The Blindness of Disobedience

Pause and wonder!
Blind yourselves and be blind!
(A)They are drunk, (B)but not with wine;
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.

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Be stunned and amazed,(A)
    blind yourselves and be sightless;(B)
be drunk,(C) but not from wine,(D)
    stagger,(E) but not from beer.

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21 Therefore please hear this, you afflicted,
And drunk (A)but not with wine.
22 Thus says your Lord,
The Lord and your God,
Who (B)pleads the cause of His people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
The cup of trembling,
The dregs of the cup of My fury;
You shall no longer drink it.

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21 Therefore hear this, you afflicted(A) one,
    made drunk,(B) but not with wine.
22 This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends(C) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup(D) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.

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I saw (A)the woman, drunk (B)with the blood of the saints and with the blood of (C)the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.

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I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people,(A) the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

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13 Hear, (A)you who are afar off, what I have done;
And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring (B)fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”

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13 You who are far away,(A) hear(B) what I have done;
    you who are near, acknowledge my power!
14 The sinners(C) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling(D) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?(E)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”

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14 The Lord has mingled (A)a perverse spirit in her midst;
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

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14 The Lord has poured into them
    a spirit of dizziness;(A)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
    as a drunkard staggers(B) around in his vomit.

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40 Beware therefore, lest what has been spoken in the prophets come upon you:

41 ‘Behold,(A) you despisers,
Marvel and perish!
For I work a work in your days,
A work which you will by no means believe,
Though one were to declare it to you.’

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40 Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you:

41 “‘Look, you scoffers,
    wonder and perish,
for I am going to do something in your days
    that you would never believe,
    even if someone told you.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:41 Hab. 1:5

41 Then He came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! (A)The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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41 Returning the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour(A) has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

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45 Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour [a]is at hand, and the Son of Man is being (A)betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:45 has drawn near

45 Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour(A) has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

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The Lord’s Reply

“Look(A) among the nations and watch—
Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days
Which you would not believe, though it were told you.

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The Lord’s Answer

“Look at the nations and watch—
    and be utterly amazed.(A)
For I am going to do something in your days
    that you would not believe,
    even if you were told.(B)

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21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of (A)Edom,
You who dwell in the land of Uz!
(B)The cup shall also pass over to you
And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.

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21 Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,
    you who live in the land of Uz.(A)
But to you also the cup(B) will be passed;
    you will be drunk and stripped naked.(C)

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(A)Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
That made all the earth drunk.
(B)The nations drank her wine;
Therefore the nations (C)are deranged.

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Babylon was a gold cup(A) in the Lord’s hand;
    she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
    therefore they have now gone mad.

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27 “Therefore you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)“Drink, (B)be drunk, and vomit! Fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.” ’

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27 “Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk(A) and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword(B) I will send among you.’

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False Prophets and Empty Oracles

My heart within me is broken
Because of the prophets;
(A)All my bones shake.
I am like a drunken man,
And like a man whom wine has overcome,
Because of the Lord,
And because of His holy words.

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Lying Prophets

Concerning the prophets:

My heart(A) is broken within me;
    all my bones tremble.(B)
I am like a drunken man,
    like a strong man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
    and his holy words.(C)

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