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Isaiah 9:18-10:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 9:18-10:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 For wickedness burned like a fire,
consuming briers and thorns;
it kindled the thickets of the forest,
and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.(A)
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the land was burned,
and the people became like fuel for the fire;
no one spared another.(B)
20 They gorged on the right but still were hungry,
and they devoured on the left but were not satisfied;
they devoured the flesh of their own kindred;[a](C)
21 Manasseh devoured Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
and together they were against Judah.
For all this his anger has not turned away;
his hand is stretched out still.(D)
10 Woe to those who make iniquitous decrees,
who write oppressive statutes,(E)
2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and to rob the poor of my people of their right,
to make widows their spoil
and to plunder orphans!(F)
3 What will you do on the day of punishment,
in the calamity that will come from far away?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth,(G)
4 so as not to crouch among the prisoners
or fall among the slain?
For all this his anger has not turned away;
his hand is stretched out still.(H)
Footnotes
- 9.20 Or arm
Isaiah 9:18-10:4
New International Version
Isaiah 9:18-10:4
New International Version
18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(A)
it consumes briers and thorns,(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(C)
so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(D) of the Lord Almighty
the land will be scorched(E)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(F)
they will not spare one another.(G)
20 On the right they will devour,
but still be hungry;(H)
on the left they will eat,(I)
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;(J)
together they will turn against Judah.(K)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.(L)
10 Woe(M) to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,(N)
2 to deprive(O) the poor of their rights
and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(P)
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.(Q)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,(R)
when disaster(S) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(T)
Where will you leave your riches?
4 Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(U)
or fall among the slain.(V)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(W)
his hand is still upraised.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:20 Or arm
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