians.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 20</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.48.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.48.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I, even I, have spoken;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.48.15"><span class="content">yes, I have called him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.48.15"><span class="content">I will bring him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.48.15"><span class="content">and he will succeed in his mission.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.48.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come near me and listen to this:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="content">&#8220;From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="content">at the time it happens, I am there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="content">And now the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sent me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="content">endowed with his Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.48.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">who teaches you what is best for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">who directs you in the way you should go.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If only you had paid attention to my commands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="content">your peace would have been like a river,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="content">your well-being like the waves of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.48.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Your descendants would have been like the sand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.48.19"><span class="content">your children like its numberless grains;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.48.19"><span class="content">their name would never be blotted out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.48.19"><span class="content">nor destroyed from before me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.48.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Leave Babylon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">flee from the Babylonians!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">Announce this with shouts of joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">and proclaim it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">Send it out to the ends of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has redeemed his servant Jacob.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.48.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.48.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.48.21"><span class="content">he made water flow for them from the rock;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.48.21"><span class="content">he split the rock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.48.21"><span class="content">and water gushed out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.48.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.48.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;There is no peace,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;for the wicked.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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