By the blast of your nostrils(A)
    the waters piled up.(B)
The surging waters stood up like a wall;(C)
    the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.(D)
The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue,(E) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;(F)
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,(G)
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.(H)

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After he has arisen, his empire will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven.(A) It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the power he exercised, because his empire will be uprooted(B) and given to others.

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“Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots.(A) 10 It has been planted,(B) but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?(C)’”

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but with righteousness(A) he will judge the needy,(B)
    with justice(C) he will give decisions for the poor(D) of the earth.
He will strike(E) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(F)
    with the breath(G) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(H)

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By warfare[a] and exile(A) you contend with her—
    with his fierce blast he drives her out,
    as on a day the east wind(B) blows.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:8 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

See, the Lord has one who is powerful(A) and strong.
    Like a hailstorm(B) and a destructive wind,(C)
like a driving rain and a flooding(D) downpour,
    he will throw it forcefully to the ground.

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The grass withers(A) and the flowers fall,
    because the breath(B) of the Lord blows(C) on them.
    Surely the people are grass.

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10 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.(A) 11 There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.(B)

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But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt,(A) because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

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