14 then you shall take delight in the Lord,
    (A)and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;[a]
(B)I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
    (C)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:14 Or of the land

14 then you will find your joy(A) in the Lord,
    and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights(B) of the land
    and to feast on the inheritance(C) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(D)

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13 (A)He made him ride on the high places of the land,
    and he ate the produce of the field,
and he suckled him with (B)honey out of the rock,
    and (C)oil out of (D)the flinty rock.

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13 He made him ride on the heights(A) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(B)
    and with oil(C) from the flinty crag,

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26 For then you (A)will delight yourself in the Almighty
    and (B)lift up your face to God.

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26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty(A)
    and will lift up your face(B) to God.(C)

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16 he will dwell on the heights;
    his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;
    (A)his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.

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16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,(A)
    whose refuge(B) will be the mountain fortress.(C)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail(D) them.

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18 (A)yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
    (B)I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
19 God, the Lord, is my strength;
    (C)he makes my feet like the deer's;
    he makes me (D)tread on my (E)high places.

(F)To the choirmaster: with (G)stringed[a] instruments.

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  1. Habakkuk 3:19 Hebrew my stringed

18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,(A)
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.(B)

19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;(C)
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights.(D)

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

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19 (A)If you are willing and obedient,
    you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
    you shall be eaten by the sword;
    (B)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

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19 If you are willing and obedient,(A)
    you will eat the good things of the land;(B)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(C)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”(D)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(E)

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29 Happy are you, O Israel! (A)Who is like you,
    a people (B)saved by the Lord,
(C)the shield of your help,
    and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
    and you shall tread upon their backs.”

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29 Blessed are you, Israel!(A)
    Who is like you,(B)
    a people saved by the Lord?(C)
He is your shield and helper(D)
    and your glorious sword.
Your enemies will cower before you,
    and you will tread on their heights.(E)

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(A)And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
    and all flesh shall see it together,
    (B)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

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And the glory(A) of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.(B)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”(C)

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(A)Delight yourself in the Lord,
    and he will (B)give you the desires of your heart.

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Take delight(A) in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.(B)

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They feast on (A)the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from (B)the river of (C)your delights.

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They feast on the abundance of your house;(A)
    you give them drink from your river(B) of delights.(C)

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(A)Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

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Final Exhortations

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!(A)

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19 “‘I said,
    How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
    a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would (A)call me, My Father,
    and would not turn from following me.

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19 “I myself said,

“‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
    and give you a pleasant land,(A)
    the most beautiful inheritance(B) of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’(C)
    and not turn away from following me.

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(A)Though you have not seen him, you love him. (B)Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

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Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him(A) and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

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