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Then deep from the earth you shall speak;
    from low in the dust your words shall come;
your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost,
    and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.(A)

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Brought low, you will speak from the ground;
    your speech will mumble(A) out of the dust.(B)
Your voice will come ghostlike(C) from the earth;
    out of the dust your speech will whisper.(D)

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19 Now if people say to you, “Consult the ghosts and the familiar spirits that chirp and mutter; should not a people consult their gods, the dead on behalf of the living,(A)

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The Darkness Turns to Light

19 When someone tells you to consult(A) mediums and spiritists,(B) who whisper and mutter,(C) should not a people inquire(D) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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For Jerusalem has stumbled,
    and Judah has fallen,
because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
    defying his glorious presence.(A)

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Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;(A)
their words(B) and deeds(C) are against the Lord,
    defying(D) his glorious presence.

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25 For we sink down to the dust;
    our bodies cling to the ground.(A)

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25 We are brought down to the dust;(A)
    our bodies cling to the ground.

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Her uncleanness was in her skirts;
    she took no thought of her future;
her downfall was appalling,
    with none to comfort her.
Look, O Lord, at my affliction,
    for the enemy has triumphed!(A)

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Her filthiness clung to her skirts;
    she did not consider her future.(A)
Her fall(B) was astounding;
    there was none to comfort(C) her.
“Look, Lord, on my affliction,(D)
    for the enemy has triumphed.”

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23 And I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
    who have said to you,
    “Bow down, that we may walk on you,”
and you have made your back like the ground
    and like the street for them to walk on.(A)

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23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,(A)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate(B) that we may walk(C) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”(D)

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11 The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low,
    and the pride of everyone shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(A)
12 For the Lord of hosts has a day
    against all that is proud and lofty,
    against all that is lifted up and high;[a](B)
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,
    lofty and lifted up;
    and against all the oaks of Bashan;(C)
14 against all the high mountains
    and against all the lofty hills;(D)
15 against every high tower
    and against every fortified wall;
16 against all the ships of Tarshish
    and against all the highly prized vessels.(E)
17 The haughtiness of people shall be humbled,
    and the pride of everyone shall be brought low,
    and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(F)
18 The idols shall utterly pass away.(G)
19 Enter the caves of the rocks
    and the holes of the ground,
from the terror of the Lord
    and from the glory of his majesty,
    when he rises to terrify the earth.(H)
20 On that day people will throw away
    to the moles and to the bats
their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
    which they made for themselves to worship,(I)
21 to enter the caverns of the rocks
    and the clefts in the crags,
from the terror of the Lord
    and from the glory of his majesty,
    when he rises to terrify the earth.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.12 Cn Compare Gk: Heb low

11 The eyes of the arrogant(A) will be humbled(B)
    and human pride(C) brought low;(D)
the Lord alone will be exalted(E) in that day.(F)

12 The Lord Almighty has a day(G) in store
    for all the proud(H) and lofty,(I)
for all that is exalted(J)
    (and they will be humbled),(K)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(L) tall and lofty,(M)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,(N)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,(O)
15 for every lofty tower(P)
    and every fortified wall,(Q)
16 for every trading ship[a](R)
    and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(S)
    and human pride humbled;(T)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(U)
18     and the idols(V) will totally disappear.(W)

19 People will flee to caves(X) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground(Y)
from the fearful presence(Z) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(AA)
    when he rises to shake the earth.(AB)
20 In that day(AC) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats(AD)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,(AE)
    which they made to worship.(AF)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(AG)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(AH)
    when he rises(AI) to shake the earth.(AJ)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish