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Isaiah 30

Judah Warned against Egyptian Alliance

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"Woe to the  arebellious children," declares the LORD, "Who  bexecute a plan, but not Mine, And  1 cmake an alliance, but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin;

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Who  aproceed down to Egypt Without  bconsulting  1Me,  cTo take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

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"Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be  ayour shame And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.

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"For  atheir princes are at Zoan And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.

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"Everyone will be  aashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, Who are  bnot for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach."

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The  1oracle concerning the  abeasts of the  bNegev. Through a land of  cdistress and anguish, From  2where come lioness and lion, viper and  dflying serpent, They  ecarry their riches on the  3backs of young donkeys And their treasures on  fcamels' humps, To a people who cannot profit them;

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Even Egypt, whose  ahelp is vain and empty. Therefore, I have called  1her " 2 bRahab who has been exterminated."

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Now go,  awrite it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may  1serve in the time to come  2As a witness forever.

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For this is a  arebellious people,  bfalse sons, Sons who  1refuse to  clisten To the  2instruction of the LORD;

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Who say to the  aseers, "You must not see visions"; And to the prophets, "You must not  bprophesy to us what is right,  cSpeak to us  1pleasant words, Prophesy illusions.

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"Get out of the way,  aturn aside from the path,  1 bLet us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel."

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Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, " aSince you have rejected this word And have put your trust in  boppression and guile, and have relied on them,

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Therefore this  ainiquity will be to you Like a  bbreach about to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose collapse comes  csuddenly in an instant,

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Whose collapse is like the smashing of a  apotter's jar,  1So ruthlessly shattered That a sherd will not be found among its pieces To  2take fire from a hearth Or to scoop water from a cistern."

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For thus the Lord  1GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said, "In  2repentance and  arest you will be saved, In  bquietness and trust is your strength." But you were not willing,

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And you said, "No, for we will flee on  ahorses," Therefore you shall flee! "And we will ride on swift horses," Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

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 aOne thousand will flee at the threat of one man; You will flee at the threat of five, Until you are left as a  1flag on a mountain top And as a signal on a hill.

God Is Gracious and Just

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Therefore the LORD  1 alongs to be gracious to you, And therefore He  2waits on  bhigh to have compassion on you. For the LORD is a  cGod of justice; How blessed are all those who  3 dlong for Him.

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 1O people in Zion,  ainhabitant in Jerusalem, you will  bweep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will  canswer you.

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Although the Lord has given you  abread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer  bhide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher.

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Your ears will hear a word behind you, " 1This is the  away, walk in it," whenever you  bturn to the right or to the left.

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And you will defile your graven  aimages overlaid with silver, and your molten  aimages plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to  1them, " bBe gone!"

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Then He will  agive you rain for  1the seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, and it will be  2rich and  3plenteous; on that day  byour livestock will graze in a roomy pasture.

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Also the oxen and the donkeys which work the ground will eat salted fodder, which  1has been  awinnowed with shovel and fork.

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On every lofty mountain and on  aevery high hill there will be  1streams running with water on the day of the great  bslaughter, when the towers fall.

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 aThe light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day  bthe LORD binds up the  cfracture of His people and  dheals the bruise  1He has inflicted.

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Behold,  athe name of the LORD comes from a  1remote place;  bBurning is His anger and  2dense is His  3smoke; His lips are filled with  cindignation And His tongue is like a  dconsuming fire;

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His  abreath is like an overflowing torrent, Which  breaches to the neck, To  cshake the nations back and forth in a  1sieve, And to put in the jaws of the peoples  dthe bridle which  2leads to ruin.

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You will have  1songs as in the night when you keep the festival, And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute, To go to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

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And the LORD will cause  1His voice of authority to be heard, And the  2descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger, And in the flame of a consuming fire In cloudburst, downpour and hailstones.

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For  aat the voice of the LORD  bAssyria will be terrified, When He strikes with the  crod.

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And every  1blow of the  2 arod of punishment, Which the LORD will lay on him, Will be with the music of  btambourines and lyres; And in battles,  cbrandishing weapons, He will fight them.

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For  1 aTopheth has long been ready, Indeed, it has been prepared for the king. He has made it deep and large,  2A pyre of fire with plenty of wood; The  bbreath of the LORD, like a torrent of  cbrimstone, sets it afire.



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