Astonish yourselves[a] and be astonished;
    blind yourselves and be blind!
Be drunk,[b] but not with wine;
    (A)stagger,[c] but not with strong drink!

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  1. Isaiah 29:9 Or Linger awhile
  2. Isaiah 29:9 Or They are drunk
  3. Isaiah 29:9 Or they stagger

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 (A)Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted,
    who are drunk, but not with wine:
22 Thus says your Lord, the Lord,
    your God (B)who pleads the cause of his people:
“Behold, I have taken from your hand (C)the cup of staggering;
the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;

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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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And I saw the woman, drunk (A)with the blood of the saints, the blood of (B)the martyrs of Jesus.[a]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

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  1. Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus

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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26 (A)I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
    and they shall be drunk (B)with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
    that (C)I am the Lord your Savior,
    and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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26 I will make your oppressors(A) eat(B) their own flesh;
    they will be drunk on their own blood,(C) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(D)
    that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(E)
    your Redeemer,(F) the Mighty One of Jacob.(G)

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13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done;
    and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
    trembling has seized the godless:
(A)“Who among us can dwell (B)with the consuming fire?
    Who among us can 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 within her (A)a spirit of confusion,
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
    (B)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 is said in the Prophets should come about:

41 (A)“‘Look, you scoffers,
    be astounded and perish;
for I am doing a work in your days,
    a work that you will not believe, even if one tells 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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  1. Acts 13:41 Hab. 1:5

41 And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? (A)It is enough; (B)the hour has come. (C)The Son of Man is 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 the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on.[a] See, (A)the hour is at hand, and (B)the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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  1. Matthew 26:45 Or Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?

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 Answer

(A)“Look among the nations, and see;
    wonder and be astounded.
(B)For I am doing a work in your days
    that you would not believe if told.

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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 (A)Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
    you who dwell in (B)the land of Uz;
but to you also (C)the cup shall pass;
    you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

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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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Babylon was (A)a golden cup in the Lord's hand,
    (B)making all the earth drunken;
(C)the nations drank of her wine;
    therefore the nations went mad.

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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 “Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of (B)the sword that I am sending 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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