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20 And the Lord will give you the bread of distress
    and the water of oppression,
but[a] your teachers will not hide themselves[b] any longer.
    And your eyes shall see[c] your teachers.
21 And your ears shall hear a word from behind you, saying,
    “this is the way; walk in it,”
when you go to your right
    and when you go to your left.
22 And you will defile the plating of your silver idols
    and the covering of your gold image.
You will scatter them like contaminated things;[d]
    you will say to it, “Filth!”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:20 Or “and”
  2. Isaiah 30:20 Hebrew “himself”
  3. Isaiah 30:20 Literally “be seeing”
  4. Isaiah 30:22 Hebrew “contaminated thing”
  5. Isaiah 30:22 Or “Get out!”

20 Although the Lord gives you the bread(A) of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers(B) will be hidden(C) no more; with your own eyes you will see them. 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice(D) behind you, saying, “This is the way;(E) walk in it.” 22 Then you will desecrate your idols(F) overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold;(G) you will throw them away like a menstrual(H) cloth and say to them, “Away with you!(I)

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