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The Repentant Remnant of Israel

20 On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer lean on the one who struck them but will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.(A)

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The Remnant of Israel

20 In that day(A) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors(B) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(C) on him
    who struck them down(D)
but will truly rely(E) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.(F)

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31 The surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward,(A) 32 for from Jerusalem a remnant shall go out and from Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.(B)

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31 Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah
    will take root(A) below and bear fruit(B) above.
32 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,(C)
    and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.(D)
The zeal(E) of the Lord Almighty
    will accomplish this.

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On that day people will look to their Maker, with their eyes on the Holy One of Israel;(A) they will not have regard for the altars, the work of their hands, and they will not look to what their own fingers have made, either the sacred poles[a] or the altars of incense.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 17.8 Heb Asherahs

In that day(A) people will look(B) to their Maker(C)
    and turn their eyes to the Holy One(D) of Israel.
They will not look to the altars,(E)
    the work of their hands,(F)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles[a](G)
    and the incense altars their fingers(H) have made.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:8 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

10 Who among you fears the Lord
    and obeys the voice of his servant,
who walks in darkness
    and has no light,
yet trusts in the name of the Lord
    and relies upon his God?(A)

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10 Who among you fears(A) the Lord
    and obeys(B) the word of his servant?(C)
Let the one who walks in the dark,
    who has no light,(D)
trust(E) in the name of the Lord
    and rely on their God.

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If the Lord of hosts
    had not left us a few survivors,
we would have been like Sodom
    and become like Gomorrah.(A)

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Unless the Lord Almighty
    had left us some survivors,(A)
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.(B)

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20 So King Tiglath-pileser[a] of Assyria came against him and oppressed him instead of strengthening him.(A)

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  1. 28.20 Heb Tilgath-pilneser

20 Tiglath-Pileser[a](A) king of Assyria(B) came to him, but he gave him trouble(C) instead of help.(D)

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:20 Hebrew Tilgath-Pilneser, a variant of Tiglath-Pileser

Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.”(A)

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Ahaz sent messengers to say to Tiglath-Pileser(A) king of Assyria, “I am your servant and vassal. Come up and save(B) me out of the hand of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.”

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27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the children of Israel were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved,(A) 28 for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth quickly and decisively.”[a] 29 And as Isaiah predicted,

“If the Lord of hosts had not left descendants to us,
    we would have fared like Sodom
    and been made like Gomorrah.”(B)

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  1. 9.28 Other ancient authorities read for he will finish his work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make the sentence shortened on the earth

27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,(A)
    only the remnant will be saved.(B)
28 For the Lord will carry out
    his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[a](C)

29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:

“Unless the Lord Almighty(D)
    had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.”[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
  2. Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9

Assyria shall not save us;
    we will not ride upon horses;
we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
    to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”(A)

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Assyria cannot save us;(A)
    we will not mount warhorses.(B)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(C)
    to what our own hands have made,(D)
    for in you the fatherless(E) find compassion.”

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13 When Ephraim saw his sickness
    and Judah his wound,
then Ephraim went to Assyria
    and sent to the great king.[a]
But he is not able to cure you
    or heal your wound.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.13 Cn: Heb to a king who will contend

13 “When Ephraim(A) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(B)
    and sent to the great king for help.(C)
But he is not able to cure(D) you,
    not able to heal your sores.(E)

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God the Creator and Redeemer

48 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
    who are called by the name of Israel
    and who came forth from the loins[a] of Judah,
who swear by the name of the Lord
    and invoke the God of Israel
    but not in truth or right.(A)
For they call themselves after the holy city
    and lean on the God of Israel;
    the Lord of hosts is his name.(B)

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  1. 48.1 Cn: Heb waters

Stubborn Israel

48 “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,
    you who are called by the name of Israel(A)
    and come from the line of Judah,(B)
you who take oaths(C) in the name of the Lord(D)
    and invoke(E) the God of Israel—
    but not in truth(F) or righteousness—
you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city(G)
    and claim to rely(H) on the God of Israel—
    the Lord Almighty is his name:(I)

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It may be that the Lord your God heard the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.”(A)

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It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(A) the living God,(B) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.(C) Therefore pray(D) for the remnant(E) that still survives.”

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Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace,
    in peace because they trust in you.
Trust in the Lord forever,
    for in the Lord God[a]
    you have an everlasting rock.(A)

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  1. 26.4 Heb in Yah, the Lord

You will keep in perfect peace(A)
    those whose minds are steadfast,
    because they trust(B) in you.
Trust(C) in the Lord forever,(D)
    for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock(E) eternal.

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