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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you are my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">I will exalt you and praise your name,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">for in perfect faithfulness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">you have done wonderful things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">things planned long ago.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You have made the city a heap of rubble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">the fortified town a ruin,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">the foreigners&#8217; stronghold a city no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">it will never be rebuilt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore strong peoples will honor you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="content">cities of ruthless nations will revere you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You have been a refuge for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">a refuge for the needy in their distress,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">a shelter from the storm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">and a shade from the heat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">For the breath of the ruthless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">is like a storm driving against a wall</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and like the heat of the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">You silence the uproar of foreigners;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">so the song of the ruthless is stilled.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On this mountain the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will prepare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">a feast of rich food for all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">a banquet of aged wine&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">the best of meats and the finest of wines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.25.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On this mountain he will destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">the shroud that enfolds all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">the sheet that covers all nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.25.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">he will swallow up death forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will wipe away the tears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">from all faces;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">he will remove his people&#8217;s disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">from all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.25.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In that day they will say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Surely this is our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">we trusted in him, and he saved us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">This is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, we trusted in him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.25.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will rest on this mountain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">but Moab will be trampled in their land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">as straw is trampled down in the manure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.25.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will stretch out their hands in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">God will bring down their pride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">despite the cleverness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.25.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He will bring down your high fortified walls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">and lay them low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">he will bring them down to the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.25.12"><span class="content">to the very dust.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch26" data-usfm="ISA.26">
         <div class="label">26</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Song of Praise</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">We have a strong city;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">God makes salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">its walls and ramparts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Open the gates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="content">that the righteous nation may enter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="content">the nation that keeps faith.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You will keep in perfect peace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">those whose minds are steadfast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">because they trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself, is the Rock eternal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He humbles those who dwell on high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">he lays the lofty city low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">he levels it to the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">and casts it down to the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Feet trample it down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="content">the feet of the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="content">the footsteps of the poor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The path of the righteous is level;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"><span class="content">you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Yes, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, walking in the way of your laws,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">judgments</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">we wait for you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">your name and renown</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">are the desire of our hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">My soul yearns for you in the night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">in the morning my spirit longs for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">When your judgments come upon the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">the people of the world learn righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But when grace is shown to the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">they do not learn righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">and do not regard the majesty of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your hand is lifted high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">but they do not see it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you establish peace for us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"><span class="content">all that we have accomplished you have done for us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.26.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"><span class="content">but your name alone do we honor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They are now dead, they live no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">their spirits do not rise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">You punished them and brought them to ruin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">you wiped out all memory of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You have enlarged the nation, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">you have enlarged the nation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">You have gained glory for yourself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">you have extended all the borders of the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, they came to you in their distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="content">when you disciplined them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="content">they could barely whisper a prayer.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:16 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.26.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As a pregnant woman about to give birth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="content">writhes and cries out in her pain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="content">so were we in your presence, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">We were with child, we writhed in labor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">but we gave birth to wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">We have not brought salvation to the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">and the people of the world have not come to life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But your dead will live, </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.26.19"><span class="content">their bodies will rise&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">let those who dwell in the dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">wake up and shout for joy&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">your dew is like the dew of the morning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">the earth will give birth to her dead.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Go, my people, enter your rooms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">and shut the doors behind you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">hide yourselves for a little while</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">until his wrath has passed by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">See, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is coming out of his dwelling</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">to punish the people of the earth for their sins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">The earth will disclose the blood shed on it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.26.21"><span class="content">the earth will conceal its slain no longer.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Deliverance of Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In that day,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.27.1"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will punish with his sword&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.27.1"><span class="content">his fierce, great and powerful sword&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.27.1"><span class="content">Leviathan the gliding serpent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.27.1"><span class="content">Leviathan the coiling serpent;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.27.1"><span class="content">he will slay the monster of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.27.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In that day&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.27.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Sing about a fruitful vineyard:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, watch over it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.27.3"><span class="content">I water it continually.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.27.3"><span class="content">I guard it day and night</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.27.3"><span class="content">so that no one may harm it.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I am not angry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.27.4"><span class="content">If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.27.4"><span class="content">I would march against them in battle;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.27.4"><span class="content">I would set them all on fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Or else let them come to me for refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.27.5"><span class="content">let them make peace with me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.27.5"><span class="content">yes, let them make peace with me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In days to come Jacob will take root,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.27.6"><span class="content">Israel will bud and blossom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.27.6"><span class="content">and fill all the world with fruit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> struck her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.27.7"><span class="content">as he struck down those who struck her?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.27.7"><span class="content">Has she been killed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.27.7"><span class="content">as those were killed who killed her?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By warfare</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:8 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and exile you contend with her&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.27.8"><span class="content">with his fierce blast he drives her out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.27.8"><span class="content">as on a day the east wind blows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">By this, then, will Jacob&#8217;s guilt be atoned for,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.27.9"><span class="content">and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.27.9"><span class="content">When he makes all the altar stones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.27.9"><span class="content">to be like limestone crushed to pieces,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.27.9"><span class="content">no Asherah poles</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">27:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah</span></span></span><span class="content"> or incense altars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.27.9"><span class="content">will be left standing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The fortified city stands desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.27.10"><span class="content">an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the wilderness;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.27.10"><span class="content">there the calves graze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.27.10"><span class="content">there they lie down;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.27.10"><span class="content">they strip its branches bare.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When its twigs are dry, they are broken off</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.27.11"><span class="content">and women come and make fires with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.27.11"><span class="content">For this is a people without understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.27.11"><span class="content">so their Maker has no compassion on them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.27.11"><span class="content">and their Creator shows them no favor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">In that day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, Israel, will be gathered up one by one. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And in that day a great trumpet will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and worship the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.</span></span></div>
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