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Isaiah 9:7-21
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Isaiah 9:7-21
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7 Of the greatness of his government(A) and peace(B)
there will be no end.(C)
He will reign(D) on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice(E) and righteousness(F)
from that time on and forever.(G)
The zeal(H) of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.
The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
8 The Lord has sent a message(I) against Jacob;
it will fall on Israel.
9 All the people will know it—
Ephraim(J) and the inhabitants of Samaria(K)—
who say with pride
and arrogance(L) of heart,
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(M)
the fig(N) trees have been felled,
but we will replace them with cedars.(O)”
11 But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s(P) foes against them
and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans(Q) from the east and Philistines(R) from the west
have devoured(S) Israel with open mouth.
13 But the people have not returned(V) to him who struck(W) them,
nor have they sought(X) the Lord Almighty.
14 So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
both palm branch and reed(Y) in a single day;(Z)
15 the elders(AA) and dignitaries(AB) are the head,
the prophets(AC) who teach lies(AD) are the tail.
16 Those who guide(AE) this people mislead them,
and those who are guided are led astray.(AF)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,(AG)
nor will he pity(AH) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly(AI) and wicked,(AJ)
every mouth speaks folly.(AK)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(AL)
18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(AM)
it consumes briers and thorns,(AN)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(AO)
so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(AP) of the Lord Almighty
the land will be scorched(AQ)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(AR)
they will not spare one another.(AS)
20 On the right they will devour,
but still be hungry;(AT)
on the left they will eat,(AU)
but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[a]:
21 Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;(AV)
together they will turn against Judah.(AW)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(AX)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:20 Or arm
Isaiah 9:7-21
King James Version
Isaiah 9:7-21
King James Version
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.
14 Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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Amos 4:6-13
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Amos 4:6-13
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6 “I gave you empty stomachs in every city
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(A)
7 “I also withheld(B) rain from you
when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
but withheld it from another.(C)
One field had rain;
another had none and dried up.
8 People staggered from town to town for water(D)
but did not get enough(E) to drink,
yet you have not returned(F) to me,”
declares the Lord.(G)
9 “Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
destroying them with blight and mildew.(H)
Locusts(I) devoured your fig and olive trees,(J)
yet you have not returned(K) to me,”
declares the Lord.
10 “I sent plagues(L) among you
as I did to Egypt.(M)
I killed your young men(N) with the sword,
along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(O) of your camps,
yet you have not returned to me,”(P)
declares the Lord.(Q)
11 “I overthrew some of you
as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(R)
You were like a burning stick(S) snatched from the fire,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(T)
12 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,
and because I will do this to you, Israel,
prepare to meet your God.”
Amos 4:6-13
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Amos 4:6-13
King James Version
6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.
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