For You have (A)abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled with influences from the east,
And they are soothsayers (B)like the Philistines.
They also [a](C)strike bargains with the children of foreigners.

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  1. Isaiah 2:6 Lit clap their hands

The Day of the Lord

You, Lord, have abandoned(A) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.(B)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination(C) like the Philistines(D)
    and embrace(E) pagan customs.(F)

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12 The Arameans from the east and the (A)Philistines from the west;
And they (B)devour Israel with [a]gaping jaws.
(C)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away,
And His hand is still stretched out.

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  1. Isaiah 9:12 Lit the whole mouth

12 Arameans(A) from the east and Philistines(B) from the west
    have devoured(C) Israel with open mouth.

Yet for all this, his anger(D) is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(E)

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14 They will (A)swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the (B)west;
Together they will (C)plunder the [a]people of the east;
[b]They will possess (D)Edom and (E)Moab,
And the sons of Ammon will be [c]subject to them.

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  1. Isaiah 11:14 Lit sons
  2. Isaiah 11:14 Lit Edom and Moab will be the outstretching of their hand
  3. Isaiah 11:14 Lit their obedience

14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia(A) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.(B)
They will subdue Edom(C) and Moab,(D)
    and the Ammonites(E) will be subject to them.(F)

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Isaiah’s Vision

In the year of (A)King Uzziah’s death (B)I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.

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Isaiah’s Commission

In the year that King Uzziah(A) died,(B) I saw the Lord,(C) high and exalted,(D) seated on a throne;(E) and the train of his robe(F) filled the temple.

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Uzziah was (A)sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was [a]Jechiliah of Jerusalem. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his father Amaziah had done. (B)He continued to seek God in the days of Zechariah, (C)who had understanding [b]through the vision of God; and [c](D)as long as he sought the Lord, God made him successful.

Uzziah Succeeds in War

Now he went out and (E)fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the area of Ashdod and among the Philistines.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 26:3 In 2 Kin 15:2, Jecoliah
  2. 2 Chronicles 26:5 Many mss in the fear of God
  3. 2 Chronicles 26:5 Lit in the days of his seeking

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done. He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear[a] of God.(A) As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.(B)

He went to war against the Philistines(C) and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod.(D) He then rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 26:5 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; other Hebrew manuscripts vision