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Holy Bible - Isaiah 38 : 1 - 22 
 
Hezekiah’s Illness 
38 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.” 
 
2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 “Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 
 
4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah: 5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life. 6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. 
 
7 “‘This is the Lord’s sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: 8 I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down. 
 
9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: 
 
10 I said, “In the prime of my life 
 must I go through the gates of death 
 and be robbed of the rest of my years?” 
11 I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself 
 in the land of the living; 
no longer will I look on my fellow man, 
 or be with those who now dwell in this world. 
12 Like a shepherd’s tent my house 
 has been pulled down and taken from me. 
Like a weaver I have rolled up my life, 
 and he has cut me off from the loom; 
 day and night you made an end of me. 
13 I waited patiently till dawn, 
 but like a lion he broke all my bones; 
 day and night you made an end of me. 
14 I cried like a swift or thrush, 
 I moaned like a mourning dove. 
My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. 
 I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!” 
15 But what can I say? 
 He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. 
I will walk humbly all my years 
 because of this anguish of my soul. 
16 Lord, by such things people live; 
 and my spirit finds life in them too. 
You restored me to health 
 and let me live. 
17 Surely it was for my benefit 
 that I suffered such anguish. 
In your love you kept me 
 from the pit of destruction; 
you have put all my sins 
 behind your back. 
18 For the grave cannot praise you, 
 death cannot sing your praise; 
those who go down to the pit 
 cannot hope for your faithfulness. 
19 The living, the living—they praise you, 
 as I am doing today; 
parents tell their children 
 about your faithfulness. 
20 The Lord will save me, 
 and we will sing with stringed instruments 
all the days of our lives 
 in the temple of the Lord. 
21 Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.” 
 
22 Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the temple of the Lord?”

Holy Bible - Isaiah 38 : 1 - 22

Hezekiah’s Illness
38 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”

2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 “Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah: 5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life. 6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

7 “‘This is the Lord’s sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: 8 I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of 

Holy Bible - Isaiah 38 : 1 - 22

Holy Bible - Isaiah 27 : 1 - 13 
 
Deliverance of Israel 
1 In that day, 
 
the Lord will punish with his sword— 
 his fierce, great and powerful sword— 
Leviathan the gliding serpent, 
 Leviathan the coiling serpent; 
he will slay the monster of the sea. 
2 In that day— 
 
“Sing about a fruitful vineyard: 
3 I, the Lord, watch over it; 
 I water it continually. 
I guard it day and night 
 so that no one may harm it. 
4 I am not angry. 
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! 
 I would march against them in battle; 
 I would set them all on fire. 
5 Or else let them come to me for refuge; 
 let them make peace with me, 
 yes, let them make peace with me.” 
6 In days to come Jacob will take root, 
 Israel will bud and blossom 
 and fill all the world with fruit. 
7 Has the Lord struck her 
 as he struck down those who struck her? 
Has she been killed 
 as those were killed who killed her? 
8 By warfare[a] and exile you contend with her— 
 with his fierce blast he drives her out, 
 as on a day the east wind blows. 
9 By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned for, 
 and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: 
When he makes all the altar stones 
 to be like limestone crushed to pieces, 
no Asherah poles[b] or incense altars 
 will be left standing. 
10 The fortified city stands desolate, 
 an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the wilderness; 
there the calves graze, 
 there they lie down; 
 they strip its branches bare. 
11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off 
 and women come and make fires with them. 
For this is a people without understanding; 
 so their Maker has no compassion on them, 
 and their Creator shows them no favor. 
12 In that day the Lord will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, Israel, will be gathered up one by one. 13 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 Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 27 : 1 - 13

Deliverance of Israel
1 In that day,

the Lord will punish with his sword—
    his fierce, great and powerful sword—
Leviathan the gliding serpent,
    Leviathan the coiling serpent;
he will slay the monster of the sea.
2 In that day—

“Sing about a fruitful vineyard:
3     I, the Lord, watch over it;
    I water it continually.
I guard it day and night
    so that no one may harm it.
4     I am not angry.
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
    I would march against them in battle;
    I would set them all on fire.
5 Or else let them come to me for refuge;
    let them make peace with me,
    yes, let them make peace with me.”
6 In days to come Jacob will take root,
    Israel will bud and blossom
    and fill all the world with fruit.
7 Has the Lord struck her
    as he struck down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
    as those were killed who killed her?
8 By warfare[a] and exile you contend with her—
    with his fierce blas

Holy Bible - Isaiah 27 : 1 - 13

Holy Bible - Isaiah 3 : 1 - 26 
 
See now, the Lord, 
 the Lord Almighty, 
is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah 
 both supply and support: 
all supplies of food and all supplies of water, 
2 the hero and the warrior, 
the judge and the prophet, 
 the diviner and the elder, 
3 the captain of fifty and the man of rank, 
 the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter. 
4 “I will make mere youths their officials; 
 children will rule over them.” 
5 People will oppress each other— 
 man against man, neighbor against neighbor. 
The young will rise up against the old, 
 the nobody against the honored. 
6 A man will seize one of his brothers 
 in his father’s house, and say, 
“You have a cloak, you be our leader; 
 take charge of this heap of ruins!” 
7 But in that day he will cry out, 
 “I have no remedy. 
I have no food or clothing in my house; 
 do not make me the leader of the people.” 
8 Jerusalem staggers, 
 Judah is falling; 
their words and deeds are against the Lord, 
 defying his glorious presence. 
9 The look on their faces testifies against them; 
 they parade their sin like Sodom; 
 they do not hide it. 
Woe to them! 
 They have brought disaster upon themselves. 
10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, 
 for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds. 
11 Woe to the wicked! 
 Disaster is upon them! 
They will be paid back 
 for what their hands have done. 
12 Youths oppress my people, 
 women rule over them. 
My people, your guides lead you astray; 
 they turn you from the path. 
13 The Lord takes his place in court; 
 he rises to judge the people. 
14 The Lord enters into judgment 
 against the elders and leaders of his people: 
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard; 
 the plunder from the poor is in your houses. 
15 What do you mean by crushing my people 
 and grinding the faces of the poor?” 
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty. 
16 The Lord says, 
 “The women of Zion are haughty, 
walking along with outstretched necks, 
 flirting with their eyes, 
strutting along with swaying hips, 
 with ornaments jingling on their ankles. 
17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; 
 the Lord will make their scalps bald.” 
18 In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, 19 the earrings and bracelets and veils, 20 the headdresses and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, 21 the signet rings and nose rings, 22 the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses 23 and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls. 
 
24 Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; 
 instead of a sash, a rope; 
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; 
 instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; 
 instead of beauty, branding. 
25 Your men will fall by the sword, 
 your warriors in battle. 
26 The gates of Zion will lament and mourn; 
 destitute, she will sit on the ground.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 3 : 1 - 26

See now, the Lord,
    the Lord Almighty,
is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah
    both supply and support:
all supplies of food and all supplies of water,
2     the hero and the warrior,
the judge and the prophet,
    the diviner and the elder,
3 the captain of fifty and the man of rank,
    the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.
4 “I will make mere youths their officials;
    children will rule over them.”
5 People will oppress each other—
    man against man, neighbor against neighbor.
The young will rise up against the old,
    the nobody against the honored.
6 A man will seize one of his brothers
    in his father’s house, and say,
“You have a cloak, you be our leader;
    take charge of this heap of ruins!”
7 But in that day he will cry out,
    “I have no remedy.
I have no food or clothing in my house;
    do not make me the leader of the people.”
8 Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;
their words and deeds are against th

Holy Bible - Isaiah 3 : 1 - 26

Holy Bible - Isaiah 4 : 1 - 6 
 
1 In that day seven women 
 will take hold of one man 
and say, “We will eat our own food 
 and provide our own clothes; 
only let us be called by your name. 
 Take away our disgrace!” 
The Branch of the Lord 
2 In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. 3 Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem. 4 The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment and a spirit[b] of fire. 5 Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory[c] will be a canopy. 6 It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 4 : 1 - 6

1 In that day seven women
    will take hold of one man
and say, “We will eat our own food
    and provide our own clothes;
only let us be called by your name.
    Take away our disgrace!”
The Branch of the Lord
2 In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. 3 Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem. 4 The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment and a spirit[b] of fire. 5 Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory[c] will be a canopy. 6 It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 4 : 1 - 6

Holy Bible - Isaiah 22 : 1 - 25 
 
A Prophecy About Jerusalem 
22 A prophecy against the Valley of Vision: 
 
What troubles you now, 
 that you have all gone up on the roofs, 
2 you town so full of commotion, 
 you city of tumult and revelry? 
Your slain were not killed by the sword, 
 nor did they die in battle. 
3 All your leaders have fled together; 
 they have been captured without using the bow. 
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together, 
 having fled while the enemy was still far away. 
4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me; 
 let me weep bitterly. 
Do not try to console me 
 over the destruction of my people.” 
5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day 
 of tumult and trampling and terror 
 in the Valley of Vision, 
a day of battering down walls 
 and of crying out to the mountains. 
6 Elam takes up the quiver, 
 with her charioteers and horses; 
 Kir uncovers the shield. 
7 Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, 
 and horsemen are posted at the city gates. 
8 The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah, 
 and you looked in that day 
 to the weapons in the Palace of the Forest. 
9 You saw that the walls of the City of David 
 were broken through in many places; 
you stored up water 
 in the Lower Pool. 
10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem 
 and tore down houses to strengthen the wall. 
11 You built a reservoir between the two walls 
 for the water of the Old Pool, 
but you did not look to the One who made it, 
 or have regard for the One who planned it long ago. 
12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, 
 called you on that day 
to weep and to wail, 
 to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth. 
13 But see, there is joy and revelry, 
 slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, 
 eating of meat and drinking of wine! 
“Let us eat and drink,” you say, 
 “for tomorrow we die!” 
14 The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty. 
 
15 This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says: 
 
“Go, say to this steward, 
 to Shebna the palace administrator: 
16 What are you doing here and who gave you permission 
 to cut out a grave for yourself here, 
hewing your grave on the height 
 and chiseling your resting place in the rock? 
17 “Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you 
 and hurl you away, you mighty man. 
18 He will roll you up tightly like a ball 
 and throw you into a large country. 
There you will die 
 and there the chariots you were so proud of 
 will become a disgrace to your master’s house. 
19 I will depose you from your office, 
 and you will be ousted from your position. 
20 “In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 23 I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat[a] of honor for the house of his father. 24 All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars. 
 
25 “In that day,” declares the Lord Almighty, “the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The Lord has spoken.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 22 : 1 - 25

A Prophecy About Jerusalem
22 A prophecy against the Valley of Vision:

What troubles you now,
    that you have all gone up on the roofs,
2 you town so full of commotion,
    you city of tumult and revelry?
Your slain were not killed by the sword,
    nor did they die in battle.
3 All your leaders have fled together;
    they have been captured without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
    having fled while the enemy was still far away.
4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”
5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day
    of tumult and trampling and terror
    in the Valley of Vision,
a day of battering down walls
    and of crying out to the mountains.
6 Elam takes up the quiver,
    with her charioteers and horses;
    Kir uncovers the shield.
7 Your choicest valleys are full of chariots,
    and horsemen are posted at the city 

Holy Bible - Isaiah 22 : 1 - 25

Holy Bible - Isaiah 62 : 1 - 12 
 
Zion’s New Name 
62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, 
 for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, 
till her vindication shines out like the dawn, 
 her salvation like a blazing torch. 
2 The nations will see your vindication, 
 and all kings your glory; 
you will be called by a new name 
 that the mouth of the Lord will bestow. 
3 You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord’s hand, 
 a royal diadem in the hand of your God. 
4 No longer will they call you Deserted, 
 or name your land Desolate. 
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a] 
 and your land Beulah[b]; 
for the Lord will take delight in you, 
 and your land will be married. 
5 As a young man marries a young woman, 
 so will your Builder marry you; 
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, 
 so will your God rejoice over you. 
6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; 
 they will never be silent day or night. 
You who call on the Lord, 
 give yourselves no rest, 
7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem 
 and makes her the praise of the earth. 
8 The Lord has sworn by his right hand 
 and by his mighty arm: 
“Never again will I give your grain 
 as food for your enemies, 
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine 
 for which you have toiled; 
9 but those who harvest it will eat it 
 and praise the Lord, 
and those who gather the grapes will drink it 
 in the courts of my sanctuary.” 
10 Pass through, pass through the gates! 
 Prepare the way for the people. 
Build up, build up the highway! 
 Remove the stones. 
Raise a banner for the nations. 
11 The Lord has made proclamation 
 to the ends of the earth: 
“Say to Daughter Zion, 
 ‘See, your Savior comes! 
See, his reward is with him, 
 and his recompense accompanies him.’” 
12 They will be called the Holy People, 
 the Redeemed of the Lord; 
and you will be called Sought After, 
 the City No Longer Deserted.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 62 : 1 - 12

Zion’s New Name
62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
    for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication shines out like the dawn,
    her salvation like a blazing torch.
2 The nations will see your vindication,
    and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name
    that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
3 You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
    a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 No longer will they call you Deserted,
    or name your land Desolate.
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a]
    and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight in you,
    and your land will be married.
5 As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice over you.
6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem;
    they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
    give yourselves no rest,
7 and 

Holy Bible - Isaiah 62 : 1 - 12

holy Bible - Isaiah 14 : 1 - 32 
 
The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; 
 once again he will choose Israel 
 and will settle them in their own land. 
Foreigners will join them 
 and unite with the descendants of Jacob. 
2 Nations will take them 
 and bring them to their own place. 
And Israel will take possession of the nations 
 and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land. 
They will make captives of their captors 
 and rule over their oppressors. 
3 On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, 4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: 
 
How the oppressor has come to an end! 
 How his fury[a] has ended! 
5 The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, 
 the scepter of the rulers, 
6 which in anger struck down peoples 
 with unceasing blows, 
and in fury subdued nations 
 with relentless aggression. 
7 All the lands are at rest and at peace; 
 they break into singing. 
8 Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon 
 gloat over you and say, 
“Now that you have been laid low, 
 no one comes to cut us down.” 
9 The realm of the dead below is all astir 
 to meet you at your coming; 
it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— 
 all those who were leaders in the world; 
it makes them rise from their thrones— 
 all those who were kings over the nations. 
10 They will all respond, 
 they will say to you, 
“You also have become weak, as we are; 
 you have become like us.” 
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, 
 along with the noise of your harps; 
maggots are spread out beneath you 
 and worms cover you. 
12 How you have fallen from heaven, 
 morning star, son of the dawn! 
You have been cast down to the earth, 
 you who once laid low the nations! 
13 You said in your heart, 
 “I will ascend to the heavens; 
I will raise my throne 
 above the stars of God; 
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, 
 on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.[b] 
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; 
 I will make myself like the Most High.” 
15 But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, 
 to the depths of the pit. 
16 Those who see you stare at you, 
 they ponder your fate: 
“Is this the man who shook the earth 
 and made kingdoms tremble, 
17 the man who made the world a wilderness, 
 who overthrew its cities 
 and would not let his captives go home?” 
18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, 
 each in his own tomb. 
19 But you are cast out of your tomb 
 like a rejected branch; 
you are covered with the slain, 
 with those pierced by the sword, 
 those who descend to the stones of the pit. 
Like a corpse trampled underfoot, 
20 you will not join them in burial, 
for you have destroyed your land 
 and killed your people. 
Let the offspring of the wicked 
 never be mentioned again. 
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children 
 for the sins of their ancestors; 
they are not to rise to inherit the land 
 and cover the earth with their cities. 
22 “I will rise up against them,” 
 declares the Lord Almighty. 
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name and survivors, 
 her offspring and descendants,” 
declares the Lord. 
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls 
 and into swampland; 
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,” 
 declares the Lord Almighty. 
24 The Lord Almighty has sworn, 
 
“Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, 
 and as I have purposed, so it will happen. 
25 I will crush the Assyrian in my land; 
 on my mountains I will trample him down. 
His yoke will be taken from my people, 
 and his burden removed from their shoulders.” 
26 This is the plan determined for the whole world; 
 this is the hand stretched out over all nations. 
27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? 
 His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back? 
A Prophecy Against the Philistines 
28 This prophecy came in the year King Ahaz died: 
 
29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, 
 that the rod that struck you is broken; 
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, 
 its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent. 
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture, 
 and the needy will lie down in safety. 
But your root I will destroy by famine; 
 it will slay your survivors. 
31 Wail, you gate! Howl, you city! 
 Melt away, all you Philistines! 
A cloud of smoke comes from the north, 
 and there is not a straggler in its ranks. 
32 What answer shall be given 
 to the envoys of that nation? 
“The Lord has established Zion, 
 and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.”

holy Bible - Isaiah 14 : 1 - 32

The Lord will have compassion on Jacob;
    once again he will choose Israel
    and will settle them in their own land.
Foreigners will join them
    and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
2 Nations will take them
    and bring them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations
    and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives of their captors
    and rule over their oppressors.
3 On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, 4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:

How the oppressor has come to an end!
    How his fury[a] has ended!
5 The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked,
    the scepter of the rulers,
6 which in anger struck down peoples
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued nations
    with relentless aggression.
7 All the lands are at rest and at peace;
    they break into singing.
8 Even the jun

holy Bible - Isaiah 14 : 1 - 32

Holy Bible - Isaiah 45 : 1 - 25 
 
“This is what the Lord says to his anointed, 
 to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of 
to subdue nations before him 
 and to strip kings of their armor, 
to open doors before him 
 so that gates will not be shut: 
2 I will go before you 
 and will level the mountains[a]; 
I will break down gates of bronze 
 and cut through bars of iron. 
3 I will give you hidden treasures, 
 riches stored in secret places, 
so that you may know that I am the Lord, 
 the God of Israel, who summons you by name. 
4 For the sake of Jacob my servant, 
 of Israel my chosen, 
I summon you by name 
 and bestow on you a title of honor, 
 though you do not acknowledge me. 
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other; 
 apart from me there is no God. 
I will strengthen you, 
 though you have not acknowledged me, 
6 so that from the rising of the sun 
 to the place of its setting 
people may know there is none besides me. 
 I am the Lord, and there is no other. 
7 I form the light and create darkness, 
 I bring prosperity and create disaster; 
 I, the Lord, do all these things. 
8 “You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; 
 let the clouds shower it down. 
Let the earth open wide, 
 let salvation spring up, 
let righteousness flourish with it; 
 I, the Lord, have created it. 
9 “Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, 
 those who are nothing but potsherds 
 among the potsherds on the ground. 
Does the clay say to the potter, 
 ‘What are you making?’ 
Does your work say, 
 ‘The potter has no hands’? 
10 Woe to the one who says to a father, 
 ‘What have you begotten?’ 
or to a mother, 
 ‘What have you brought to birth?’ 
11 “This is what the Lord says— 
 the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: 
Concerning things to come, 
 do you question me about my children, 
 or give me orders about the work of my hands? 
12 It is I who made the earth 
 and created mankind on it. 
My own hands stretched out the heavens; 
 I marshaled their starry hosts. 
13 I will raise up Cyrus[b] in my righteousness: 
 I will make all his ways straight. 
He will rebuild my city 
 and set my exiles free, 
but not for a price or reward, 
 says the Lord Almighty.” 
14 This is what the Lord says: 
 
“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,[c] 
 and those tall Sabeans— 
they will come over to you 
 and will be yours; 
they will trudge behind you, 
 coming over to you in chains. 
They will bow down before you 
 and plead with you, saying, 
‘Surely God is with you, and there is no other; 
 there is no other god.’” 
15 Truly you are a God who has been hiding himself, 
 the God and Savior of Israel. 
16 All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced; 
 they will go off into disgrace together. 
17 But Israel will be saved by the Lord 
 with an everlasting salvation; 
you will never be put to shame or disgraced, 
 to ages everlasting. 
18 For this is what the Lord says— 
he who created the heavens, 
 he is God; 
he who fashioned and made the earth, 
 he founded it; 
he did not create it to be empty, 
 but formed it to be inhabited— 
he says: 
“I am the Lord, 
 and there is no other. 
19 I have not spoken in secret, 
 from somewhere in a land of darkness; 
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants, 
 ‘Seek me in vain.’ 
I, the Lord, speak the truth; 
 I declare what is right. 
20 “Gather together and come; 
 assemble, you fugitives from the nations. 
Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, 
 who pray to gods that cannot save. 
21 Declare what is to be, present it— 
 let them take counsel together. 
Who foretold this long ago, 
 who declared it from the distant past? 
Was it not I, the Lord? 
 And there is no God apart from me, 
a righteous God and a Savior; 
 there is none but me. 
22 “Turn to me and be saved, 
 all you ends of the earth; 
 for I am God, and there is no other. 
23 By myself I have sworn, 
 my mouth has uttered in all integrity 
 a word that will not be revoked: 
Before me every knee will bow; 
 by me every tongue will swear. 
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone 
 are deliverance and strength.’” 
All who have raged against him 
 will come to him and be put to shame. 
25 But all the descendants of Israel 
 will find deliverance in the Lord 
 and will make their boast in him.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 45 : 1 - 25

“This is what the Lord says to his anointed,
    to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of
to subdue nations before him
    and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
    so that gates will not be shut:
2 I will go before you
    and will level the mountains[a];
I will break down gates of bronze
    and cut through bars of iron.
3 I will give you hidden treasures,
    riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
4 For the sake of Jacob my servant,
    of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
    and bestow on you a title of honor,
    though you do not acknowledge me.
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other;
    apart from me there is no God.
I will strengthen you,
    though you have not acknowledged me,
6 so that from the rising of the sun
    to the place of its setting
people may know there is none besides me.
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7 I fo

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Holy Bible - Isaiah 56 : 1 - 12 
 
Salvation for Others 
1 This is what the Lord says: 
 
“Maintain justice 
 and do what is right, 
for my salvation is close at hand 
 and my righteousness will soon be revealed. 
2 Blessed is the one who does this— 
 the person who holds it fast, 
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, 
 and keeps their hands from doing any evil.” 
3 Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord say, 
 “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.” 
And let no eunuch complain, 
 “I am only a dry tree.” 
4 For this is what the Lord says: 
 
“To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, 
 who choose what pleases me 
 and hold fast to my covenant— 
5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls 
 a memorial and a name 
 better than sons and daughters; 
I will give them an everlasting name 
 that will endure forever. 
6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord 
 to minister to him, 
to love the name of the Lord, 
 and to be his servants, 
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it 
 and who hold fast to my covenant— 
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain 
 and give them joy in my house of prayer. 
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices 
 will be accepted on my altar; 
for my house will be called 
 a house of prayer for all nations.” 
8 The Sovereign Lord declares— 
 he who gathers the exiles of Israel: 
“I will gather still others to them 
 besides those already gathered.” 
God’s Accusation Against the Wicked 
9 Come, all you beasts of the field, 
 come and devour, all you beasts of the forest! 
10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, 
 they all lack knowledge; 
they are all mute dogs, 
 they cannot bark; 
they lie around and dream, 
 they love to sleep. 
11 They are dogs with mighty appetites; 
 they never have enough. 
They are shepherds who lack understanding; 
 they all turn to their own way, 
 they seek their own gain. 
12 “Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine! 
 Let us drink our fill of beer! 
And tomorrow will be like today, 
 or even far better.”

Holy Bible - Isaiah 56 : 1 - 12

Salvation for Others
1 This is what the Lord says:

“Maintain justice
    and do what is right,
for my salvation is close at hand
    and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed is the one who does this—
    the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
    and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”
3 Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord say,
    “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”
And let no eunuch complain,
    “I am only a dry tree.”
4 For this is what the Lord says:

“To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
    who choose what pleases me
    and hold fast to my covenant—
5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls
    a memorial and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
    that will endure forever.
6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord
    to minister to him,
to love the name of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
all who keep t

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Holy Bible - Isaiah 55 : 1 - 13 
 
Invitation to the Thirsty 
1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, 
 come to the waters; 
and you who have no money, 
 come, buy and eat! 
Come, buy wine and milk 
 without money and without cost. 
2 Why spend money on what is not bread, 
 and your labor on what does not satisfy? 
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, 
 and you will delight in the richest of fare. 
3 Give ear and come to me; 
 listen, that you may live. 
I will make an everlasting covenant with you, 
 my faithful love promised to David. 
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, 
 a ruler and commander of the peoples. 
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not, 
 and nations you do not know will come running to you, 
because of the Lord your God, 
 the Holy One of Israel, 
 for he has endowed you with splendor.” 
6 Seek the Lord while he may be found; 
 call on him while he is near. 
7 Let the wicked forsake their ways 
 and the unrighteous their thoughts. 
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, 
 and to our God, for he will freely pardon. 
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 
 neither are your ways my ways,” 
declares the Lord. 
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, 
 so are my ways higher than your ways 
 and my thoughts than your thoughts. 
10 As the rain and the snow 
 come down from heaven, 
and do not return to it 
 without watering the earth 
and making it bud and flourish, 
 so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: 
 It will not return to me empty, 
but will accomplish what I desire 
 and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. 
12 You will go out in joy 
 and be led forth in peace; 
the mountains and hills 
 will burst into song before you, 
and all the trees of the field 
 will clap their hands. 
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper, 
 and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. 
This will be for the Lord’s renown, 
 for an everlasting sign, 
 that will endure forever.”

Holy Bible - Isaiah 55 : 1 - 13

Invitation to the Thirsty
1 “Come, all you who are thirsty,
    come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
    come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
    without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
    and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
    and you will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
    listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
    my faithful love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
    a ruler and commander of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.”
6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
    call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let t

Holy Bible - Isaiah 55 : 1 - 13

Holy Bible - Isaiah 52 : 1 - 15 
 
Awake, awake, Zion, 
 clothe yourself with strength! 
Put on your garments of splendor, 
 Jerusalem, the holy city. 
The uncircumcised and defiled 
 will not enter you again. 
2 Shake off your dust; 
 rise up, sit enthroned, Jerusalem. 
Free yourself from the chains on your neck, 
 Daughter Zion, now a captive. 
3 For this is what the Lord says: 
 
“You were sold for nothing, 
 and without money you will be redeemed.” 
4 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: 
 
“At first my people went down to Egypt to live; 
 lately, Assyria has oppressed them. 
5 “And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord. 
 
“For my people have been taken away for nothing, 
 and those who rule them mock,[a]” 
declares the Lord. 
“And all day long 
 my name is constantly blasphemed. 
6 Therefore my people will know my name; 
 therefore in that day they will know 
that it is I who foretold it. 
 Yes, it is I.” 
7 How beautiful on the mountains 
 are the feet of those who bring good news, 
who proclaim peace, 
 who bring good tidings, 
 who proclaim salvation, 
who say to Zion, 
 “Your God reigns!” 
8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices; 
 together they shout for joy. 
When the Lord returns to Zion, 
 they will see it with their own eyes. 
9 Burst into songs of joy together, 
 you ruins of Jerusalem, 
for the Lord has comforted his people, 
 he has redeemed Jerusalem. 
10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm 
 in the sight of all the nations, 
and all the ends of the earth will see 
 the salvation of our God. 
11 Depart, depart, go out from there! 
 Touch no unclean thing! 
Come out from it and be pure, 
 you who carry the articles of the Lord’s house. 
12 But you will not leave in haste 
 or go in flight; 
for the Lord will go before you, 
 the God of Israel will be your rear guard. 
The Suffering and Glory of the Servant 
13 See, my servant will act wisely[b]; 
 he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. 
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him[c]— 
 his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being 
 and his form marred beyond human likeness— 
15 so he will sprinkle many nations,[d] 
 and kings will shut their mouths because of him. 
For what they were not told, they will see, 
 and what they have not heard, they will understand.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 52 : 1 - 15

Awake, awake, Zion,
    clothe yourself with strength!
Put on your garments of splendor,
    Jerusalem, the holy city.
The uncircumcised and defiled
    will not enter you again.
2 Shake off your dust;
    rise up, sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,
    Daughter Zion, now a captive.
3 For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,
    and without money you will be redeemed.”
4 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt to live;
    lately, Assyria has oppressed them.
5 “And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
    and those who rule them mock,[a]”
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
    my name is constantly blasphemed.
6 Therefore my people will know my name;
    therefore in that day they will know
that it is I who foretold it.
    Yes, it is I.”
7 How beautiful on the mountains
    are the feet of those wh

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Holy Bible - Isaiah 48 : 1 - 22 
 
Stubborn Israel 
48 “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob, 
 you who are called by the name of Israel 
 and come from the line of Judah, 
you who take oaths in the name of the Lord 
 and invoke the God of Israel— 
 but not in truth or righteousness— 
2 you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city 
 and claim to rely on the God of Israel— 
 the Lord Almighty is his name: 
3 I foretold the former things long ago, 
 my mouth announced them and I made them known; 
 then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass. 
4 For I knew how stubborn you were; 
 your neck muscles were iron, 
 your forehead was bronze. 
5 Therefore I told you these things long ago; 
 before they happened I announced them to you 
so that you could not say, 
 ‘My images brought them about; 
 my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’ 
6 You have heard these things; look at them all. 
 Will you not admit them? 
“From now on I will tell you of new things, 
 of hidden things unknown to you. 
7 They are created now, and not long ago; 
 you have not heard of them before today. 
So you cannot say, 
 ‘Yes, I knew of them.’ 
8 You have neither heard nor understood; 
 from of old your ears have not been open. 
Well do I know how treacherous you are; 
 you were called a rebel from birth. 
9 For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; 
 for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, 
 so as not to destroy you completely. 
10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver; 
 I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 
11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. 
 How can I let myself be defamed? 
 I will not yield my glory to another. 
Israel Freed 
12 “Listen to me, Jacob, 
 Israel, whom I have called: 
I am he; 
 I am the first and I am the last. 
13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, 
 and my right hand spread out the heavens; 
when I summon them, 
 they all stand up together. 
14 “Come together, all of you, and listen: 
 Which of the idols has foretold these things? 
The Lord’s chosen ally 
 will carry out his purpose against Babylon; 
 his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a] 
15 I, even I, have spoken; 
 yes, I have called him. 
I will bring him, 
 and he will succeed in his mission. 
16 “Come near me and listen to this: 
 
“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; 
 at the time it happens, I am there.” 
And now the Sovereign Lord has sent me, 
 endowed with his Spirit. 
17 This is what the Lord says— 
 your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: 
“I am the Lord your God, 
 who teaches you what is best for you, 
 who directs you in the way you should go. 
18 If only you had paid attention to my commands, 
 your peace would have been like a river, 
 your well-being like the waves of the sea. 
19 Your descendants would have been like the sand, 
 your children like its numberless grains; 
their name would never be blotted out 
 nor destroyed from before me.” 
20 Leave Babylon, 
 flee from the Babylonians! 
Announce this with shouts of joy 
 and proclaim it. 
Send it out to the ends of the earth; 
 say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.” 
21 They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; 
 he made water flow for them from the rock; 
he split the rock 
 and water gushed out. 
22 “There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”

Holy Bible - Isaiah 48 : 1 - 22

Stubborn Israel
48 “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,
    you who are called by the name of Israel
    and come from the line of Judah,
you who take oaths in the name of the Lord
    and invoke the God of Israel—
    but not in truth or righteousness—
2 you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city
    and claim to rely on the God of Israel—
    the Lord Almighty is his name:
3 I foretold the former things long ago,
    my mouth announced them and I made them known;
    then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
4 For I knew how stubborn you were;
    your neck muscles were iron,
    your forehead was bronze.
5 Therefore I told you these things long ago;
    before they happened I announced them to you
so that you could not say,
    ‘My images brought them about;
    my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
6 You have heard these things; look at them all.
    Will you not admit them?
“From now on I will tell you of new things,
    of

Holy Bible - Isaiah 48 : 1 - 22

Holy Bible - Isaiah 17 : 1 - 14 
 
A Prophecy Against Damascus 
17 A prophecy against Damascus: 
 
“See, Damascus will no longer be a city 
 but will become a heap of ruins. 
2 The cities of Aroer will be deserted 
 and left to flocks, which will lie down, 
 with no one to make them afraid. 
3 The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, 
 and royal power from Damascus; 
the remnant of Aram will be 
 like the glory of the Israelites,” 
declares the Lord Almighty. 
4 “In that day the glory of Jacob will fade; 
 the fat of his body will waste away. 
5 It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain, 
 gathering the grain in their arms— 
as when someone gleans heads of grain 
 in the Valley of Rephaim. 
6 Yet some gleanings will remain, 
 as when an olive tree is beaten, 
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches, 
 four or five on the fruitful boughs,” 
declares the Lord, the God of Israel. 
7 In that day people will look to their Maker 
 and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel. 
8 They will not look to the altars, 
 the work of their hands, 
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles[a] 
 and the incense altars their fingers have made. 
9 In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation. 
 
10 You have forgotten God your Savior; 
 you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. 
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants 
 and plant imported vines, 
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow, 
 and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud, 
yet the harvest will be as nothing 
 in the day of disease and incurable pain. 
12 Woe to the many nations that rage— 
 they rage like the raging sea! 
Woe to the peoples who roar— 
 they roar like the roaring of great waters! 
13 Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, 
 when he rebukes them they flee far away, 
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, 
 like tumbleweed before a gale. 
14 In the evening, sudden terror! 
 Before the morning, they are gone! 
This is the portion of those who loot us, 
 the lot of those who plunder us.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 17 : 1 - 14

A Prophecy Against Damascus
17 A prophecy against Damascus:

“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
    but will become a heap of ruins.
2 The cities of Aroer will be deserted
    and left to flocks, which will lie down,
    with no one to make them afraid.
3 The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,
    and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
    like the glory of the Israelites,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
4 “In that day the glory of Jacob will fade;
    the fat of his body will waste away.
5 It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
    gathering the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain
    in the Valley of Rephaim.
6 Yet some gleanings will remain,
    as when an olive tree is beaten,
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
    four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.
7 In that day people will look to their Maker
    and turn their eyes to t

Holy Bible - Isaiah 17 : 1 - 14

Holy Bible - Isaiah 15 : 1 - 9 
 
A Prophecy Against Moab 
15 A prophecy against Moab: 
 
Ar in Moab is ruined, 
 destroyed in a night! 
Kir in Moab is ruined, 
 destroyed in a night! 
2 Dibon goes up to its temple, 
 to its high places to weep; 
 Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. 
Every head is shaved 
 and every beard cut off. 
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth; 
 on the roofs and in the public squares 
they all wail, 
 prostrate with weeping. 
4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, 
 their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz. 
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out, 
 and their hearts are faint. 
5 My heart cries out over Moab; 
 her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, 
 as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. 
They go up the hill to Luhith, 
 weeping as they go; 
on the road to Horonaim 
 they lament their destruction. 
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up 
 and the grass is withered; 
the vegetation is gone 
 and nothing green is left. 
7 So the wealth they have acquired and stored up 
 they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars. 
8 Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab; 
 their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, 
 their lamentation as far as Beer Elim. 
9 The waters of Dimon[a] are full of blood, 
 but I will bring still more upon Dimon[b]— 
a lion upon the fugitives of Moab 
 and upon those who remain in the land.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 15 : 1 - 9

A Prophecy Against Moab
15 A prophecy against Moab:

Ar in Moab is ruined,
    destroyed in a night!
Kir in Moab is ruined,
    destroyed in a night!
2 Dibon goes up to its temple,
    to its high places to weep;
    Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba.
Every head is shaved
    and every beard cut off.
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth;
    on the roofs and in the public squares
they all wail,
    prostrate with weeping.
4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.
5 My heart cries out over Moab;
    her fugitives flee as far as Zoar,
    as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
    weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim
    they lament their destruction.
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up
    and the grass is withered;
the vegetation is gone
    and nothing green is left.
7 So the wealth they have acquired and stored up
  

Holy Bible - Isaiah 15 : 1 - 9

Holy Bible - Isaiah 16 : 1 - 14 
 
Send lambs as tribute 
 to the ruler of the land, 
from Sela, across the desert, 
 to the mount of Daughter Zion. 
2 Like fluttering birds 
 pushed from the nest, 
so are the women of Moab 
 at the fords of the Arnon. 
3 “Make up your mind,” Moab says. 
 “Render a decision. 
Make your shadow like night— 
 at high noon. 
Hide the fugitives, 
 do not betray the refugees. 
4 Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; 
 be their shelter from the destroyer.” 
The oppressor will come to an end, 
 and destruction will cease; 
 the aggressor will vanish from the land. 
5 In love a throne will be established; 
 in faithfulness a man will sit on it— 
 one from the house[a] of David— 
one who in judging seeks justice 
 and speeds the cause of righteousness. 
6 We have heard of Moab’s pride— 
 how great is her arrogance!— 
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence; 
 but her boasts are empty. 
7 Therefore the Moabites wail, 
 they wail together for Moab. 
Lament and grieve 
 for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth. 
8 The fields of Heshbon wither, 
 the vines of Sibmah also. 
The rulers of the nations 
 have trampled down the choicest vines, 
which once reached Jazer 
 and spread toward the desert. 
Their shoots spread out 
 and went as far as the sea.[b] 
9 So I weep, as Jazer weeps, 
 for the vines of Sibmah. 
Heshbon and Elealeh, 
 I drench you with tears! 
The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit 
 and over your harvests have been stilled. 
10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards; 
 no one sings or shouts in the vineyards; 
no one treads out wine at the presses, 
 for I have put an end to the shouting. 
11 My heart laments for Moab like a harp, 
 my inmost being for Kir Hareseth. 
12 When Moab appears at her high place, 
 she only wears herself out; 
when she goes to her shrine to pray, 
 it is to no avail. 
13 This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord says: “Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”

Holy Bible - Isaiah 16 : 1 - 14

Send lambs as tribute
    to the ruler of the land,
from Sela, across the desert,
    to the mount of Daughter Zion.
2 Like fluttering birds
    pushed from the nest,
so are the women of Moab
    at the fords of the Arnon.
3 “Make up your mind,” Moab says.
    “Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
    at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,
    do not betray the refugees.
4 Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
    be their shelter from the destroyer.”
The oppressor will come to an end,
    and destruction will cease;
    the aggressor will vanish from the land.
5 In love a throne will be established;
    in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
    one from the house[a] of David—
one who in judging seeks justice
    and speeds the cause of righteousness.
6 We have heard of Moab’s pride—
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.
7 Therefore the Moabites wail,
    they wail together f

Holy Bible - Isaiah 16 : 1 - 14

Holy Bible - Isaiah 10 : 1 - 34 
 
1 Woe to those who make unjust laws, 
 to those who issue oppressive decrees, 
2 to deprive the poor of their rights 
 and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, 
making widows their prey 
 and robbing the fatherless. 
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning, 
 when disaster comes from afar? 
To whom will you run for help? 
 Where will you leave your riches? 
4 Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives 
 or fall among the slain. 
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, 
 his hand is still upraised. 
God’s Judgment on Assyria 
5 “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, 
 in whose hand is the club of my wrath! 
6 I send him against a godless nation, 
 I dispatch him against a people who anger me, 
to seize loot and snatch plunder, 
 and to trample them down like mud in the streets. 
7 But this is not what he intends, 
 this is not what he has in mind; 
his purpose is to destroy, 
 to put an end to many nations. 
8 ‘Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says. 
9 ‘Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish? 
Is not Hamath like Arpad, 
 and Samaria like Damascus? 
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, 
 kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria— 
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images 
 as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?’” 
12 When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes. 13 For he says: 
 
“‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, 
 and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. 
I removed the boundaries of nations, 
 I plundered their treasures; 
 like a mighty one I subdued[a] their kings. 
14 As one reaches into a nest, 
 so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; 
as people gather abandoned eggs, 
 so I gathered all the countries; 
not one flapped a wing, 
 or opened its mouth to chirp.’” 
15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, 
 or the saw boast against the one who uses it? 
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, 
 or a club brandish the one who is not wood! 
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, 
 will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; 
under his pomp a fire will be kindled 
 like a blazing flame. 
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire, 
 their Holy One a flame; 
in a single day it will burn and consume 
 his thorns and his briers. 
18 The splendor of his forests and fertile fields 
 it will completely destroy, 
 as when a sick person wastes away. 
19 And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few 
 that a child could write them down. 
The Remnant of Israel 
20 In that day the remnant of Israel, 
 the survivors of Jacob, 
will no longer rely on him 
 who struck them down 
but will truly rely on the Lord, 
 the Holy One of Israel. 
21 A remnant will return,[b] a remnant of Jacob 
 will return to the Mighty God. 
22 Though your people be like the sand by the sea, Israel, 
 only a remnant will return. 
Destruction has been decreed, 
 overwhelming and righteous. 
23 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out 
 the destruction decreed upon the whole land. 
24 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says: 
 
“My people who live in Zion, 
 do not be afraid of the Assyrians, 
who beat you with a rod 
 and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did. 
25 Very soon my anger against you will end 
 and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.” 
26 The Lord Almighty will lash them with a whip, 
 as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb; 
and he will raise his staff over the waters, 
 as he did in Egypt. 
27 In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, 
 their yoke from your neck; 
the yoke will be broken 
 because you have grown so fat.[c] 
28 They enter Aiath; 
 they pass through Migron; 
 they store supplies at Mikmash. 
29 They go over the pass, and say, 
 “We will camp overnight at Geba.” 
Ramah trembles; 
 Gibeah of Saul flees. 
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim! 
 Listen, Laishah! 
 Poor Anathoth! 
31 Madmenah is in flight; 
 the people of Gebim take cover. 
32 This day they will halt at Nob; 
 they will shake their fist 
at the mount of Daughter Zion, 
 at the hill of Jerusalem. 
33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, 
 will lop off the boughs with great power. 
The lofty trees will be felled, 
 the tall ones will be brought low. 
34 He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax; 
 Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 10 : 1 - 34

1 Woe to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,
2 to deprive the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,
    when disaster comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?
    Where will you leave your riches?
4 Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives
    or fall among the slain.
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.
God’s Judgment on Assyria
5 “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
6 I send him against a godless nation,
    I dispatch him against a people who anger me,
to seize loot and snatch plunder,
    and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nation

Holy Bible - Isaiah 10 : 1 - 34

Holy Bible - Isaiah 21 : 1 - 17 
 
A Prophecy Against Babylon 
21 A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea: 
 
Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, 
 an invader comes from the desert, 
 from a land of terror. 
2 A dire vision has been shown to me: 
 The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. 
Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! 
 I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused. 
3 At this my body is racked with pain, 
 pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor; 
I am staggered by what I hear, 
 I am bewildered by what I see. 
4 My heart falters, 
 fear makes me tremble; 
the twilight I longed for 
 has become a horror to me. 
5 They set the tables, 
 they spread the rugs, 
 they eat, they drink! 
Get up, you officers, 
 oil the shields! 
6 This is what the Lord says to me: 
 
“Go, post a lookout 
 and have him report what he sees. 
7 When he sees chariots 
 with teams of horses, 
riders on donkeys 
 or riders on camels, 
let him be alert, 
 fully alert.” 
8 And the lookout[a] shouted, 
 
“Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; 
 every night I stay at my post. 
9 Look, here comes a man in a chariot 
 with a team of horses. 
And he gives back the answer: 
 ‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen! 
All the images of its gods 
 lie shattered on the ground!’” 
10 My people who are crushed on the threshing floor, 
 I tell you what I have heard 
from the Lord Almighty, 
 from the God of Israel. 
A Prophecy Against Edom 
11 A prophecy against Dumah[b]: 
 
Someone calls to me from Seir, 
 “Watchman, what is left of the night? 
 Watchman, what is left of the night?” 
12 The watchman replies, 
 “Morning is coming, but also the night. 
If you would ask, then ask; 
 and come back yet again.” 
A Prophecy Against Arabia 
13 A prophecy against Arabia: 
 
You caravans of Dedanites, 
 who camp in the thickets of Arabia, 
14 bring water for the thirsty; 
you who live in Tema, 
 bring food for the fugitives. 
15 They flee from the sword, 
 from the drawn sword, 
from the bent bow 
 and from the heat of battle. 
16 This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end. 17 The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 21 : 1 - 17

A Prophecy Against Babylon
21 A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea:

Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland,
    an invader comes from the desert,
    from a land of terror.
2 A dire vision has been shown to me:
    The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot.
Elam, attack! Media, lay siege!
    I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.
3 At this my body is racked with pain,
    pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;
I am staggered by what I hear,
    I am bewildered by what I see.
4 My heart falters,
    fear makes me tremble;
the twilight I longed for
    has become a horror to me.
5 They set the tables,
    they spread the rugs,
    they eat, they drink!
Get up, you officers,
    oil the shields!
6 This is what the Lord says to me:

“Go, post a lookout
    and have him report what he sees.
7 When he sees chariots
    with teams of horses,
riders on donkeys
    or riders on camels,
let him be alert,
    fully alert.”
8 An

Holy Bible - Isaiah 21 : 1 - 17

Holy Bible - Isaiah 32 : 1 - 20 
 
The Kingdom of Righteousness 
1 See, a king will reign in righteousness 
 and rulers will rule with justice. 
2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind 
 and a refuge from the storm, 
like streams of water in the desert 
 and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. 
3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, 
 and the ears of those who hear will listen. 
4 The fearful heart will know and understand, 
 and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear. 
5 No longer will the fool be called noble 
 nor the scoundrel be highly respected. 
6 For fools speak folly, 
 their hearts are bent on evil: 
They practice ungodliness 
 and spread error concerning the Lord; 
the hungry they leave empty 
 and from the thirsty they withhold water. 
7 Scoundrels use wicked methods, 
 they make up evil schemes 
to destroy the poor with lies, 
 even when the plea of the needy is just. 
8 But the noble make noble plans, 
 and by noble deeds they stand. 
The Women of Jerusalem 
9 You women who are so complacent, 
 rise up and listen to me; 
you daughters who feel secure, 
 hear what I have to say! 
10 In little more than a year 
 you who feel secure will tremble; 
the grape harvest will fail, 
 and the harvest of fruit will not come. 
11 Tremble, you complacent women; 
 shudder, you daughters who feel secure! 
Strip off your fine clothes 
 and wrap yourselves in rags. 
12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, 
 for the fruitful vines 
13 and for the land of my people, 
 a land overgrown with thorns and briers— 
yes, mourn for all houses of merriment 
 and for this city of revelry. 
14 The fortress will be abandoned, 
 the noisy city deserted; 
citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, 
 the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks, 
15 till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, 
 and the desert becomes a fertile field, 
 and the fertile field seems like a forest. 
16 The Lord’s justice will dwell in the desert, 
 his righteousness live in the fertile field. 
17 The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; 
 its effect will be quietness and confidence forever. 
18 My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, 
 in secure homes, 
 in undisturbed places of rest. 
19 Though hail flattens the forest 
 and the city is leveled completely, 
20 how blessed you will be, 
 sowing your seed by every stream, 
 and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 32 : 1 - 20

The Kingdom of Righteousness
1 See, a king will reign in righteousness
    and rulers will rule with justice.
2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
    and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
    and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,
    and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The fearful heart will know and understand,
    and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
5 No longer will the fool be called noble
    nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6 For fools speak folly,
    their hearts are bent on evil:
They practice ungodliness
    and spread error concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty
    and from the thirsty they withhold water.
7 Scoundrels use wicked methods,
    they make up evil schemes
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy is just.
8 But the noble make noble plans,
    and by noble 

Holy Bible - Isaiah 32 : 1 - 20

Holy Bible - Isaiah 33 : 1 - 24 
Distress and Help 
33 Woe to you, destroyer, 
 you who have not been destroyed! 
Woe to you, betrayer, 
 you who have not been betrayed! 
When you stop destroying, 
 you will be destroyed; 
when you stop betraying, 
 you will be betrayed. 
2 Lord, be gracious to us; 
 we long for you. 
Be our strength every morning, 
 our salvation in time of distress. 
3 At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee; 
 when you rise up, the nations scatter. 
4 Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts; 
 like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it. 
5 The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high; 
 he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness. 
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times, 
 a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; 
 the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.[a] 
7 Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets; 
 the envoys of peace weep bitterly. 
8 The highways are deserted, 
 no travelers are on the roads. 
The treaty is broken, 
 its witnesses[b] are despised, 
 no one is respected. 
9 The land dries up and wastes away, 
 Lebanon is ashamed and withers; 
Sharon is like the Arabah, 
 and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves. 
10 “Now will I arise,” says the Lord. 
 “Now will I be exalted; 
 now will I be lifted up. 
11 You conceive chaff, 
 you give birth to straw; 
 your breath is a fire that consumes you. 
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes; 
 like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.” 
13 You who are far away, hear what I have done; 
 you who are near, acknowledge my power! 
14 The sinners in Zion are terrified; 
 trembling grips the godless: 
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? 
 Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?” 
15 Those who walk righteously 
 and speak what is right, 
who reject gain from extortion 
 and keep their hands from accepting bribes, 
who stop their ears against plots of murder 
 and shut their eyes against contemplating evil— 
16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, 
 whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. 
Their bread will be supplied, 
 and water will not fail them. 
17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty 
 and view a land that stretches afar. 
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: 
 “Where is that chief officer? 
Where is the one who took the revenue? 
 Where is the officer in charge of the towers?” 
19 You will see those arrogant people no more, 
 people whose speech is obscure, 
 whose language is strange and incomprehensible. 
20 Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; 
 your eyes will see Jerusalem, 
 a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; 
its stakes will never be pulled up, 
 nor any of its ropes broken. 
21 There the Lord will be our Mighty One. 
 It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. 
No galley with oars will ride them, 
 no mighty ship will sail them. 
22 For the Lord is our judge, 
 the Lord is our lawgiver, 
the Lord is our king; 
 it is he who will save us. 
23 Your rigging hangs loose: 
 The mast is not held secure, 
 the sail is not spread. 
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided 
 and even the lame will carry off plunder. 
24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”; 
 and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 33 : 1 - 24
Distress and Help
33 Woe to you, destroyer,
    you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer,
    you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying,
    you will be destroyed;
when you stop betraying,
    you will be betrayed.
2 Lord, be gracious to us;
    we long for you.
Be our strength every morning,
    our salvation in time of distress.
3 At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee;
    when you rise up, the nations scatter.
4 Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts;
    like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.
5 The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
    he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness.
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times,
    a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;
    the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.[a]
7 Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets;
    the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are deserted,
    no travelers are o

Holy Bible - Isaiah 33 : 1 - 24

Holy Bible - Isaiah 34 : 1 - 17 
 
Judgment Against the Nations 
1 Come near, you nations, and listen; 
 pay attention, you peoples! 
Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, 
 the world, and all that comes out of it! 
2 The Lord is angry with all nations; 
 his wrath is on all their armies. 
He will totally destroy[a] them, 
 he will give them over to slaughter. 
3 Their slain will be thrown out, 
 their dead bodies will stink; 
 the mountains will be soaked with their blood. 
4 All the stars in the sky will be dissolved 
 and the heavens rolled up like a scroll; 
all the starry host will fall 
 like withered leaves from the vine, 
 like shriveled figs from the fig tree. 
5 My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; 
 see, it descends in judgment on Edom, 
 the people I have totally destroyed. 
6 The sword of the Lord is bathed in blood, 
 it is covered with fat— 
the blood of lambs and goats, 
 fat from the kidneys of rams. 
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah 
 and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 
7 And the wild oxen will fall with them, 
 the bull calves and the great bulls. 
Their land will be drenched with blood, 
 and the dust will be soaked with fat. 
8 For the Lord has a day of vengeance, 
 a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause. 
9 Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch, 
 her dust into burning sulfur; 
 her land will become blazing pitch! 
10 It will not be quenched night or day; 
 its smoke will rise forever. 
From generation to generation it will lie desolate; 
 no one will ever pass through it again. 
11 The desert owl[b] and screech owl[c] will possess it; 
 the great owl[d] and the raven will nest there. 
God will stretch out over Edom 
 the measuring line of chaos 
 and the plumb line of desolation. 
12 Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom, 
 all her princes will vanish away. 
13 Thorns will overrun her citadels, 
 nettles and brambles her strongholds. 
She will become a haunt for jackals, 
 a home for owls. 
14 Desert creatures will meet with hyenas, 
 and wild goats will bleat to each other; 
there the night creatures will also lie down 
 and find for themselves places of rest. 
15 The owl will nest there and lay eggs, 
 she will hatch them, and care for her young 
 under the shadow of her wings; 
there also the falcons will gather, 
 each with its mate. 
16 Look in the scroll of the Lord and read: 
 
None of these will be missing, 
 not one will lack her mate. 
For it is his mouth that has given the order, 
 and his Spirit will gather them together. 
17 He allots their portions; 
 his hand distributes them by measure. 
They will possess it forever 
 and dwell there from generation to generation.

Holy Bible - Isaiah 34 : 1 - 17

Judgment Against the Nations
1 Come near, you nations, and listen;
    pay attention, you peoples!
Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
    the world, and all that comes out of it!
2 The Lord is angry with all nations;
    his wrath is on all their armies.
He will totally destroy[a] them,
    he will give them over to slaughter.
3 Their slain will be thrown out,
    their dead bodies will stink;
    the mountains will be soaked with their blood.
4 All the stars in the sky will be dissolved
    and the heavens rolled up like a scroll;
all the starry host will fall
    like withered leaves from the vine,
    like shriveled figs from the fig tree.
5 My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,
    the people I have totally destroyed.
6 The sword of the Lord is bathed in blood,
    it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
    fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah
    

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