11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
    who equip yourselves with burning torches!
Walk by the light of your fire,
    and by the torches that you have kindled!
(A)This you have from my hand:
    you shall lie down in torment.

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11 But now, all you who light fires
    and provide yourselves with flaming torches,(A)
go, walk in the light of your fires(B)
    and of the torches you have set ablaze.
This is what you shall receive from my hand:(C)
    You will lie down in torment.(D)

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Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man (A)who trusts in man
    and makes flesh his strength,[a]
    whose heart turns away from the Lord.
(B)He is like a shrub in the desert,
    (C)and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
    in (D)an uninhabited salt land.

(E)“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
    (F)whose trust is the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 17:5 Hebrew arm

This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,(A)
    who draws strength from mere flesh
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.(B)
That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places(C) of the desert,
    in a salt(D) land where no one lives.

“But blessed(E) is the one who trusts(F) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.

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For, being ignorant of (A)the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

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Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.(A)

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21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they (A)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 (B)Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

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21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.(A) 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(B)

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he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have (A)made void the word[a] of God. (B)You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

(C)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
    but their heart is far from me;

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  1. Matthew 15:6 Some manuscripts law

they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

“‘These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.

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24 I told you that you (A)would die in your sins, for (B)unless you believe that (C)I am he you will die in your sins.”

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24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he,(A) you will indeed die in your sins.”

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(A)Those who pay regard to vain idols
    (B)forsake their hope of steadfast love.

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“Those who cling to worthless idols(A)
    turn away from God’s love for them.

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15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
    and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the (A)overwhelming whip passes through
    it will not come to us,
for we have made (B)lies our refuge,
    and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
(C)“Behold, I am the one who has laid[a] as a foundation (D)in Zion,
    a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
    ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
17 And I will make justice (E)the line,
    and righteousness (F)the plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
    and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
18 Then (G)your covenant with death will be annulled,
    and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
    you will be beaten down by it.
19 As often as it passes through it will take you;
    (H)for morning by morning it will pass through,
    by day and by night;
and it will be (I)sheer terror to understand the message.
20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on,
    and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.

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  1. Isaiah 28:16 Dead Sea Scroll I am laying

15 You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,(A)
    with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,(B)
    it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie(C) our refuge
    and falsehood[a] our hiding place.(D)

16 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,(E) a tested stone,(F)
    a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;(G)
the one who relies on it
    will never be stricken with panic.(H)
17 I will make justice(I) the measuring line
    and righteousness the plumb line;(J)
hail(K) will sweep away your refuge, the lie,
    and water will overflow(L) your hiding place.
18 Your covenant with death will be annulled;
    your agreement with the realm of the dead will not stand.(M)
When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by,(N)
    you will be beaten down(O) by it.
19 As often as it comes it will carry you away;(P)
    morning after morning,(Q) by day and by night,
    it will sweep through.”

The understanding of this message
    will bring sheer terror.(R)
20 The bed is too short to stretch out on,
    the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.(S)

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  1. Isaiah 28:15 Or false gods

Some trust in (A)chariots and some in (B)horses,
    (C)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
They collapse and fall,
    but we rise and stand upright.

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Some trust in chariots(A) and some in horses,(B)
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.(C)
They are brought to their knees and fall,(D)
    but we rise up(E) and stand firm.(F)

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20 And the beast was captured, and with it (A)the false prophet (B)who in its presence[a] had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who (C)worshiped its image. These two were (D)thrown alive into the lake of (E)fire that burns with sulfur.

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  1. Revelation 19:20 Or on its behalf

20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet(A) who had performed the signs(B) on its behalf.(C) With these signs he had deluded(D) those who had received the mark of the beast(E) and worshiped its image.(F) The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake(G) of burning sulfur.(H)

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39 Jesus said, (A)“For judgment I came into this world, (B)that those who do not see may see, and (C)those who see may become blind.”

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39 Jesus said,[a] “For judgment(A) I have come into this world,(B) so that the blind will see(C) and those who see will become blind.”(D)

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  1. John 9:39 Some early manuscripts do not have Then the man said … 39 Jesus said.

39 “As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: (A)Go serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; (B)but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.

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39 “‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols,(A) every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name(B) with your gifts and idols.(C)

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13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, (A)my servants shall eat,
    but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
    but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
    but you shall be put to shame;
14 behold, (B)my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
    but you shall cry out for pain of heart
    and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
15 You shall leave your name to (C)my chosen (D)for a curse,
    and the Lord God will put you to death,
    but his servants (E)he will call by another name,
16 so that he who (F)blesses himself in the land
    shall bless himself by (G)the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by (H)the God of truth;
(I)because the former troubles are forgotten
    and are hidden from my eyes.

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13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“My servants will eat,(A)
    but you will go hungry;(B)
my servants will drink,(C)
    but you will go thirsty;(D)
my servants will rejoice,(E)
    but you will be put to shame.(F)
14 My servants will sing(G)
    out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out(H)
    from anguish of heart
    and wail in brokenness of spirit.
15 You will leave your name
    for my chosen ones to use in their curses;(I)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
    but to his servants he will give another name.(J)
16 Whoever invokes a blessing(K) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(L)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(M) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(N) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

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